Thanks to a generous gift by the Goldstein family, we have 9 awards of $1500, each in a different field of endeavor named for someone with UM connections who is famous in that field. These prizes are not solely thesis prizes, but recognize overall excellence, or demonstrated potential for excellence, in the various fields of endeavor.

• Robert Hayden Humanities Award
• Marshall Sahlins Social Science Award
• Jerome and Isabella Karle Physical Sciences Award (astronomy, earth sciences, chemistry, physics)
• Stephen Smale Mathematics Award (mathematics, statistics, and computer science)
• Marshall Nirenberg Life Sciences Award (biology, neuroscience, BCN)
• Arthur Miller Creative Arts Award
• Gerald Ford Public Service Award
• Sidney Fine Teaching Award
• Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award