Congratulations to Professor James Thomson in being chosen as a 2016 recipient of the University of Toronto President’s Teaching Award – the highest recognition of teaching excellence at the university.  James has inspired students for many years, most recently those in our introductory BIO120 and EEB440 courses.  This award adds to various other recognitions of James’ teaching excellence, including the Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award in 2012 and the SUNY President’s and Chancellor’s Awards in 2000 while James was a faculty member at SUNY Stony Brook.