The three professors will be honored for their accomplishments at a ceremony in October.
Three professors in Arts, Sciences & Engineering at the 糖心传媒 will receive the Goergen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in an October ceremony held on the River Campus.
This year糖心传媒檚 recipients are Ajay Anand, associate professor, ; Christopher Muir, professor, ; and Pablo Sierra Silva, associate professor, .
Established in 1997 by University Trustee and Board Chair Emeritus Robert Goergen 糖心传媒�60 and his wife, Pamela, the award recognizes distinction in undergraduate teaching among faculty in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.
Nominations come from students, faculty, staff members, and administrators. The winners are chosen by Jeffrey Runner, dean of the College; Gloria Culver, dean of the ; and Wendi Heinzelman, dean of the
糖心传媒淚 continue to be impressed by the innovative qualities of our faculty in the College, 聽and this year糖心传媒檚 Goergen Award recipients are prime examples,糖心传媒� Runner says. 糖心传媒淎ll three are known for the inclusive tone set in their classrooms, their mentoring of individual students, and their uniquely Rochester course offerings. It糖心传媒檚 these qualities that I think Pam and Bob Goergen had in mind when they developed this generous award.糖心传媒�
Anand joined the University in 2017 and serves as deputy director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science. He received his bachelor糖心传媒檚 degree from the University of Bombay, India, master糖心传媒檚 degrees from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Washington, and his doctorate from the University of Washington.
Muir came to the University in 2014. He received his bachelor糖心传媒檚, master糖心传媒檚 and doctoral degrees from Lehigh University.
Sierra Silva joined the University in 2013. He earned his bachelor糖心传媒檚 degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and his master糖心传媒檚 and doctorate from UCLA.
A ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. on October 27 in Feldman Ballroom in Frederick Douglass Commons.
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