Faculty Honored for Teaching, Research and Community Engagement

Faculty from Natural Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts, and Information and Computer Sciences are recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Teaching Awards, the campus’ highest honor for classroom excellence.

The awards were among those announced at the Faculty Honors Dinner on April 30. Recipients are Asha Nadkarni, English; Jeffrey Podos, biology; Kathryne Young, sociology; and William Verts, Information and Computer Sciences.

Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowships, the most coveted research award given by the campus, were awarded to Alice Y. Cheung, biochemistry and molecular biology; Susan E. Hankinson, biostatistics and epidemiology; and Max Page, architecture.

Distinguished Community Engagement Awards for Research and Teaching, which recognize and encourage superlative individual achievement in outreach, were awarded to Katja Hahn d’Errico, civic engagement and service learning, for teaching; and Krista Harper, anthropology, for research.

The Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching, a competitive award given to one outstanding faculty member from each of the university’s five campuses, went to Linda Isbell, psychological and brain sciences. The award recognizes demonstrated excellence in teaching and exemplary dedication to students and the campus community.