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UC San Diego Undergraduates Awarded National Goldwater Scholarships

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Elizabeth Kim, Joshua Young Yang and Maarouf Saad are the University of California, San Diego’s latest undergraduate students to be acknowledged with the national Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program Award for their research in the sciences. Kim and Yang were selected to receive the scholarship—regarded as the nation’s most prestigious award bestowed upon students studying the sciences—and will each receive $7,500. Saad was awarded with an honorable mention for his contributions as well.

UC San Diego Undergraduates Awarded National Goldwater Scholarships

Mathematician Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

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Professor Kiran Kedlaya has won a Guggenheim Fellowship, to further his work in number theory, one of the most classical branches of mathematics.

Mathematician Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

UC San Diego Alumnus and Research Scientist Honored with DRI Nevada Medal

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Albert Yu-Min Lin may now be even better known in Nevada than he is in his home state of California. The research scientist from the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego was in Nevada in late March to accept the 27th Desert Research Institute (DRI) Nevada Medal.

UC San Diego Alumnus and Research Scientist Honored with DRI Nevada Medal

ARCS Foundation Names V.S. Ramachandran ‘Scientist of the Year’

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V.S. Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at UC San Diego, was recently honored as the 2014 Scientist of the Year by the San Diego chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. The award was presented April 4 at the organization’s annual Scientist of the Year dinner.

ARCS Foundation Names V.S. Ramachandran ‘Scientist of the Year’

PayScale Ranks UC San Diego 15th Best Public College for Return on Investment (ROI)

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A recent college salary report by PayScale.com ranks the University of California, San Diego the 15th best public university for its return on investment (ROI) for alumni who are California residents. In addition, UC San Diego is listed as having the 10th best ROI, out of 434 public colleges, for mid-career (15 year of experience) alumni who earn on average more than $100,000 annually.

PayScale Ranks UC San Diego 15th Best Public College for Return on Investment (ROI)

40th Faculty Excellence Awards Honors Outstanding Teaching, Research and Service

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As educators, they powerfully inspire student ambition; as researchers, they drive scholarship to new heights; and as citizens, they reach out to the community to expand resources to the underserved. Six UC San Diego faculty members will be honored at the 40th annual Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards for going above and beyond to make a positive impact in their teaching, research and service. The recognition ceremony will be held Thursday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the J.R. Beyster Auditorium at the Rady School of Management.