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Congratulations to the New Thurnau Professors!

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CRLT congratulates the six U-M faculty members recently honored by the Regents with Arthur F. Thurnau professorships. The awards recognize the following outstanding teachers for their remarkable contributions to undergraduate education here at Michigan:

  • Samuel D. Epstein, Linguistics
  • Martha S. Jones, History and Afroamerican and African Studies
  • Fritz Kaenzig, Music
  • Janie Paul, Art
  • Volker Sick, Mechanical Engineering
  • L. Monique Ward, Psychology

portraits of the six 2013 Thurnau professors

More information about each new Thurnau Professor can be found in this University Record article [2]. We look forward to spotlighting their innovative teaching here on our blog in the coming months. More information about the Thurnau Professorships can be found at this link [3]. 

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[2] http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/130222/thurnau
[3] http://www.provost.umich.edu/programs/thurnau/index.html
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