Jocelyn Bell Burnell, head of the physic department at the Open University in England, was presented the 2002 Priestley Award for her discovery of the Pulsar, and subsequent research on the subject, just the second women to receive the prize. Dr. Burnell gave an address titled "In Pursuit of...

Jaqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marion Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, was presented the 2004 Priestley Award for her pioneering work in the application of transition metal complexes as tools. At the ceremony, Dr. Barton gave an address titled "...

David Pimentel, Professor of Ecology and Agricultural Science at Cornell University, was presented the 2006 Priestley Award for his ground Breaking applied research in agricultural, biodiversity, and biomass energy systems. Dr. Pimentel gave an address at the ceremony.

Joseph H. Taylor, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Princeton University and recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics, was presented with the 2008 Priestley Award for his discovery of the first binary pulsar and its unprecedented value in testing...

Stephen Sparks, Professor of Geology and research group leader of the Volcanology and Geological Fluid Dynamics Research Group in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, was presented the 2010 Priestley Award for his work in the fields of igneous petrology...

George M. Whitesides, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University, was presented the Priestley Award for his work in the field of microfluidics and self-assembly, particularly his contributions to the development of paper-based diagnostic devices, and to our...

Esther Popel Shaw (Class of 1919), poet, educator, and Dickinson's first black female graduate, is awarded a posthumous honorary degree during an event called "Dickinson College Crossing Borders: A Celebration of Multiple Homelands."