Teaching,Curricular and Educational Outreach Awards (as of Nov. 2003) Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester

Red -> National Teaching Award     Purple-> UR University Wide Teaching Awards          Green->Department Teaching Awards      Black-> Teaching prizes at other universities awarded before coming to Rochester

Goergen Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Learning shared with  (A. Bodek,  L. Orr, and C. Jones), for the Women in Science and Engineering  (WISE) Program 1998 

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester  (1987, 1990, 1997) 

Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1991)

 
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1979, 2002)

Co-Physics Teaching Assistant of the Year, Penn State University (1999-2000)

 

Award for Excellence in  Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1978, 1989)

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, U of R (2000) 
Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching Excellence (1999)

Goergen Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Learning shared with P. Auchincloss, A. Bodek and C. Jones),WISE Program 1998

 Meyers Teaching Award, U. of Maryland (1986)

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1993)

 

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (2000)
 

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1992, 1994, 2003)

Teaching Award University of California, Berkeley (1977)

 

Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching (1997) 

Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching Excellence (1995)
 

Physics and Astronomy Department Graduate Teaching Award awarded to an outstanding TA each year

2003 John Boersma
2002 Rachael Anderman
2001 Christopher Haimberger
2000 Ken Anderson
1999 Eric Page
1998 Michael Banks
1997 Josh Cassada
1996 Diane Bryan
1995 Edward Hull
1994 Kirsten Tollefson
1993 David Braning
1992 Michael Simon
1991 Alan Fry
1990 Francesco Narducci
1989 Elizabeth Murphy
1988 Jae Woo Noh
1987 Scott Borzillary
1986 Karl Helmer
1985 Alexander Karev
1984 John Mansour
1983 George Tsironis

Physics and Astronomy  Honorable Mention Citation as an Excellent Graduate Teaching Assistant

2003  Phay Ho
1998 Jarod Finlay
         John Janis
         Erik Johnson
1997 Michael Banks
         Timothy Collins
         George Cragg 
1996 Larry Moore  
1994 Jennifer Goetz
         Robert Henderson
         Dean Johnson
         John Larkin
1993 Gami Dadusc
         Emile Ettedgui
1992  Alexei Helmbock
         George Fischer

Rochester Graduate Program in Physics and Astronomy has been ranked 2nd Nationwide  in Overall Graduate Student Satisfaction in 2001 in a National Survey  Funded by the A. P. Sloan Foundation.

Nicholas P. Bigelow

Goergen Award for Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Learning shared with P. Auchincloss, L. Orr, and C. Jones),WISE Program 1998

Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching (2000) 

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1996, 1999)

 

 NY State Professor of the Year (Carnegie Foundation) (2003)

Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor (2002-2005)

University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D. Defenses in 2003

Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award (2002) for Contribution to Teaching and Research.

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (2001)

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1983)
Goergen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Learning (as Chair of the College Curriculum Committee) (1977)

Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester (1995) 

UR Student Association Teacher of the Year (Honorable Mention) (1994)

  Emil Wolf

Esther Hoffman Beller Award (Optical Society of America, 2002) for contributions to Optics education.

University of Rochester Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2000) 

University of Rochester Edward Peck Curtis Award,  awarded by the University Vice Provost for Research alnd Graduate Affairs Office for excellence in teaching by a graduate student

2002 Mark Houck
2001 Kevin Wright
2000 E. Jane Wesely
1998 S. Benjamin Weiss
1997 Mishkat Bhattacharya
1998 Rohit Bhatia
1991 Francesco Narducci
 

NY State Section of American Physical Society Physics Outreach Award

2004  Robert Forties (Undergraduate)

2004 Jesse Chvojka (Graduate Student)
2003  Adam Harrington (Graduate student)

Physics and Astronomy Undergraduate Teaching Intern Award

2003  Carol E. Latta
          Dan Berdine
          Jeffrey Cummins
          Rebbeca Madson
          Kelly Gresham
2002  Han Gil Yoo
2001  Andrew Blechman
          Jeffrey Clark
          Jennifer Witkowsky

          Alexis Spilman

2000  Nora Macey

          Drew Abrams

          Kate Coleman

          Aaron Reichman

          Tammy Savrin

1999  Marianne Vieira

          Matthew Barczys

          Cynthia Lui

          Sondra Rosenburg

1998  Troy Andre

1997  Ananth Chikkatur

1996  Michael Zingale

1995  Jeanne Traer

1994  Robert Gilmore