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Awards

• Physics Department Awards:

  • Levine Award: This departmental award honors the memory of David S. Levine, a brilliant 19 year old physics major who was brutally murdered in the fall of 1973. Awarded to an outstanding junior in the Stanford Physics Department on the basis of academic breadth and demonstrated abilities in experimental physics. Number of recipients and cash award varies from year to year.
    
    
  • Jeff Willick Memorial Award: Jeffrey Alan Willick, Assistant Professor of Physics, was killed in tragic accident on June 18th, 2000, at the age of 40. He had been a faculty member at Stanford since 1995, and was a renowned observational cosmologist who was carrying out groundbreaking work in measuring the large-scale structure of the universe. He was a conscientious classroom teacher, and the leader of a vibrant group of students and postdoctoral fellows. This award is given to an outstanding senior physics major. Preference is given to undergraduates studying astrophysics.
    

• University Awards:

  • Dean's Awards: A university award for undergraduates in honor of extraordinary academic endeavors and noteworthy accomplishments which might not otherwise be celebrated. Exceptional, tangible achievements in classes or independent research, national academic competitions, a presentation or publication for a regional or national audience, or superior performance in the creative arts. Five to ten awards are given annually.
    
    
  • Firestone and Golden Medals: These medals are university honors. Firestone Medals are presented to the finest undergraduate theses in social sciences and natural sciences and the Golden Medals reward the finest theses in Humanities. The medals are awarded on a ratio of one medal for every ten completed honors theses. The medal recipients receive a cash award of $200 and an engraved bronze medal.
    
    
  • Graduation with Distinction: A university honor for degree candidates whose LGIs (Letter Grade Indicator) place them in the top 20 percent of their graduating class.
    

• Outside Awards:

  • Phi Beta Kappa: A national honor society. To be viable candidates juniors should have at least an LGI of 3.8 and seniors an LGI at least slightly above 3.7. Election is based on evidence of outstanding scholarly accomplishment across a broad range of academic disciplines. Students must demonstrate distinction in fields outside the major in the minimum number of courses defined by the Distribution Requirements.