Marjorie Weber has been selected as the Imes and Moore Mentorship Award recipient for 2026. This award is presented to faculty members who have made exceptional contributions toward recruiting and mentoring graduate students in the sciences from disadvantaged and non-traditional backgrounds.

According to Tim McKay, her nomination speaks highly of her deep commitment to a diverse group of students and mentees through her research, teaching, service, and outreach. In intensively mentoring students both within and outside her research group, she has gone far above and beyond for students, and she has sought to further humanize science through multiple forms of outreach beyond U-M. A former graduate student wrote of her as “an excellent advisor, a prolific scientist, and a genuinely good human being” who “cares deeply about and nourishes the intellectual growth, professional development, and wellbeing of her mentees” and fosters “a welcoming, collaborative environment” while advocating for “the professional and personal best-interests of the graduate student body.” Another one of her former Ph.D. students wrote of how her “unwavering support,” generosity, and empathy toward “graduate students both within her lab and beyond,” along with her willingness to encourage her “mentees to cultivate their own unique strengths and passions while promoting scholarly independence,” have made her “an invaluable mentor” to many.