By Sarah Geegan & Tess Perica
University of Kentucky Biology professor Robin Cooper recently won an award from the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS), commending his excellence in teaching.
The KAS Outstanding College/University Teacher award is not awarded every year, but rather only when the organization sees fit to recognize a particularly excellent professor.
To qualify for the award, recipients must have made some significant contribution primarily to science teaching, but also to research at the university level in Kentucky.
These contributions are interpreted broadly to mean contribution directly to the Commonwealth, or the