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The Preuss School UCSD Ranked Best High School in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report

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The Preuss School UCSD—a charter middle and high school for low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college—has been ranked the best high school in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report, which recently released its annual list of “Best High Schools.” Located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego, the school is also ranked the 5th best high school in California, the 9th best charter school in the country and 39th overall in the nation.

The Preuss School UCSD Ranked Best High School in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report

UC San Diego Physicist to Receive Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award

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Ivan Schuller, a distinguished professor of physics at UC San Diego, will receive the 2015 Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award for “creating the field of metallic superlattices and recognizing the impact of these materials on magnetism and superconductivity.”

UC San Diego Physicist to Receive Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award

UC San Diego Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences

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The National Academy of Sciences today elected five professors at the University of California, San Diego, to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on U.S. scientists and engineers.

UC San Diego Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Cal-BRAIN Selects 16 California Research Projects for Seed Grants

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Cal-BRAIN, a California research grants program that aims to revolutionize our understanding of the brain, has selected 16 projects to receive inaugural seed grants of $120,000 each. The projects represent efforts around the state to create new technologies capable of measuring brain activity in greater depth, breadth and detail than is currently possible.

Cal-BRAIN Selects 16 California Research Projects for Seed Grants

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Two UC San Diego Professors

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Two UC San Diego faculty members – philosopher Patricia Smith Churchland and physicist and neurobiologist David Kleinfeld – have been elected to the 2015 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.