Shankar Receives Irene Rothbaum Outstanding Assistant Professor Award

Not everyone would describe math as an exciting and engaging subject, but one professor at the University of Oklahoma has been rewarded for his ability to stimulate and engage his students in this subject matter.

Krishnan “Ravi” Shankar, assistant professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was stunned and speechless when Dean Paul B. Bell and a number of other staff and colleagues from the department trooped into his honors calculus class early Tuesday morning, with balloons and candy in tow.

The purpose of the interruption was to announce that Shankar is the recipient of the 2006 Irene Rothbaum Award for the Outstanding Assistant Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. He will receive a monetary gift of $2,500, a personal plaque, his name engraved on a permanent plaque in the college office and a recognition luncheon in his honor.

Upon hearing the news, Shankar replied, smiling broadly, “There’s been a mistake.”

A&S May Convocation, Saturday, May 13,
4:30 p.m. Lloyd Noble Center, 2900 Jenkins

Dean Paul Bell and the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences extend a cordial invitation to A&S graduates, their families and friends to participate in the college’s Convocation ceremony scheduled for Saturday, May 13, at 4:30 p.m. in the
Lloyd Noble Center, 2900 Jenkins Ave.

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A&S Convocation, 4 p.m., Lloyd Noble Center.

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