He's brought that concept to his teaching, and that's uncomfortable for many chem students who are used to there being only one way to approach a problem. He made one point about discussing as an art student that he had to draw a foot - there's no one way to do it.
He has a unique background if a recall - he was an art student as well as doing chem in undergrad or grad school. I have no interest in org chemistry, but he was there to speak about teaching in general. I saw him speak two years ago in Dearborn at a library conference. Reach her at or 73 and follow her on twitter. Kellie Woodhouse covers higher education for. Watch Coppola's lecture, titled The Liberal Art of Chemistry: Stories about Human Nature, here.Ĭheck out Coppola's 4.1 out of 5 rating on. According to the recently released U-M salary report, Coppola made $139,550 last year.
“A significance to this recognition is clearly related to the honoring of the act of classroom teaching, the thing that we embrace,” Coppola said in a finalist lecture he gave at Baylor in November.Ĭoppola also serves as the co-chair of the chemistry department and associate director for the University of Michigan-Peking University Joint Institute, in Beijing, China. Called the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, the merit is awarded once every two years.
The award is the single-largest monetary reward for teaching and is offered by Baylor University, a Christian college in Texas. U-M professor Brian Coppola gives a lecture before an audience at Baylor University.Ĭoppola will receive $250,000 of the award and his unit, U-M's College of Literature, Science and Arts department of chemistry, will receive $25,000.
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