{"id":9320,"date":"2026-09-07T10:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T02:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/?page_id=9320"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:11:08","slug":"congratulations-to-dr-orlando-garcia-and-prof-olivier-lefebvre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/events\/eventsgallery\/congratulations-to-dr-orlando-garcia-and-prof-olivier-lefebvre\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Dr Orlando Garcia and Prof Olivier Lefebvre on receiving the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tCongratulations to Dr Orlando Garcia<br \/>and Prof Olivier Lefebvre on receiving the<br \/>NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Awards 2026\t<\/h1>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/neri\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Latest-Event-Home-Page-Thumbnail-Template-2.png\" alt=\"Latest Event Home Page Thumbnail Template (2)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"Latest Event Home Page Thumbnail Template (2)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/news\/cde-faculty-recognised-at-nus-annual-teaching-excellence-awards-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/news\/cde-faculty-recognised-at-nus-annual-teaching-excellence-awards-2026\/(opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr Orlando Garcia, NERI Senior Research Fellow, and Prof Olivier Lefebvre, NERI Principal Investigator, on receiving the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Awards 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This well-deserved recognition highlight their dedication to teaching excellence, innovation in education, and the meaningful difference they continue to make in the lives of their students. 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