Finkelman received the 2021 Distinguished Career Award from the Geology and Health Division of the Geological Society of America for his work. “I am deeply honored to have been selected to receive this award,” Finkelman said. The Sigma Tau Delta Review publishes critical essays on literature, essays on rhetoric and composition, and essays devoted to pedagogical issues. The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle publishes literary nonfiction, fiction and poetry. Accolades is an occasional News Center feature that highlights recent accomplishments of The University of Texas at Dallas faculty and students.