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    Rich Barlow is a senior writer at BU Today and Bostonia magazine. Perhaps the only native of Trenton, N.J., who will volunteer his birthplace without police interrogation, he graduated from Dartmouth College, spent 20 years as a small-town newspaper reporter, and is a former Boston Globe religion columnist, book reviewer, and occasional op-ed contributor. Profile

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There are 9 comments on Metcalf Award Winner Wayne LaMorte

  1. Congratulations to Professor LaMorte!!!! He is definitely an excellent professor both in terms of teaching in the classroom and being very approachable outside of the classroom.

  2. This is great prize and the recipients have all been wonderful teachers and mentors. Unfortunately BU has many great teachers who will never win this prize. Prizes are great but perhaps today we should take a moment to simply thank those who trained us with all their heart and soul even though they did not got any special prize for their effort.

    Perhaps today we should also take a moment to reflect on the purpose of BU as an educational institution and how the quest for PHS funds and the need to publish or perish destracts many would be great “teachers” from that inherent goal. Being a great mentor and teacher is not always stressed in the modern academic environment where getting funding for research and publishing papers are typically rewarded with promotions and tenure far more often than is excellence in teaching. It is easy to forget this primary mission of the institution and difficult to hire the best teachers when the entire hiring and promotion process often revolves around attracting new people based solely on who can bring in the most grant money. Fortunately a handful of our young up and coming professors can do both well. And while they may not have gotten a prize today their commitment to the under appreciated task of teaching should be commended toady.

    So I say thanks to all the great people at BU who helped train little ol’ me when no one important was looking or handing out accolades for it. You’re the best!!

  3. I have had Professor Lamorte in class and not only is he extremely intelligent, he has a gift for integrating different methods of online, electronic, and classroom based teaching methods into his classes. Not only this, but he is a vocal advocate for students, and is active in mentoring them, finding them employment opportunities, internships, and just being a good friend. He is down to earth, but keeps a real-world perspective, traits that make an academic endearing, and admired by all.

  4. I have had the honor of working with Dr. LaMorte and of having him as my advisor. He is perhaps, the most dedicated professor in the school of public health. He deserves this award and I am glad to say that I know him. Even more, I am deeply honored to be graduating the day he receives this award.

  5. Best professor I ever had during my undergraduate years. Fantastic lecturer and mentor. Compassionate, down-to-earth, and funny. Nowadays, I encounter many professors who would rather be doing research full-time and not teaching a room full of undergrads at 8 am. LaMorte is the last of dying breed of college professors who are here because they are legitimately interested in teaching their students.

  6. Professor LaMorte taught an Epidemiology class for my MET MS in Health Communications – it was by far one of the most interesting and dynamic classes – I was hooked by the second week! Congratulations Professor LaMorte!

  7. Professor Lamorte is an excellent teacher. I also love his sense of humor, openness to different perspectives, and innovative mindset. We need more professors like him.

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