UC San Diego Chemist Wins 2 Prestigious National Awards
Awards & AccoladesA chemistry professor at the University of California San Diego has won two prestigious national prizes awarded by the American Chemical Society.
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UC San Diego Named World’s 14th Best University for Fourth Consecutive Year
Awards & AccoladesThe University of California San Diego has been named the 14th best university in the world for the fourth year in a row by the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Nationally, UC San Diego was named the country’s 12th best university.
UC San Diego Dean Awarded Prestigious Meteoritical Society Medal
Awards & AccoladesMark Thiemens, a former dean and professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego, has won the most prestigious prize awarded in the field of meteoritics —the scientific discipline concerned with the study of solar system origin, evolution and history.
Robert S. Sullivan Named Chairman of PCI Board of Directors
Awards & AccoladesRobert S. Sullivan was elected Chairman of San Diego-based PCI (Project Concern International) at its annual meeting of the Board of Directors on August 6th. As chair, Sullivan will spearhead the strategic direction of PCI’s efforts working with families and communities in 15 countries to enhance health, end hunger and overcome hardship.
UC San Diego Theatre Alumni Win Princess Grace Awards in Triplicate
Awards & AccoladesThe University of California San Diego’s Department of Theatre and Dance is one of the top theater training programs in the nation for a reason—it produces promising artists. This fact wasn’t lost on the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, an organization that supports emerging artists, when it recently named its Princess Grace Award winners for 2016. Among them were three UC San Diego alumni: Christopher Scott Murillo, ’13; Keith Wallace, ’16 and Jiehae Park, ’09. Murillo and Wallace each won in the category of Theater and Playwriting, while Park was awarded a grant for a Works in Progress Residency. The three former Tritons, along with other winners, will be celebrated at the annual Princess Grace Awards Ceremony in New York City, Monday, Oct. 24.
UC San Diego Part of New DOE Consortium to Revolutionize Electric Car Battery Performance
Awards & AccoladesResearchers at the University of California San Diego are part of the new Battery500 consortium led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) aiming to almost triple the energy packed in electric car batteries and make them smaller, lighter and less expensive. This would allow manufacturers to make more affordable electric vehicles that can travel two to three times farther.
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