Professor Sara Sood Receives the Linzer Award for Faculty Service
Four Northwestern faculty members are recognized for extraordinary service to the University
Northwestern Engineering’s Sara Owsley Sood has been named a 2026 recipient of the Daniel I. Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in Service.
Given annually by Northwestern’s Office of the Provost, the award celebrates individuals who have performed extraordinary service that has had a positive impact on the University as an institution and on the members of the University community.
Sood will be recognized during a reception on Feb. 16 along with Vicky Kalogera, Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; Noriko Taira Yasohama, professor of instruction and co-director of the Weinberg Language Resource Center; and Ted Quiballo, an instructional technologies librarian in Northwestern University Libraries.
Sood is a professor of instruction, the Chookaszian Family Teaching Professor and associate chair for undergraduate education in the McCormick School of Engineering.
Sood is recognized for her extensive leadership of undergraduate operations and initiatives in the computer science department, as well as her mentorship of fellow teaching track faculty. Sood played a critical role in leading the launch of the new interdisciplinary AI minor. She’s been praised by students for her support and mentorship in and out of the classroom.