On Thursday’s ceremony of Olav Thon Foundation’s awards for 2016, BIO got three prizes! Karin Pittman and Christian Jørgensen were each awarded their national prize (500.000 NOK) for excellent teaching, while Anne Gro Vea Salvanes was awarded 1.2 mill NOK as support for the national teaching related research project “Ecosystem, climate and variation in a mini-ocean ecocyctem: A Western Norwegian fjord”. It is the second time Olav Thon Foundation hands out prizes and support for excellent research and teaching within sciences.
Anne Gro Vea Salvanes receives support for her teaching project by Olav Thon
Karin Pittman recieves the prize for excellent teaching by Olav Thon
Christian Jørgensen receives the prize for excellent teaching by Olav Thon
The prize winners! From left: jury member Lise Øvreås, Anne Gro Vea Salvanes, Christian Jørgensen, Karin Pittman, Vice Principle Oddrun Samdal and Head of Department Anders Goksøyr
Photo and text: Anders Goksøyr, Photo: Katja Enberg
.@UiB is proud Thon awards for teaching excellence to Prof. Karin Pittman and 1.am Christian Jørgensen! Hooray!
Congratulations Prof Anne Gro Salvanes @UiB for Thon funds for study of student active biology teaching in the west Norwegian fjord!
Photo and text: Oddrun Samdal @ Twitter (translated by BIO-info editors)
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