2020 and 2022 Professor Blitzer Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Physics and Related Sciences

A ceremony was held on April 8th in Stewart Observatory to honor the 2020 and 2022 Professor Leon and Pauline Blitzer Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Physics and Related Sciences winners, Dr. Joshua A. Eisner (2020) and Dr. Kaitlin Kratter (2022). Drs. Eisner and Kratter delivered a combined lecture titled "Protoplanets and Protoplanetary Disks: Observation and Theory." The lecture highlighted the important interplay between observational breakthroughs and computational progress in the search to understand the origins of our solar system.
 

The Blitzer Award is given yearly to a faculty member with an established record of teaching excellence in one of the following four departments: Physics, Astronomy and the Steward Observatory, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, and Planetary Sciences and the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. This award was established in 2006 by the Blitzer children, Mimi and Charles, to honor the memory of their parents. Prof. Blitzer began his nearly 70 years with the UA Physics Department as an undergraduate. He returned to UA in 1946 as an assistant professor of physics.  In 1949, at age 33, he became the youngest full professor on campus.  He personified the ideal professor with devotion to all aspects of the job - teaching, research and service.  

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