The Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors and the University Co-operative Society have award Dr. Kristen Harris the Career Research Excellence Award. This award is given to a  faculty member or staff researcher who has maintained a superior research, scholarly and/or creative endeavor across many years. Dr. Harris is recognized for the groundbreaking work and investigations of synaptic structural changes that support learning and memory that she has made throughout her career.