Thursday, January 17, 2008
Al George named 2007 Weiss Presidential Fellow

Professor Al George has been awarded a 2007 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship for excellence in teaching and advising undergraduate students, and outstanding efforts to improve instruction at Cornell. The award is named for Stephen H. Weiss '57, emeritus chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees, who endowed the program.. It carries a monetary award of $5,000 per year for five years. Al George is one of three 2007 awardees. Professors Ross Brann, Judeo-Islamic Studies and David Winkler, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are also receiving the award.