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Congratulations to Lucy Huffman for being one of a handful students across the University to win an Edward Peck Curtis Awards for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student Award! This award is given to graduate student teachers who have been exemplary in teaching undergraduates.

Lucy received several letters of recommendation for this award, and students appreciated her dedication to making her workshops an inclusive and welcoming space for everyone. Students rated Lucy highly rated in all evaluation metrics, from lab safety to teaching skill and everything in-between.

“Lucy is the GOAT TA, she’s built diff, 10/10,” one anonymous student wrote in the free response section a TA Evaluation.

Lucy has served as Head TA for a course which came with supervisory responsibilities and has been a valued mentor to other TAs.

“What I appreciate most about Lucy’s workshop leading style was her ability to make workshop a comfortable learning environment for everyone,” one letter writer wrote, “I can say that she has certainly impacted how I approach my own workshop leading and even a year after the course I am still benefiting from her work.”

Lucy Huffman is a member of Brandon Barnett’s group, an interdisciplinary group dedicated to revolutionizing the separation and functionalization of chemical feedstocks. Lucy's research is working toward the development of new iron-based catalysts that can efficiently mediate synthetic transformations relevant to energy and fine chemical production.

Congrats again, Lucy!