May 2, 2009
A Berkeley Bioengineering student and faculty member have won Chancellor’s Public Service Awards this year, high honors for civic engagement sponsored by Cal Corps Public Service Center, the Office of Government and Community Relations, and University Events.
Bioengineering student Xiao-Yu Fu received the Undergraduate Student Award for Civic Engagement for Pioneers in Engineering (PiE), a high school robotics competition and mentoring program.
Jay Keasling, a pathbreaking chemist and chemical engineer and Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, received the Research in the Public Interest Award for his contributions to such diverse research areas as public health and the development of synthetic fuels.
Congratulations!