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Jennifer Doudna was named a winner of the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences at a star-studded gala in Silicon Valley on Nov. 9, while Saul Perlmutter and former Berkeley post-doc Adam Riess accepted the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics on behalf of the two teams they led.
Tag: honors and awards
Quigley medal honors late real estate professor
December 19, 2014: The new John M. Quigley Medal has been established in memory of the late Berkeley-Haas housing expert and his extensive body of scholarly work in the fields of urban economics and housing policy. Professor Quigley passed away in May 2012.
Outstanding staff sought for 2015 COSA awards
December 19, 2014:
UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks has sent out a call for nominations for exceptional individual staff members and/or teams of staff for the 2015 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards. The deadline is Jan. 29.
Nominations are open for 2014 Haas Public Service Award
December 19, 2014: Nominations are open for the 2014 Peter E. Haas Public Service Award at UC Berkeley. The award honors alumni who have made an outstanding voluntary contribution in the fields of community service, health care, the environment or education. Nominations are due Feb. 12.
Roberto Zoncu profile: Starving cancer
December 18, 2014:
In a profile by The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2014 Pew Scholar Roberto Zoncu discusses the adventure of science and his own research to find a way to starve cancer of nutrients. A native of Sardinia, Italy, Zoncu is an assistant professor of molecular cell biology and a recipient of a NIH Innovator Award.
Two honored with Faculty Service Award
October 13, 2014: Joseph Cerny, an emeritus professor of chemistry, and Margaretta Lovell, the Jay D. McEvoy, Jr., Chair of American Art in the Department of the History of Art, are joint recipients of the Berkeley Faculty Service Award for 2014, given by the Academic Senate.
Tech innovator does good by taking connectivity to people who need it
August 22, 2014: UC Berkeley postdoc Kurtis Heimerl never intended to focus on technology in underdeveloped areas. But stints with the big tech companies didn’t inspire him; working on tech issues in India did. Now, with support from the Blum Center for Developing Countries, he’s involved in development engineering in Indonesia. He was recently recognized by MIT for his innovative humanitarian work.
Botanist Alan Smith receives award for lifetime work on ferns
August 4, 2014:
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists awarded Alan R. Smith, emeritus research botanist of the University Herbarium, its 2014 Asa Gray Award for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of plant systematics. Smith is an expert on ferns from around the world and is widely recognized as the greatest living student of fern diversity and the undisputed expert of fern identification.
For laser inventor Charles Townes, a festive 99th
July 29, 2014: More than 500 people plus the Straw Hat Band showed up on a sunny afternoon, July 28, to wish Nobelist Charles Townes a happy birthday. Young and old gathered round Townes, the inventor of the laser, as he chatted and ate birthday cake, accepting best wishes from friends, colleagues and admirers.
Maxine Hong Kingston wins National Medal of Arts
July 28, 2014: Maxine Hong Kingston, influential writer and an alumna and longtime lecturer at UC Berkeley, received the 2013 National Medal of Arts July 28 in a White House ceremony.
Researcher Michael Jordan wins $100,000 Rumelhart Prize for cognitive science
July 28, 2014: UC Berkeley’s Michael Jordan, a leading researcher in computer science and statistics, is the 2015 recipient of the David E. Rumelhart Prize, a prestigious honor reserved for those who have made fundamental contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition.
Birthday bash to celebrate laser inventor Charles Townes’ 99th
July 22, 2014: Laser inventor and Nobel laureate Charles Hard Townes, professor emeritus of physics, turns 99 on Monday (July 28), and an adoring campus is throwing him a long-overdue birthday party. In a new video, he says he’s still having fun with physics.
Kudos for Botanical Gardener Chris Carmichael
July 3, 2014: Botanical Garden associate director Chris Carmichael, a zoologist whose first love was plants, is honored for his contributions to U.S. public gardens, horticulture, sustainability and public engagement.
Don DePaolo honored for research on Earth’s geochemical structure
July 1, 2014:
Don DePaolo, professor of earth and planetary sciences and LBNL researcher, received the Harry Hess Medal of the American Geophysical Union for groundbreaking research on the geochemical structure of Earth’s mantle, the isotopic and trace element chemistry of oceanic volcanoes, and the origin of granitic igneous rocks.
