Bravo UCI: Chicano/Latino chair earns highest faculty distinction
Bravo UCI: Chicano/Latino chair earns highest faculty distinction
- October 21, 2013
- Vicki Ruiz, Chicano/Latino studies Distinguished Professor and chair and history professor, is featured in the Orange County Register October 21, 2013
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From the OC Register:
Vicki Ruiz, history professor and chairwoman of the Chicano/Latino studies department,
was recently named a Distinguished Professor, the highest-level distinction for UC
Irvine faculty… Three UC Irvine professors are the recipients of 2013 National Institutes
of Health Director’s New Innovator Awards. Each professor will receive an award of
$1.5 million over five years that will directly support research projects. The award
was given to 41 people in the United States.
For the full story, please visit http://www.ocregister.com/articles/research-531642-professor-irvine.html.
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