Ben Saunders, who co-founded the UO comic and cartoon studies program, is part of the four-hour, two-part series

The award from the American Council of Learned Societies will help Bharat Venkat finish a book

Biologists Chuck Kimmel and Adam Miller are recognized for their work with the model organism

The award will help fund a research project aimed at understanding male infertility

Known as bioremediation, the approach holds promise for cleaning up polluted sites