HONORS - 1997
| Clark, Richard | Dermatology | NIH MERIT Award |
| Collins,William | Neurobiology & Behavior | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Duffrin, Nancy | Instructional Computing | President's Award for Excellence in Professional Service |
| Ferguson, David | Technology & Society | Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring |
| Friedman, Harold | Chemistry | Elected Fellow of the Amercan Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Goode, Erich | Sociology | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Goldstein, Perry | Music | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Grey, Clare | Chemistry | Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award |
| Holt, William | Geosciences | CAREER Award, National Science Foundation |
| Huffman, Marie-King | Linguistics | CAREER Award, National Science Foundation |
| Kernan, Maurice | Neurobiolgy & Behavior | Pew Scholar Award |
| Knapp, Anthony | Mathematics | Leroy P. Steele Prize, American Mathematical Association |
| Kra, Irwin | Mathematics | Distinguished Service Professorship |
| Leske, M-Cristina | Preventive Medicine | Distinguished Service Professorship |
| Levinton, Jeffrey | Ecology and Evolution | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Longtin, Jon | Mechanical Engineering | CAREER Award, National Science Foundation |
| Longtin, Jon | Mechanical Engineering | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers |
| Mandel, Gail | Neurobiology & Behavior | Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator |
| Mandel, Gail | Neurobiology & Behavior | NIH Javits Award |
| McLaughlin, Stuart | Physiology & Biophysics | NIH MERIT Award |
| Metcalf, Harold | Physics | Alexander von Humboldt Award for Senior United States Scientists |
| Ojima, Iwao | Chemistry | Elected Fellow of the Amercan Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Rachlin, Howard | Psychology | Distinguished Professorship |
| Rapaport, Felix | Surgery | Honorary President, Ibero-American Transplant Federation |
| Sarma, Raghupathy | Biochemistry | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Silverman, Hugh | Philosophy | University of Helsinki Medal |
| Sternglanz, Rolf | Biochemistry | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship |
| Swift, Terrance | Computer Science | CAREER Award, National Science Foundation |
| Vaughan, Olufemi | Africana Studies | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Zhang, Minghua | Marine Sciences Research Center | CAREER Award, National Science Foundation |