UC Berkeley professors receive awards from National Academy of Sciences
Two UC Berkeley professors were honored Wednesday by the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, for their research contributions to science.
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Professor emeritus, acclaimed mathematician Marina Ratner dies at 78
Dr. Marina Ratner, a professor emeritus in the campus’s math department, died July 7. Ratner was 78.
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UC Berkeley faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences
Six campus faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific societies, according to a Tuesday NAS release.
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2 UC Berkeley professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering elected two UC Berkeley professors to its membership on Thursday.
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Inventor of the laser celebrates 99th birthday on Faculty Glade
On Monday at the Faculty Glade, onlookers eagerly awaited the arrival of the day’s most important guest: Charles Townes. Cheers and applause broke out as a golf cart came into view and renowned physicist, educator and Nobel Prize winner Charles Townes made his way onto the glade — kicking off the celebration of
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Five UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences elected five UC Berkeley professors to their society of distinguished scholars last Tuesday, along with 84 other new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries joining this year.
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UC Berkeley professor emeritus, distinguished microbiologist dies at 71
UC Berkeley professor emerita Sydney Kustu, a distinguished microbiologist, died March 18 at the Berkeley City Club. She was 71.
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UC Berkeley professor co-authors report on climate change for general public
A report jointly released Thursday by the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society in the United Kingdom aims to make climate change an easily digestible subject for even the novice reader.
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UC Berkeley professors named to the National Academy of Engineering
Two UC Berkeley faculty members were named to the National Academy of Engineering, a prestigious professional recognition, for their work in manufacturing and sustainability, last week.
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Stuart Jay Freedman, Berkeley physicist, dies at age 68
Stuart Jay Freedman, a world-renowned nuclear physicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a UC Berkeley professor, died Nov. 9 while at a scientific conference in New Mexico. He was 68.
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