Honors - 1998
| Igor Aleiner | Physics | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship |
| Peter Angelo | Physical Education | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Robert Cess | Marine Sciences Research Center | Member of the Engineering Hall of Fame, Oregon State U. |
| Robert Cess | Marine Sciences Research Center | Jacob Bjerknes Lecture, American Geophysical Union |
| Roman de la Campa | Hispanic Languages and Literature | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Lorne Golub | Oral Biology and Pathology | Research in Oral Biology Award, International Association for Dental Research |
| Grey, Clare | Chemistry | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship |
| Grey, Clare | Chemistry | Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award |
| Arie Kaufman | Computer Science | Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| Maurice Kernan | Neurobiology and Behavior | Fellow, Pew Charitable Trusts |
| Carole Kessner | Comparative Studies | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Roy Lacey | Chemistry | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Richard K. Larson | Linguistics | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching |
| Richard K. Larson | Linguistics | Educom Medal |
| John Mak | Marine Sciences Research Center | NSF CAREER Award |
| Barry McCoy | Institute for Theoretical Physics | Dannie Heinemann Prize, American Physical Society |
| Luis Orozco | Physics | Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
| Felix Rapaport | Surgery | Medawar Prize |
| Jahangir Rastega | Mechanical Engineering | Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Sidney Strickland | Pharmacological Sciences | Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
| Helene Volat | Library | Presidential Award for Excellence in Librarianship |
| Barbara Weinstein | History | Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
| Chen-Ning Yang | Institute for Theoretical Physics | Lars Onsager Prize, American Physical Society |