Chemistry Faculty Receive College of Arts and Sciences Top Teaching and Advising Awards
The Department of Chemistry prides itself on faculty who attain an admirable balance between their research and scholarship and their commitment to teaching and advising. Two of our faculty, Professor Sean Elliott and Professor John Caradonna, both renowned researchers, were singularly honored by CAS with undergraduate advising and teaching awards. 
Sean Elliott received a 2008 Templeton Prize forExcellence in Student Advising. Student recommendations for Professor Elliott were notable for their length and enthusiasm, commenting on how he inspires students and “adds a personal touch to every appointment with his jokes and his clear and present attentiveness.”
John Caradonna received the 2008 Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching. The department’s exit interviews with the graduating majors of the class of 2008 lisedt him as among the top two professors in the department, and the majority picked his inorganic chemistry course as the very best experience of their undergraduate careers.
November 2008