Spencer Smith Receives Prestigious Hettleman Prize August 17, 2017 By Janice Warfford Spencer Smith has been selected to receive the 2017 Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. The award is one of the University鈥檚 most prestigious acknowledgments of faculty excellence. Congratulations Dr. Smith!! Filed Under: Categories: News Tags: slider More from Department of Cell Biology and Physiology The unexpected role of a pathogen-sensing immune protein in the brain Lori O鈥橞rien receives an Innovative Science Accelerator Award Dicle Berfin Azizoglu receives a Liver Scholar Research Award