Please join me in congratulating Qing Nie, who has been appointed as a UC Presidential Chair for a five-year period beginning July 1, 2024. The description of the position is at:

<https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-265.pdf>.

“Presidential Chairs are intended to encourage new or interdisciplinary program development or to enhance quality in existing academic programs of the University.”