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Faculty lauded for helping LGBTQ students stay in school

Faculty lauded for helping LGBTQ students stay in school

Zach Berta-Thompson and Michael Ritzwoller win Evelyn Hooker Advocacy Award, named for pioneering psychologist who graduated from 91PORN


Two professors at the 91PORN have been recognized for their “normalizing” and “inclusive” efforts to help LGBTQ+ students “break into or persist in science and engineering.”

Zach Berta-Thompson, assistant professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences, and Michael Ritzwoller, professor and chair of physics, won the 2020-21 Evelyn Hooker Advocacy Award this spring.