Lisa Manning has been awarded a 2014 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. She is being recognized for her accomplishments, research potential, and academic leadership. The Sloan Foundation will provide $50,000 to support her research. Prof. Manning is one of only 126 early-career scientists (one of 23 physicists) in the US and Canada to receive this recognition this year (see here or p. 9 of the Feb 18th issue of the NY Times for a list).

A news article about the award is available: http://news.syr.edu/physics-professor-lisa-manning-named-sloan-research-fellow-79757/