Outstanding teaching ability was formally recognized at the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award Convocation on April 12, led by Acting Dean Philip E. Lewis in Kennedy Hall Auditorium. The audience of about 250 people included members of the Arts and Sciences Advisory Council as well as honorees and well- wishers from departments and programs across the college. The awards and their recipients, all Ithaca residents, were as follows:

• Robert and Helen Appel Fellowships for Humanists and Social Scientists, providing a full semester of paid leave: Professors Abigail Cohn and Molly Diesing, both of the linguistics department.
• Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Awards for Excellence in Advising, providing a cash award to faculty members who have been demonstrated excellence in advising undergraduates: Michael Morley, professor of mathematics. " Stephen and Margery Russell Distinguished Teaching Awards, providing a cash award to faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching: teaching assistant John L. Bower, neurobiology and behavior; Ross Brann, professor of Near Eastern studies and acting chair of the Religious Studies Program; and Brian Smith, professor of computer science.
• John M. and Emily B. Clark Distinguished Teaching Awards, cash awards given to individuals who have demonstrated devotion to teaching: lecturers Kora BŠttig, linguistics, and Shalom Shoer, Near Eastern studies, and teaching assistants Jeffrey Mitchell, mathematics; Marco Ameduri, physics; Denise Meyer, linguistics; Anthony Ndungu, government; David Salinas, physics; Stephen J. Schvaneveldt, chemistry; Craig Triplett, English; Heather White, English; and Juliet Williams, government.

Also honored were five undergraduate seniors with the highest grade point averages in their class: degree marshals Phillip L. Geissler and Mark D. Pilloff and banner bearers Richard W. O'Shaughnessy, James S. Toung and Serena Tsan-Lai Wong. Dean Lewis also praised the 1,318 students in the College who made the Dean's List for the spring and fall '95 semesters.