# Faculty Awards & Accolades – Summer 2015 1 Research Highlights August 1, 2015 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/trophy-article.jpg?itok=9-13tVO7)> Professor [Hila Lifshitz-Assaf](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/hila-lifshitzassaf) and co-investigator Zoe Szajnfarber of George Washington University were recently awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) [grant](http://www.scienceofsciencepolicy.net/award/inspire-expanding-open-innovation-methods-complex-engineered-systems), "INSPIRE: Expanding Open Innovation Methods to Complex Engineered Systems," totaling just under $1 million, to support their research on open innovation. Professor [Kim Schoenholtz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kim-schoenholtz) was named as a member of the [Financial Research Advisory Committee](http://financialresearch.gov/frac/) (FRAC) of the US Treasury’s [Office of Financial Research](http://financialresearch.gov/) (OFR). The OFR, established as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, created the committee to provide advice, recommendations, analysis and information on topics including research methodologies, data management and data standards. Facebook has awarded Professor [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) an unrestricted gift in the amount of $25,000 to support his research program. NYU Stern is cited as having one of the highest proportions of emerging entrepreneurship scholars among top business schools, tied for first place with Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management, in a [recent analysis](http://www.kauffman.org/blogs/growthology/2015/04/the-best-mba-school-for-entrepreneurs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=E_Scholar_5_15_2015) by the Kauffman Foundation. Professor [Stephen Brown](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stephen-brown) has been appointed executive editor of the *[Financial Analysts Journal](http://www.cfapubs.org/loi/faj)*, which is read by the investment management community. His position will commence September 1. Professor Brown was also invited by The Prince of Wales to participate in a meeting in London on May 27 to explore steps being taken by leading business schools to integrate sustainability issues into research and teaching undertaken by the finance and accounting faculty. The meeting, entitled, "Finance for the Future: 21st Century Thinking for 21st Century Challenges," was hosted by the Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, with support from the London Business School. The event was followed by an evening reception hosted by The Prince of Wales at his London residence, Clarence House. At Stern's Faculty Excellence Dinner on May 2, Professor [Dolly Chugh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/dolly-chugh) received this year's Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence, and Professor [Al Lieberman](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alvin-lieberman) received the Distinguished Teaching Award for Pedagogical Innovation. Professors [Kim Corfman](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kim-corfman), [Susan Stehlik](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/susan-stehlik), [Raghu Sundaram](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/rangarajan-sundaram) and [Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh) each received Stern's Faculty Leadership Award, which recognizes professors who exemplify exceptional leadership through service to the School. Also at Stern's Faculty Excellence Dinner, several new holders of endowed chair titles and a fellowship recipient were announced: [Mervyn King](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/mervyn-king), Alan Greenspan Professor of Economics; [Alexander Tuzhilin](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/alexander-tuzhilin), Leonard N. Stern Professor of Business; [Michael Posner](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner), Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance; [Raghu Sundaram](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/rangarajan-sundaram), Max L. Heine Professor of Finance; and [Natalia Levina](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/natalia-levina), Toyota Motor Corporation Term Professorship. ### Past Faculty Awards & Accolades - [December 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-december-2017) - [October/November 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-october-2017) - [August/September 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-august-september-2017) - [July 2017](/node/47071) - [June 2017](/node/46191) - [May 2017](/node/45246) - [April 2017](/node/44136) - [February/March 2017](/node/42646) - [January 2017](/node/40511) - [December 2016](/node/39431) - [October/November 2016](/node/38521) - [September 2016](/node/36151) - [July/August 2016](/node/35151) - [May/June 2016](/node/33141) - [April 2016](/node/32226) - [March 2016](/node/30781) - [January/February 2016](/node/30036) - [December 2015](/node/27751) - [October/November 2015](/node/25666) - [September 2015](/node/24686) - [Summer 2015](/node/21756) - [April/May 2015](/node/21286) - [March 2015](/node/19296) - [January/February 2015](/node/17816) - [December 2014](/node/49766)