Professor Joseph O'Connor wins 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award

Professor Joseph M. O'Connor has been selected by the Committee on Distinguished Teaching to receive a 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award. The award represents peer recognition that the recipient has achieved the highest level of teaching excellence. Professor O'Connor's name will bear the citation "Distinguished Teaching Award" in the UCSD General Catalog, and he will receive a $1500 cash award. Up to five members of the Academic Senate are selected each spring to receive this honor. Other winners from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry include Professors Katja Lindenberg, Andy Kummel and Charles Perrin, Lecturer (SOE) Haim Weizman, Non-Senate Faculty Lecturers Carl Hoeger and Christina Johnson and Senior Lecturer (SOE) Barbara Sawrey, who is Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education. A list of this year's winners is available online at <a href=http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/features/academic_senate_recognizes_ten_awardees_for_superlative_teaching_skills/ target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">UCSD News</a>