Four UT Professors Earn Regents Outstanding Teaching Awards

University of Texas Permian Basin Spanish professor Perla Ábrego received the UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, which honors teaching excellence, innovation and student success. Ábrego said her students continually shape her approach and described teaching as an ongoing process of learning and growth. University leaders praised her impact on students, work to expand access to graduate education and service to West Texas. The award includes a certificate, medallion and $25,000. Separately, three UT San Antonio faculty members—Anibal Diogenes, Monica Lawson and Rita Mitra—were also named recipients; they join nine other educators selected across the UT System this year.