Veljko Petkovic has won the AMS Editor’s Award for the Journal of Hydrometeorology “in recognition of outstanding contributions with on-time reviews that demonstrate deep subject-matter expertise and give authors a genuine path to improving their work”.

Xin-Zhong Liang has won the AMS Jagadish Shukla Earth System Predictability Prize for “enabling actionable decision support by pioneering advances in regional Earth system modeling, hydroclimate predictability, and integrated human–Earth system prediction”.

NASA’s Black Marble project has received the 2026 Golden Goose Award, recognizing the path from an unexpected scientific observation to a widely used Earth science capability. The award honors Zhuosen Wang as well as several of his colleagues.

Patricia Parker has won the AMS Editor’s Award for Earth Interactions journal for “consistently high quality, considerate, thoughtful reviews that deeply engage with the material in a way that improves manuscripts”.

Sumant Nigam was named a 2026 Distinguished University Professor. [Story]

Anna Lienesch received the Mississippi State Northern Gulf Institute Letter of Recognition for exceptional work developing and deploying the new Sampling Operations User Portal (SOUP) onboard the Okeanos ship.

James Carton was recognized for being an author of one of the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by Geophysical Research Letters in 2024.

Xi Shao received the CMNS Distinguished Research Scientist Prize 2026 in recognition of his more than 25 years of interdisciplinary research experience, advancing the mission of the College.

James Farquhar has been named 2025 AAAS Fellow