At graduation it was announced, and last week we got an email confirming, that Professor Caruso won the law school's Melton Award for excellence in teaching.
My friends from my first year section were pleased to hear this. We had her for contracts (and then later many of us had her for EU law) and we'd once nominated her for the award ourselves.
What we wrote, so you can get some idea why she deserved it:
We, the undersigned, enthusiastically nominate Professor Daniela Caruso for the Michael Melton Award in Excellence in Teaching.In Professor Caruso is the fortunate convergence of a wonderful teacher and a wonderful human being, with both qualities richly benefiting her students.
Thoroughly knowledgeable in the area she teaches, she strives to convey to her students comprehensive understanding of all the relevant issues and viewpoints entailed, with a classroom demeanor that is thoughtful, nuanced, and appropriately humorous. She takes genuine concern in the progress and engagement of all her students, as is frequently evidenced both in class and out.
She is available and generous with her support, encouragement, and expertise. It is obvious how committed she is to the learning and success of her students.
For the above reasons, and many others not articulated here, we believe she is well deserving of the honor and acknowledgement of this award.
Clearly others were of the same opinion.