Faculty members receive awards

Several awards to recognize excellence in teaching, research and service were presented to faculty members during Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 8:

Associate Professor of Biology Miles Silman receives the Award for Excellence in Research from Lorna Moore, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

• Jenny Puckett (’71), instructor in Romance languages, received the Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa Award for Contribution to Student Life;
• Assistant Professor of Anthropology Paul Thacker received the Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching;
• Associate Professor of Biology Miles Silman received the Award for Excellence in Research;
• Sherry Moss, associate professor of organizational studies in the Babcock Graduate School of Management, received the Cowan Faculty Research Prize;
• Ram Baliga, John B. McKinnon Professor of Management in the Babcock School, received the Kienzle Teaching Award; and
• Associate Professor of Law Robert M. Chesney received the Joseph Branch Excellence in Teaching Award.