The UT System Board of Regents has awarded six faculty members at UTMB with the board’s highest honor in recognition of their performance in the classroom and their dedication to innovation and advancing excellence. Considered the top teaching prize in the UT System, the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards program is believed to be among the single largest financial teaching awards program in the country and also one of the nation’s most competitive. This year’s honorees are Michael A. Ainsworth, Vicki S. Freeman, Richard Wilder Goodgame, Ruth E. Levine, Steven A. Lieberman and Virginia N. Niebuhr.