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  • Ruxandra Sireteanu, 62, dies. "Ruxandra Sireteanu, a leading researcher in experimental and clinical visual neuroscience, died on September 1, 2008 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. " (more...)
  • Journal of Vision 2007 Impact Factor is 3.791. (more...)
  • Hewitt Crane, 81, is dead. "Hewitt D. Crane is best known in the vision science community for his pioneering work at SRI International on the SRI Purkinje Image Eye-Tracker." (more...)
  • Brian Wandell wins 2008 Tillyer Award "The Optical Society of America named Brian A. Wandell as recipient of the 2008 Edgar D. Tillyer Award. The award is given "In recognition of distinguished work in the field of vision." (more...)
  • Albright, Geisler, Movshon eleted to National Academy of Science "Apr. 29, 2008: The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,041." (more...)
  • Marissa Carasco and Zoe Kourtzi elected to VSS Board (more...)
  • Andrew Watson receives ARVO Special Recognition Award "April 27, 2008: The Special Recognition Award is presented periodically to honor outstanding service to ARVO or the vision research community. Awarded to Andrew B. Watson, for his foresight, energy, and dedication in launching and editing ARVO's first electronic scientific journal, the Journal of Vision. "(more...)
  • ICO Prize 2007 to Vision Scientist Susana Marcos. (more...)
  • Kurt-Koffka medal awarded to Prof. Martin S. Banks. (more...)
  • Journal of Vision 2006 Impact Factor is 3.753. (more...)
  • David R. Williams Wins 2007 Bressler Prize in Vision Science. (more...)
  • Pascal Mamassian and Tony Movshon win the first election to the VSS Board of Directors. (more...)
  • Andrew Watson awarded Otto Schade Prize for 2007. "Introduced in 2006, the Otto Schade Prize in Display Performance and Image Quality will go this year to Dr. Andrew B. Watson, Senior Scientist for Vision Research and director of the Vision Group at NASA Ames Research Center." (more...)
  • Pawan Sinha named a recipient of the Troland Research Award for 2007. (more...)
  • B. B. Lee named Verriest Medalist for 2007. (more...)
  • Vivien Casagrande elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . (more...)
  • Carla Shatz to Lead Stanford's Bio-X program. (more...)
  • Albert J. Ahumada, Jr. elected fellow of the Optical Society of America. (more...)

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