Andrew Berger Receives Goergen
Award
The Institute’s Prof.
Andrew Berger received the Goergen Award for Contributions
to the Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts, Sciences,
and Engineering druing the College's Convocation on September
7, 2007.
Below is an excerpt of the press release:
"Presented
since 1997, the awards acknowledge excellence by faculty
and staff in supporting undergraduates and their learning
in and outside the classroom. They are named for and sponsored
by alumnus, trustee, and former board chairman Robert B.
Goergen and his wife, Pamela.
This year's recipients
of the Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry
in Undergraduate Teaching are Andrew Berger,
associate professor of optics and of biomedical engineering;
Robert L. Holmes, professor of philosophy; and Claudia Schaefer,
professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Modern
Languages and Cultures. College Dean of Students Jody Asbury
and the Take Five Scholars Program also will be honored
with separate Goergen awards.
Nominations for all
three faculty members attest to their course innovations,
teaching excellence, outreach to students, and enthusiasm.
Berger, a member of the faculty of the
Institute of Optics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering,
teaches courses in electromagnetic theory and biomedical
optics, among others. His research in biomedical optics,
specifically spectroscopic diagnostic techniques, is helping
to advance optical technology by performing sensitive chemical
tests on samples and live subjects using light. He earned
his doctoral degree in physics at MIT and has taught at
Rochester since 2000...."
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