Dr. Donald Saari, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, has been elected as a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. This honor is accompanied by an honorary doctorate.

Saari has made important contributions to the n-body problem, the Borda count voting system, and application of mathematics to the social sciences. He’s a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a foreign member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

More information can be found here: 

https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2018/2018-12-03-saari