Celebrating innovative research.
Recipients of Ann S. Bowers ’59 Research Excellence Awards are honored for key research contributions and their reputation in and impact on their respective fields.
Cornell Bowers awards honor exemplary faculty
The Cornell Bowers community celebrated four faculty recognized for their excellence in research and five faculty recognized for excellence in teaching and advising in a ceremony held Sept. 26 in Gates Hall.

Faculty members honored for research excellence
Five faculty members received the 2024 Ann S. Bowers ’59 Research Excellence Awards in recognition of their key research contributions and their reputation in and impact on their respective fields. Recipients include: Yoav Artzi, Florentina Bunea (pictured), René Kizilcec, Adrian Sampson, and Wen Sun.

Award Recipients
- Vitaly Shmatikov, professor of computer science
- Yang Ning, associate professor of statistics and data science
- Cheng Zhang, associate professor of information science
- Claire Cardie, John C. Ford Professor of Engineering in the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science
- Yoav Artzi
- Florentina Bunea
- René Kizilcec
- Adrian Sampson
- Wen Sun
- Nicki Dell
- Steve Jackson
- Thorsten Joachims
- Kengo Kato
- Alexandra Silva
- Nate Foster
- Karen Levy
- David Matteson
- Noah Snavely