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This is the third of three Centre for Teaching Excellence Teaching Stories that will appear in the Daily Bulletin this week. The full versions of each piece first appeared on the Centre for Teaching Excellence's website.

Three professors were recognized for their outstanding work in the classroom with the Federation of Students' newly established Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awards. Dr. Josh Neufeld, Dr. Richard Ennis, and Dr. Chad Wriglesworth received their awards at the Feds Leadership Awards Banquet on April 2. As the professor with the most votes, Feds nominated Dr. Josh Neufeld to also receive the Teaching Excellence Award at the prestigious Partners in Higher Education event hosted by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) on April 8.

Nathaniel Barr, a graduate student in the Cognitive Area, is one of three recipients of the 2014 Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student. You can read more in the March 25, 2014 University of Waterloo Daily Bulletin.

Retired professor, Michael Ross, a social psychologist, was in the news this week with his surprising findings that challenge assumptions about seniors as most vulnerable to fraud or online scams.

Here is an excerpt from the National Post story, Middle-aged people actually more likely to fall victim to con artists than ‘risk averse’ senior citizens, study says:

During the fall Liz Nilsen (Clinical division; cognitive development) had two studies published on her research into communication challenges for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).