Awards & Honors
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Mathematician François Monard wins NSF CAREER Award
Grant supports research on problems in integral geometry, the mathematics behind medical imaging and other applications.
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Astronomer Sandra Faber awarded Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal
The Royal Astronomical Society has awarded its Gold Medal in Astronomy to Sandra Faber, professor emerita of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz.
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Arts professor’s anthology named one of ‘Best Art Books of the Decade’
‘Chicano and Chicana Art: A Critical Anthology’–a diverse collection of essays edited by UCSC history of art and visual culture professor Jennifer González–has been named one of the “Best Art Books of the Decade” by ArtNews.
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Biologist Jordan Ward wins NSF CAREER Award
Jordan Ward, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.
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Guthman’s book named one of the best of 2019
Julie Guthman’s book Wilted: Pathogens, Chemicals, and the Fragile Future of the Strawberry Industry, has been named one of the best 2019 books about the U.S. food system.
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Biologist Doug Kellogg receives Outstanding Faculty Award
Doug Kellogg, professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, has received the 2018–19 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
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Electrical engineer Keith Corzine elected IEEE Fellow
Keith Corzine, a professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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Computer scientist Lise Getoor named ACM Fellow
Lise Getoor, professor of computer science and engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
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Engineer Holger Schmidt elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Holger Schmidt, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
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Earth scientist Andrew Fisher elected 2019 AAAS Fellow
Andrew Fisher, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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Mathematician Viktor Ginzburg named Fellow of American Mathematical Society
Ginzburg, professor and chair of mathematics at UCSC, is among 52 mathematical scientists from around the world who have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society for 2020.
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Mathematician Harold Widom honored by American Mathematical Society
Harold Widom and Craig Tracy will receive the 2020 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research.