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New Department Chairs for 2014 - 2015

Please join me in welcoming the incoming Department Chairs for 2014 - 2015:

*Anthropology - Thomas Csordas
*Communication - Valerie Hartouni
*Ecology, Behavior and Evolution - James Nieh
*Education Studies - Alan Daly
*Electrical and Computer Engineering - Truong Nguyen
*History - David Gutierrez (Interim)
*Linguistics - Sharon Rose
*Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering - Vitali Nesterenko
*NanoEngineering - Joseph Wang
*Neurobiology - Yimin Zou
*Psychiatry - Igor Grant
*Reproductive Medicine - Charles Nager (Interim)
*Sociology - Akos Rona-Tas

Please also join me in thanking the outgoing department chairs for their exemplary service to our University:

*Anthropology - John Haviland
*Communication - David Serlin
*Ecology, Behavior and Evolution - Joshua Kohn
*Education Studies - Amanda Datnow
*Electrical and Computer Engineering - Yeshaiahu (Shaya) Fainman
*Linguistics - Andrew Kehler
*Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering - Sutanu Sarkar
*NanoEngineering - Ken Vecchio
*Neurobiology - William Kristan
*Psychiatry - Lewis Judd
*Reproductive Medicine - Thomas Moore
*Sociology - John Evans

A complete listing of current department chairs may be found at:
http://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/_files/about/Department_Chairs_List.pdf

Suresh Subramani Executive Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs