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Healthy Generations Hartford Center of Excellence
January 27, 2020
Faculty/staff honors: Honorary doctorate, early career award, Washington state LGTBQ Commission, writing program praise
![UW astronomy professor Emily Levesque has been given the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize by the American Astronomical Society](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/01/23110819/Levesque_color_headshot-150x150.jpg)
Recent honors to UW faculty and staff include an early career award in astronomy, an honorary doctorate from the Delft University of Technology, a seat on Washington state’s new LGBTQ Commission and national honor for an English Department writing program.