GSIs honor ESPM’s Huntsinger with mentorship award
June 30, 2014:
The Graduate Division’s Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs was presented to Lynn Huntsinger, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, for providing GSIs with guidance and mentorship in teaching.
Three young researchers named 2014 Pew Scholars
June 26, 2014: BERKELEY — Three young UC Berkeley researchers have been selected as 2014 Pew scholars, The Pew Charitable Trusts announced this week. The researchers are: Elçin Ünal, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology, who was selected as one of 22 2014 Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences. The award supports promising early-career scientists in the health sciences, particularly young researchers […]
Berkeley grad student wins top prize for early-career scientists
June 23, 2014:
Kelly Clancy, a graduate student in biophysics, has won the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation, which comes with a $50,000 cash award. UC Berkeley will also receive an award to support a seminar series.
Information School team app for West African fishermen snags sustainable=fishing prize
June 18, 2014: Trolling for real-world solutions to support ocean fisheries, the U.S. State Department sponsored a “Fishackathon” at five sites across the country over the June 14-15 weekend. A team from UC Berkeley’s School of Information, working out of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, took home the national grand prize for a mobile app designed to help West African fishermen.
Schekman tells UCLA grads: public universities drive social mobility
June 17, 2014:
UC Berkeley’s latest Nobelist, Randy Schekman, addressed this year’s commencement at his alma mater, UCLA, and reminded graduates that a public university is the most effective engine of social mobility.
Water researcher David Sedlak wins 2014 Clarke Prize
June 13, 2014:
The National Water Research Institute has named David Sedlak as the 21st recipient of its Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize for excellence in water research. A professor of civil and environmental engineering at Berkeley, Sedlak was selected for his work on contaminants in wastewater.
Chemical engineer Jay Keasling wins renewable energy prize
June 9, 2014:
Jay Keasling, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and CEO of JBEI, has won the 2014 Renewable Energy Prize portion of the prestigious Eni Awards for his achievements in “the microbial production of hydrocarbon fuels.” The award is sponsored by Eni, a global multibillion dollar energy company headquartered in Rome.
After 20 years, still training new leaders in social services
May 30, 2014:
Since the fall of 1994, the Executive Development Program has turned out more than 600 graduates who have become leaders in the 12 Bay Area counties.
Emma Goldman Papers wins archivists’ award
May 29, 2014:
The Society of American Archivists’ Hamer-Kegan Award for 2014 goes to the Emma Goldman Papers Project for helping Goldman’s voice, struggles and activism to be heard.
J-School’s sexual-assault documentary wins RFK journalism award
May 23, 2014:
“Rape in the Fields,” a yearlong investigation into the widespread sexual assault of American field workers, won the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights’ top journalism award.
Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion awards summer research grants to nine graduate students
May 23, 2014:
The Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion is awarding nine graduate students grants for summer research that will take them around the world to explore topics such as the relationships of religion to media and politics, underseen global or early religious communities, and religious doctrine and law.
Berkeley trio shortlisted for prestigious early-career Blavatnik Awards
May 22, 2014: Campus researchers Christopher Chang, Ali Javey and Michael Rape are among 30 national finalists for the 2014 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. A national jury selected them from a field of 300 nominees.
Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund announces new awards
May 16, 2014:
Entering its ninth year, the fund will award a total of $202,264 to 11 partnerships between local community members and UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff. The fund has awarded $1.86 million since 2006.
Media Advisory: Nancy Pelosi to address Berkeley’s 2014 graduates
May 15, 2014: U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will deliver the commencement address. The event will also include remarks by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and by Andrés Roemer, Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco, a UC Berkeley alumnus and this year’s recipient of the Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award in recognition of his extensive record of public service. Also speaking will be Rebecca Peters, UC Berkeley’s 2014, top graduating senior and University medalist.
Berkeley Food Institute, NRDC name winners of Growing Green awards
May 14, 2014:
Four leaders who, said BFI’s executive director, “have undertaken remarkable work to advance sustainable food and agriculture systems through innovative approaches,”
University Medal runners-up find ‘turning point’ at Berkeley
May 12, 2014: Of the 35 outstanding graduating seniors who applied for University Medal this year, five finalists were selected, and water policy warrior Rebecca Peters won. The four runners-up – Kevin Kennedy, Brooke Liang, Rohin Shah and Sarah Mohamed – are each exceptional in their own right. Read about their lives and the philosophy that got them this far.
