The Chancellor's Outstanding Contribution to Women Awards recognizes outstanding faculty, staff and student efforts to create a climate that encourages women to succeed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Two awards are given, one for faculty or staff members and another for students or student organizations. The award recipients must demonstrate a sustained and tangible impact on the campus community.
| Year | Name/Organization | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dena Abbott | Faculty/Staff |
| 2024 | Furqan Mahdi | Student |
| 2024 | Ritu Jadwani | Student |
| 2023 | Jessica Groskopf | Faculty/Staff |
| 2022 | School of Biological Sciences | Faculty/Staff |
| 2022 | Department of Mathematics | Faculty/Staff |
| 2022 | Graduate Society of Women Engineers | Student |
| 2021 | Jayde McWilliams | Faculty/Staff |
| 2020 | Molly Brummond | Faculty/Staff |
| 2019 | Women in Natural Resources | Faculty/Staff |
| 2019 | Abigail Reimer | Student |
| 2018 | Tiffany Heng-Moss | Faculty/Staff |
| 2018 | Rae Thomas | Student |
| 2017 | Paul Black | Faculty/Staff |
| 2017 | Amanda Dale | Student |
| 2016 | Mark Askren | Faculty/Staff |
| 2016 | Danielle Young | Student |
| 2015 | Luke Bretscher | Faculty/Staff |
| 2015 | Kathryn Miller | Student |
| 2014 | Beth Burkstrand Reid | Faculty/Staff |
| 2014 | Engineers Without Borders | Student |
| 2013 | Mary Anne Holmes and Julia McQuillan | Faculty/Staff |
| 2013 | Psychology of Gender | Student |
| 2012 | Concetta DiRusso | Faculty/Staff |
| 2012 | PREVENT: Agents of Change | Student |
| 2011 | Alexandra Basolo | Faculty/Staff |
| 2010 | Evelyn Jacobson | Faculty/Staff |
| 2010 | Eating Disorders Education Program | Student |
| 2010 | Sheldon Museum of Art | Faculty/Staff |
| 2009 | Christy Horn | Faculty/Staff |
| 2009 | Society of Women Engineers | Student |
| 2008 | Department of Geosciences | Student |
| 2008 | Tamy Burnett | Faculty/Staff |
| 2007 | Department of Sociology | Faculty/Staff |
| 2007 | Alex Clark | Student |
| 2006 | UNL Police Department | Faculty/Staff |
| 2005 | Pat Tetreault | Faculty/Staff |
| 2004 | Ashley Cooper | Faculty/Staff |
| 2003 | Alece Pugh-Lily | Faculty/Staff |
| 2002 | Anne M. Parkhurst | Faculty/Staff |
| 2001 | Marilyn Grady | Faculty/Staff |
| 2000 | Sylvia Wiegand | Faculty/Staff |
| 1999 | Pat Tetreault | Faculty/Staff |
| 1998 | Helen Moore | Faculty/Staff |
| 1997 | Mary Beck | Faculty/Staff |
| 1996 | W. Jim Lewis | Faculty/Staff |
| 1995 | Barbara DiBernard | Faculty/Staff |
| 1994 | Theo Vera Brown Sonderegger | Faculty/Staff |