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UC San Diego Scholars Honored with Faculty Excellence Awards

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They represent diverse fields ranging from biology to political science and family medicine to literature, but six University of California, San Diego professors now share something in common: They are all recipients of Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Awards. The prestigious awards are presented annually by the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Associates donor group for excellence in teaching, research, community service and performing and visual arts.

UC San Diego Scholars Honored with Faculty Excellence Awards

UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best, According to U.S. News and World Report

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The 2014 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools in engineering and medicine, as well as its academic Ph.D. programs in the social sciences and humanities.

UC San Diego’s Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best, According to U.S. News and World Report

Linguistics Scholar John Moore Appointed Muir College Provost at UC San Diego

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John Moore, professor of linguistics at the University of California, San Diego, has been appointed the new provost of John Muir College, effective September 1, 2013. Moore, who joined UC San Diego’s faculty in 1992, will be replacing visual arts professor Susan Smith, who is stepping down after seven years of service as provost.

Linguistics Scholar John Moore Appointed Muir College Provost at UC San Diego

Biology of Time Change

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On March 10, clocks across the United States will be moved forward one hour, shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. It’s a time when many of us feel fatigued and listless. And it’s not just because of that lost hour of sleep.

Reputation Rankings Name UC San Diego 34th Best University in the World

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The Times Higher Education has placed the University of California, San Diego as the 34th top university in the publication’s World Reputation Rankings. UC San Diego moved up two spots from 36th last year in the annual rankings.

Reputation Rankings Name UC San Diego 34th Best University in the World

UC San Diego Cancer Scientist Wins $3 Million Award

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Napoleone Ferrara, MD, PhD, the molecular biologist credited with helping decipher how tumors grow and now senior deputy director for basic sciences at the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center, was today named one of 11 recipients of the inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, which comes with a $3 million cash award.