Professor Martin Short is one of the inaugural recipients of the LexisNexis Dean's award. The company states that "The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding educators from among the untenured junior faculty at the assistant professor level. Award recipients are selected for extraordinary effectiveness in classroom teaching, educational innovations, inspiration transmitted to students, direct impact and involvement with students, and impact on the postgraduate success of students." There were three winners, one each from the Colleges of Computing, Engineering, and Sciences.