Skip to main content

Distinguished Research or Creative Activity Award

Any tenured member of the Graduate Faculty whose primary home department/school is at UNO is eligible for the Award for Distinguished or Creative Activity (ADROCA)

The ADROCA has the following objectives:

  • recognize and honor preeminent achievement in research or creative activity by faculty members of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, work of sufficient originality and distinction to merit attention at the national level, or beyond;
  • foster and enhance the quality of research and creative activity at the University;
  • reaffirm the values of discovery, innovation, and fulfillment in scholarship and the arts; and
  • make manifest to the public the University's commitment to and support of such accomplishment.
Paul Davis

Paul Davis

  • Professor, Department of Biology
  • Recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Research or Creative Activity Award
orca-lu-2021

Guoqing Lu

  • Professor, Department of Biology
  • Recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Research or Creative Activity Award

Nomination Information

Click here to download the Distinguished Research or Creative Activity Award nomination criteria and forms.

Important Dates

  • March 1: Nomination Deadline
  • April 1: Nominee documentation due

Past Award Recipients:

Year Recipient Department/School
2020 Gina Ligon Management
2019 Christine Beard Music
2018 Elliott Ostler Educational Leadership
2017 Prithviraj Dasgupta Computer Science
2016 Angela Eikenberry Public Administration
2015 John Crank Criminology & Criminal Justice
2014 Roni Reiter-Palmon Psychology
Click here for a full list of award recipients.