UCI professor to receive honor from Obama
UCI professor to receive honor from Obama
- September 5, 2015
- Vicki Ruiz, Chicano/Latino studies and History Distinguished Professor, is featured in the Daily Pilot Sept. 5, 2015
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From the Daily Pilot:
Vicki Ruiz, a professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies at UC Irvine, is set
to receive a 2014 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama at the White
House on Thursday. Ruiz is among 10 honorees from universities nationwide. She is
the first at UCI to receive a National Humanities Medal.
For the full story, please visit http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-me-0906-president-award-20150905,0,233361.story.
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