Scientific Breakthrough: 2004 Faculty Awards Point Out Excellence In Sciences

Recognizing excellence isn't just a springtime tradition for UC students. The university annually honors some of its top teachers and researchers at this time of year with the awarding of the year's top faculty awards.

This year, five faculty members -- all hailing from scientific backgrounds -- are being honored by the university and their peers for their efforts in making the University of Cincinnati a great institution. Follow the links from the thumbnails below to find out more about each award winner.

This year's honorees include:

Joy M. Callan, Raymond Walters College

Taking the fear out of learning about economics for her students helped Joy M. Callan of the Business and Economics Department at Raymond Walters College earn the admiration and appreciation of her students and, subsequently, a 2004

Mrs. A. B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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Kirti and Urmila Ghia, College of Engineering 

With more than 30 years of excellence in the field of fluid dynamics, the Ghias stand as well-known pillars of excellence within the faculty of the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering. This year, their dedication to their work and to the university has resulted in a unique honor. Each of the Ghias has won one of the university's major faculty awards: Kirti is being recognized for his devotion to his students with the

Mrs. A.B. "Dolly" Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching,

while Urmila's pioneering research has earned her the

George Rieveschl Jr. Award for Distinguished Scientific Research.

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David Meyer, McMicken College of Arts & Sciences

Friendship and mentoring have been the bedrock underneath David Meyer's approach to students during his tenure as a UC professor of geology. His family's guest room has been opened to numerous students through the years, and he even went so far one year as to allow a student to pitch a tent on his lawn. In honoring the best traditions he recalls from his years as a student, Meyer's student-focused approach has helped him earn the ultimate honor this year in recognition of those values: the

George Barbour Award for Good Faculty-Student Relations.

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Vern Scarborough, McMicken College of Arts & Sciences

Anthropology might be seen sometimes as a "dry" subject, but it is anything but that for Vern Scarborough, the 2004 winner of the

George Rieveschl Jr. Award for Creative or Scholarly Works.

Water, whether in the ancient world or the modern, has been at the heart of Scarborough's research interests.

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