Nation’s largest award for top teaching brings UT geosciences prof to Baylor
…fessor and his or her school. The 2024 Cherry Award recipient is Dr. Jay Banner, the Bullard Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Since joining the UT faculty in 1990, Banner has been repeatedly honored for his teaching, including the Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award (1996, 2006 & 2007), the Jackson School of Geosciences’ Outstanding Educator Award (2010), the Texas Exes Teaching Awar…