Abramson Award to Spirling, Combes
This year’s winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award are Arthur Spirling, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of Government, and Stacey Combes, associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology. The awards are given annually to assistant or associate professors for excellence in undergraduate teaching. The $10,000 award, established with a gift from Edward Abramson ’57 in honor of his mother, goes each year to members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) “in recognition of his or her excellence and sensitivity in teaching undergraduates.” Recipients are chosen on the basis of their accessibility, their dedication to teaching, and their ability to communicate with and inspire undergraduates. “Arthur Spirling and Stacey Combes are outstanding young scholars who are passionate about their fields and excel at engaging and inspiring their students. Their ability to guide undergraduates helps to ensure that Harvard continues to be an unmatched...