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Media group Thomson Reuters picked UC Berkeley physics professor Marvin Cohen as a 2016 Citation Laureate — a recognition given to scientists predicted to win the Nobel Prize.
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March, it turns out, is about more than college basketball: UC Berkeley’s reputation as a top research institution was reaffirmed Monday, when the campus was crowned champion of the Thomson Reuters Metrics Mania tournament for a second time.
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The Intellectual Property and Science division of Thomson Reuters has named UC Berkeley chemistry and molecular and cell biology professor Jennifer Doudna as a citation laureate for her development of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing method.
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King Abdulaziz University, a little-known university in Saudi Arabia, ranks seventh in the world in mathematics, edging out other universities with reputable math departments. But their newfound prestige is a product of an aggressive recruitment program targeting some of the world’s top scientists.
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Geoff Marcy says he has spent his career chasing the “stuff of science fiction.” Marcy, a campus astronomy professor, is one of four UC Berkeley researchers who may have a shot at this year’s Nobel Prize, according to Thomson Reuters, a firm that annually predicts contenders for the award.
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UC Berkeley took the crown in Thomson Reuters’ Metrics Mania competition, an NCAA bracket style contest that ranked universities based on their research impact.
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