Faculty Awards and Honors December 2011
Margarita Baggett, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, William Mobley, Christian Wuthrich, and Joseph Vinetz
Milestones
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SDSC Researcher Amarnath Gupta Named an ACM Distinguished Scientist
Amarnath Gupta, a researcher with the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been named a Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.
The Preuss School UCSD Named One of 10 ‘Breakthrough Schools’ in the Nation
The Preuss School UCSD is one of 10 schools in the nation being recognized for academic success through the 2012 MetLife Foundation-National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Breakthrough Schools program.
UC San Diego Ranked 7th in Nation for Students Who Study Abroad
Kicking off International Education Week, the University of California, San Diego was ranked 7th in the nation among doctoral institutions for the number of students who study abroad for a full academic year, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE) Open Doors report released yesterday.
Oreskes’ Book Wins History of Science Society Prize
“Merchants of Doubt” (Bloomsbury Press, 2010), coauthored by Naomi Oreskes of UC San Diego’s department of history with Erik Conway, has earned its share of public plaudits – including repeated praise from former Vice President Al Gore.
Rady Professor Ayelet Gneezy Receives Robert B. Cialdini Award
The UC San Diego Rady School of Management today announced that Professor Ayelet Gneezy is the recipient of this year’s Robert B. Cialdini Award for excellence in a published field study.
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