Posts Tagged ‘People’
Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor – Spring 2023 Newsletter
2023 Latino Excellence Awards on April 6
Fan-Gang Zeng Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Fan-Gang Zeng, professor of otolaryngology in the School of Medicine, professor of biomedical engineering in the Samueli School of Engineering, and director of the UCI Center for Hearing Research, has been elected an international member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest distinctions for…
Read MoreKei Igarashi Awarded 19th Japan Academy Medal
Six Honored as AAAS Fellows
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share that six UCI researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It is my honor to acknowledge these extraordinary scholars for their accomplishments, which have significantly contributed to a broad range of fields. With this 2022 cohort, UCI has 203 AAAS fellows.…
Read MoreUCI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence Inaugural Class
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the formation of the UCI Faculty Academy for Teaching Excellence (FATE) and the inaugural class of fellows. FATE is a community of faculty from across campus with a shared desire to promote student success through teaching. Members of FATE will meet regularly to discuss all aspects of the…
Read MoreOffice of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor – Winter 2023 Newsletter
Jonathan Alexander Receives 2023 CCCC Co-Exemplar Award
Phil Felgner and Payam Heydari Named 2022 National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to congratulate Phil Felgner and Payam Heydari on being named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Phil Felgner, Professor in Residence, Physiology and Biophysics, is being honored for a series of discoveries based on biophysics principles and the structure and hydrodynamic properties of bilayer membranes. He has developed approaches…
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