UCSB and the Meaning of the Prize.(University of California Santa Barbara, Nobel prize)(Brief Article) From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: October 8, 2001| Author: YANG, HENRY T. | COPYRIGHT 2001 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In the past three years, three members of the faculty at UC Santa Barbara have won Nobel Prizes - Walter Kohn for chemistry in 1998, and, last year, Alan Heeger shared the prize in chemistry, and Herbert Kroemer shared the prize in physics.

One of the questions that people often asked me since the most recent prizes were announced last October is, "What does this mean for UCSB?" Obviously, it has meant a great deal. The Nobel Prizes have an impact far beyond the monetary...

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