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President's Report, May 1996
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"A Report on Discoveries and Achievements at the University of California
Volume 4, Number 6, May 1996
The following is a glimpse of some recent achievements by the faculty,
students and staff of the University of California.
In the News
Pulitzer Prize . . . History professor Alan Taylor of UC Davis won
the 1996 Pulitzer Prize in history for his 1995 book, "William Cooper's
Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic."
The prestigious $3,000 prizes are presented annually by Columbia University.
Taylor also received the 1996 Bancroft Prize in American history from Columbia,
worth $4,000.
Guggenheim Fellowships . . . Nine UC faculty members were awarded
1996 Guggenheim Fellowships out of a total of 158 awarded nationwide. Four
are from UC Berkeley and one each is from UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC San
Diego, UC Davis and UC Irvine. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the
basis of unusually distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional
promise for future accomplishment.
Lemelson-MIT Prize . . . Biologist Herbert W. Boyer of UC San
Francisco shared the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize with Stanley Cohen of Stanford
University. The $500,000 prize is given annually in honor of American invention
and innovation. In the 1970s, Boyer and Cohen developed the gene cutting
and splicing techniques that launched the biotechnology industry.
Sloan Fellowships . . . Young faculty members at the University
of California captured 12 of the 100 fellowships awarded this year by the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of New York. The fellowships, worth $35,000
per year for two years, encourage researchers in the early stages of their
careers to pursue innovative studies. UC recipients included three faculty
members at UC Berkeley, two each at UC Davis, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara,
and one each at UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC Santa Cruz.
Making History . . . The National Center for History in the Schools
at UCLA released the revised edition of volunta"
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