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Nominations are now open for the 2025 University Faculty Lecture Award

This award, established in 1974, is intended to honor current or emeriti faculty whose research, scholarship, or art is widely recognized by their peers and whose achievements have had a substantial impact on their profession, on the research or performance of others, and perhaps on society as a whole.

In addition to honoring the recipient, the award is designed to increase awareness, both within and outside the University, of the nature and significance of original work being done by outstanding faculty members. Accordingly, the recipient is asked to present a lecture open to the University community and the general public.

You are in a unique position to recognize and forward names of appropriate nominees.

Please send your nomination materials to secfac@uw.edu by December 15, 2024. 

Your nomination should include a letter addressing the following information about the candidate:

      • Significant accomplishments and impact.
      • Speaking ability.
      • Ability to adapt their academic interest to a broad audience.
      • Possible topics that you believe the nominee would address in the lecture.
      • The candidate’s vitae.
      • Up to three additional letters of support for the nomination.

2024 University Faculty Lecture
Revolutionary: The Quest to Detect and Cure Alzheimer’s 

Among our aging population, diseases like Alzheimer’s are approaching epidemic proportions — and by the time they’re detected, it’s often too late to provide treatment. In the 2024 University Faculty Lecture, UW Bioengineering Professor Valerie Daggett will share how her team is working on tests to detect these diseases years before symptoms develop — and how her lab is creating novel treatments to stop disease progression in its tracks.

Watch the live recording below to learn more about this revolutionary work.

View the full archive of previous University Faculty Lectures.