Professors Honored At Class Day
Interim Dean Gerald A. Navratil has announced that a new award has been established by the Rodriguez Family and will be given for the first time this year at Class Day, Monday, May 19. The Rodriguez Family Junior Faculty Diversity Award, created by Ana Rodriguez '86, '88, and her brother, Marcos Rodriguez '83, will support the advancement of under-represented junior faculty. This award joins the Kim Award for Faculty Involvement and the Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award as honors bestowed by the School to faculty members who have exhibited the special qualities that these awards recognize.
"The School is particularly fortunate to have benefactors who wish to encourage our faculty to make a difference in the lives of our students and to reach their own full potential," said Dean Navratil. "We are grateful to the Kims, the Avanessians, and the Rodriguez Family for endowing these awards."
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The Kim Award for Faculty Involvement will be presented to Upmanu Lall, the Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering. The Kim Award, established in 2000 by Edward and Carole Kim, parents of Brian Kim, Class of 2001, was created to honor a faculty member who is not only an excellent teacher but also shows a special, personal commitment to students.
The Janette and Armen Avanessians Diversity Award will be presented to Professor Aron Pinczuk of the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics. This award, established in 2007, honors faculty members who actions encourage women and men from diverse backgrounds to become part of the academic community of engineering education.
The Rodriguez Family Junior Faculty Diversity Award to support the advancement of under-represented junior faculty will be presented to Elizabeth Hillman, assistant professor of biomedical engineering.
