Honors
Wu won numerous honors and recognitions:
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences (elected 1958)
- Research Corporation Award 1958
- Achievement Award, American Association of University Women 1960
- John Price Wetherill Medal, The Franklin Institute, 1962
- Comstock Prize in Physics, National Academy of Sciences 1964
- Chi-Tsin Achievement Award, Chi-Tsin Culture Foundation, Taiwan 1965
- Scientist of the Year Award, Industrial Research Magazine 1974
- Tom W. Bonner Prize, American Physical Society 1975
- National Medal of Science (U.S.) 1975
- Wolf Prize in Physics, Israel 1978
- Honorary Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow American Physical Society
At the time of her death, Wu was Pupin Professor Emerita of Physics at Columbia.
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