Newsletter: Miller Fellow Focus

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The Miller Institute Spring Dinner was held on Monday, April 22 in the Alumni House on campus. Professor Carolyn Bertozzi was the guest speaker. The Miller Institute is pleased to announce the 2013 Miller Senior Fellow, Barbara Meyer. As the fifth Miller Senior Fellow, Meyer will join Randy Schekman, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Gabor Somorjai, Professor of Chemistry, Saul Perlmutter, Professor of Physics, and Raymond Jeanloz, Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, as part of our community of world-renown scientists. Read More

Nominations For Miller Research Fellowships Now Being Accepted

Miller Institute Members inducted into NAS, AAAS, & the Royal Society

NAS: The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of new members and foreign associates in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. The honorees include five former Miller Institute members:

Kenneth A. Farley
+ Visiting Miller Professor Sp03
Sarah P. Otto
+ Miller Fellow 1992-94
James A. Sethian
+ Miller Professor Sp11
Eva Tardos
+ Visiting Miller Professor Fa99
John B. Pendry
+ Visiting Miller Professor Fa91

AAAS: Seven former Miller Institute members have been named members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious 233-year-old national honorary society of leaders from academia, business, public affairs and the humanities. The academy announced the names of its 198 new members on Wednesday, April 24 at its headquarters in Cambridge, MA. The 2013 members include:

Jitendra Malik
+ Miller Professor Fa01
Hitoshi Murayama
+ Miller Professor Sp06
T. Don Tilley
+ Miller Professor 2004-05
Bin Yu
+ Miller Professor Sp04
Shaul Mukamel
+ Visiting Miller Professor Sp96
Marc Kamiokowski
+ Visiting Miller Professor Fa10
Arunava Majumdar
+ Miller Professor 2003-04

Royal Society: Miller Senior Fellow Randy Schekman (2008-13) & former Miller Professor Terence Speed (Sp05) have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society. The backbone of the Society is its Fellowship, which is made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Fellows and Foreign Members are elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science.
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