Pitt Faculty Win Bellet Teaching Awards

The winners are from the Departments of Computer Science and Biological Sciences

(NOTE: Please see companion press release)

University of Pittsburgh Professor Daniel Mossé, Department of Computer Science, and Anthony Bledsoe, a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, have been named winners of the 2006 Tina and David Bellet Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.

Established in 1998 with a $200,000 donation from the Bellet family, the annual award recognizes outstanding and innovative teaching in undergraduate studies in the School of Arts and Sciences. An additional $100,000 was donated to the University last year through the Bellet family. Award recipients will each receive a one-time cash prize of $2,000 and a grant of $3,000 in support of his or her teaching.

Now, you can watch interviews and see these outstanding educators in action. You will need either the Windows Media Player or Apple’s Quicktime.

			Anthony Bledsoe (3:53) Anthony Bledsoe is a lecturer in avian systematics and evolution. His research interests include using molecular data to gain insight into the ecology and migration of birds and the basic mechanisms of evolution. Bledsoe received his Ph.D. in 1984 from Yale University and joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Pitt in 1987. Windows | Quicktime
			Daniel Mossé (3:56) Daniel Mossé came to Pitt in 1992 and was named a professor in the Department of Computer Science in 2004. His research interest is in the allocation of computing and network resources. Mossé received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1993. Quicktime | Windows