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Hatab Honored with Lorayne Lester Award

March 27, 2024 by Logan Judy

During the 2023 UT College of Arts and Sciences faculty convocation, Nahla Abu Hatab, senior lecturer and director of general chemistry, received the Lorayne W. Lester Award, which recognizes a faculty member or an exempt staff member who has demonstrated outstanding service through research, outreach, and/or administrative, teaching, or advising services to the UT College of Arts and Sciences, State of Tennessee, local community, or beyond. 

Hatab is a champion of chemistry and recognized tonight for her support of high-quality teaching in our general chemistry courses. She continuously demonstrates excellence in teaching large, lower-level division chemistry classes, which can be a real challenge! 

As a lab program director, she supports lab safety and first-year chemistry labs in general, and contributed to the new curriculum of the first-year chemistry labs. Not only does she serve our college and help students achieve success in their first years of chemistry, she works with colleagues in the education college to study the pedagogical techniques in our first-year chemistry labs and lectures for continuous improvement.