Pulitzer Prize Winners
| Terry Wimmer | PhD | Professor of Journalism |
| N. Scott Momaday | PhD | Professor Emeritus of English |
National & International Awards
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (17)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows (76)
- Fulbright Scholars - Council for International Exchange of Scholars (48)
- Guggenheim Fellowship Award Winners (41)
- MacArthur Fellows Program - The John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (7)
- National Academy of Education (2)
- National Academy of Engineering (14)
- National Academy of Sciences (22)
- National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (4)
- Nobel Prize Winners (3)
- Pulitzer Prize Winners (2)
University Awards & Honors
- Distinguished Outreach Professors (13)
- Distinguished Professors (34)
- Graduate & Professional Education Teaching & Mentoring Awards (2)
- Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize in Public Service/Outreach (8)
- Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize in Research/Scholarship/Creative Activity (10)
- Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prize in Teaching (7)
- Provost's General Education Teaching Award (2)
- Regents Professors (98)