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June 2007 > Faculty > Honors


Mahiri Honored with
Chancellor’s Award


Jabari Mahiri, Associate Professor of Language and Literacy, Society and Culture, has been selected as a recipient of the 2007 Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence.

Mahiri is among four distinguished recipients of the award that is given to faculty who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence by providing leadership in research, education and public service in building an equitable and diverse learning environment. The other winners are: Caroline Kane, professor of Molecular and Cell Biology; Frederick Collignon, professor of City and Regional Planning and Susan Schweik, professor of English (joint recipients). Winners of the award earn $30,000, which is placed into a departmental account to be used at the discretion of the recipient.

Mahiri has been honored by UC Berkely in each of the last three years. Last year, he was awarded the Leon Henkin Citation for Distinguished Service. He was a 2005 recipient of the UC Graduate Assembly’s Faculty Mentorship Award.

The ceremony and reception to be held in honor of the award recipients will take place on Wednesday, April 4, from 4–6 p.m. at the University House (the award ceremony will begin promptly at 4:30 p.m.

For more information about the award, click here.

 

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