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Awards and Honors
 Dimitri Basov, Professor of Physics has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany
 Lu J. Sham, Professor of Physics, has been named fellow of the Optical Society of America
 Susan S. Taylor, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry named Fellow of the AAAS
 Science Meets Policy Q. & A. with Seth Cohen
 Melanie Cruz Walsh, Director of Development, recognized by San Diego Metropolitan's Special Edition as the region’s exceptional young Achievers
 Physics Professor Frank Shu has been awarded the Centennial Medal from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University
 The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) awards Arthur M. Wolfe, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, the 2008 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship
Calendar of Events
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Sulfate Lens Enhances Climate Warming Properties of Atmospheric Soot   
Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, a new study by researchers at the UC San Diego have found.

Michael L. Norman Named Interim Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center   
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, today announced the appointment of Michael L. Norman to the position of interim director, effective July 1. Norman succeeds Francine Berman, who announced plans in April to join the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as vice president of research, effective August 1.

UC San Diego Astrophysicist Wins Shaw Prize in Astronomy   
An astrophysicist at the University of California, San Diego whose wide-ranging research advanced our understanding of how stars, spiral galaxies and planetary systems form has been awarded the $1-million Shaw Prize in Astronomy.

From Physics Degree to Hollywood Success   
How do you go from earning a degree in physics to becoming a successful filmmaker and the creator of cult animated TV series? How do you find your passion? And how to do you get a job in this economy anyway?

UC San Diego Environmental Systems Undergraduates Receive San Diego Environmental Professionals Award   
UC San Diego Environmental Systems undergraduate students Zachary Vickers and Jessica Wall were recently awarded $500 scholarships by the San Diego Environmental Professionals for their senior year research projects.

Inspiring a Passion for Science   
The first time Anna Kornfeld Simpson visited Michael Sailor’s lab at UC San Diego, she was just one of a group of high school freshmen who had come to learn more about the researcher’s work. But while her classmates asked Sailor about rainbows, Anna asked whether he used a specific kind of crystal and how it worked.

Institute for Pure and Applied Research (IPAPS) Researchers Win Major Interdisciplinary Pentagon Awards   
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded researchers of UCSD's Institute for Pure and Applied Physics (IPAPS), 3 out of 22 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives (MURI) awarded by the Department of Defense nation wide.


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