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UC San Diego Recognized for Efforts to Keep San Diego Skyline Clean and Clear

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The University of California, San Diego today announced that it has received an APCD-IEA Blue Sky Leadership Award. Created by the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and the Industrial Environmental Association, the annual awards recognize three companies or organizations that have made positive contributions to the regional environment through innovative projects that reduce air pollution and global warming.

UC San Diego Recognized for Efforts to Keep San Diego Skyline Clean and Clear

SDSC’s Chaitan Baru Named CISE Data Science Advisor at NSF

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Chaitan Baru, a Distinguished Scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, Senior Advisor for Data Science in the agency’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE).

SDSC’s Chaitan Baru Named CISE Data Science Advisor at NSF

New Global Rankings by U.S. News Name UC San Diego 18th Best University in World

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The University of California, San Diego is one of only five top public universities in the U.S. to make the top 20 list in a new ranking of the world’s top 500 colleges. The campus took the No. 18 spot in U.S. News and World Report’s first-ever global ranking of universities which measured factors such as research, global and regional reputation, international collaboration as well as number of highly-cited papers and doctorates awarded.

New Global Rankings by U.S. News Name UC San Diego 18th Best University in World

UC San Diego Named Stem Cell “Alpha Clinic”

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In a push to further speed clinical development of emerging stem cell therapies, Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center at UC San Diego Health System was named today one of three new “alpha clinics” by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state’s stem cell agency.

UC San Diego Named Stem Cell “Alpha Clinic”

Deborah Zmarzly Named Interim Director at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

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Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, has named Scripps alumna Deborah Zmarzly, Ph.D., as interim director. Zmarzly has been with Birch Aquarium since 1993, devoting more than 20 years to making science accessible and interpreting Scripps research for the public.

Deborah Zmarzly Named Interim Director at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Richard Kronick Elected to Institute of Medicine

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Richard Kronick, PhD, a health policy expert and faculty member at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences and widely regarded as one of the nation’s most respected scientific society.