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2014 |
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2013 |
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences, April
“Man of the Year”, League of United Latin American Citizens, February
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2012 |
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Premio Ohtli awarded by the Mexican Consulate, Houston, Texas, September
Búho Award, The Latino Experience at Rice, a Centennial Gala, Rice University, Houston, Texas, September
AAAS Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science, Vancouver, British Columbia February
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2011 |
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2010 |
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Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, December
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2009 |
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Math and Science Hispanic Heritage Award, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, September
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SIAM Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July
Richard Tapia 70th Birthday Conference, Rice University, Houston, Texas, May
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2008 |
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Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, May
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Meritorious Service Award, Association of Rice Alumni, Rice University, May
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2005 |
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Gary D. Keller Award, Arizona State University, November
[Online]
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University Professor, Rice University, Houston, Texas, October
On the Move, Diverse
Issues in Higher Education, Volume 22, Number
20, November 17, page 46 [Online]
Rice names Tapia University Professor, Rice News,
Volume 15, Number 10, October 20 [Online]
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Maxfield and Oshman Professorship in Engineering, Rice University,
Houston, Texas, October
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The 50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology & Business
in 2005
The 50 Most Important Hispanics
in Technology & Business: Pushing to the Top in
American Industry, Hispanic Engineer & Information
Technology Magazine, April [Online]
CAAM’s Tapia Named One of Tech’s 50 Most
Important Hispanics for 2005, Rice News, April
7 [Online]
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2004 |
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, Portland,
Oregon, July14
Tapia receives SIAM Prize for Distinguished
Service, Rice News, August 4 [Online]
Tapia to Collect Honors for Efforts to Recruit Minority
Students in Science, Engineering, Rice News, Volume
13, Number 31, April 29 [Online]
- Community Service Award, University of California Los
Angeles Alumni Association, Los Angeles, California, May
2004 UCLA Award in Community Service given by
the UCLA Alumni Association, Los Angeles, California,
May 22 [Online]
Richard Tapia, UCLA Alumnus,
Rice Faculty, UCLA Spotlight, May 17 [Online]
Tapia to Collect Honors for Efforts to Recruit Minority
Students in Science, Engineering, Rice News, Volume
13, Number 31, April 29 [Online]
- Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science and Technology, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 16
Three to Receive Honorary Degrees for Contributions
to Science and Technology, and Public Policy, Carnegie
Mellon 8 1/2 x 11 News, Vol. 14, No. 42, May 13 [Online]
Tapia to Collect Honors for Efforts to Recruit Minority
Students in Science, Engineering, Rice News, Volume
13, Number 31, April 29 [Online]
- Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology Magazine, “One
of the 50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business”,
April [Online]
- Distinguished Public Service Award, American Mathematical
Society, Phoenix, Arizona, January 8
Mathematician
Tapia Earns Honors for Distinguished Public Service, Rice
News, Volume 13, Number 18, January 22 [Online]
Richard
Tapia Receives 2004 AMS Award for Distinguished Public
Service, AMS
news, January 8 [Online]
Program for
January 2004 Prizes and Awards, Phoenix, AZ, January
8, 2004 [Online]
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2003 |
- Honorary Doctorate Degree in Engineering, Colorado School
of Mines, December 12 [Online]
- Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity
in Computing Symposium, Association for Computing Machinery
and IEEE-Computer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, October 15-18
[Online]
- National Atomic Museum Foundation Hispanics in Science
in Engineering Exhibit Honoree, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
October
- Featured in Sallyport, Volume 59, No. 3, page 12, Spring
[Online]
- Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume
49, Issue 29, page A12, March 28 [Online]
- Featured in Houston Chronicle article “Professor
Uses Math to Uncover Flaw in BMX Racing,”, February
27 [Online]
- Featured in Science Magazine, Sidelines, January 31,
Vol. 299, No. 5607, p.659 [Online]
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2002 |
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2001 |
- Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity
in Computing Symposium, Association for Computing Machinery
and IEEE-Computer Society, Houston, Texas, October
ACM's Richard Tapia Celebration
of Diversity in Computing Slide Show, Houston, TX,
Oct. 20 [Online]
ACM's Richard Tapia Celebration
of Diversity in Computing, Houston, TX, Oct. 18
- 21[Online]
Letter of Congratulations from
former President Bill Clinton, October 12 [Online]
Symposium to focus on diversity
in computing, Rice News, October 11 [Online]
Richard Tapia celebration of
diversity in computing symposium 2001, News and
Events in High Performance Computing Education, Outreach,
and Training [Online]
Diversity in Computing, Ubiquity
ACM IT Magazine and Forum, August 28 [Online]
Celebration of Diversity in Computing
Set for October, NCSA News, July 17 [Online]
- Reginald H. Jones Distinguished Service
Award, NACME, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, October
Rice Professor Honored for Career
Contributions, Houston Chronicle, November 26 [Online]
Rice University Professor to
Receive Award from National Action Council for Minorities
in Engineering, Rice News, October 26 [Online]
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2000 |
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1999 |
- Featured in Hispanic Outlook Magazine
article “A Formula for More Minorities in Math and
Science,” November 5
- Featured in SACNAS News cover article
“Hitting the Nation’s Scientific Highway with
Mathematician Richard Tapia,” Society for the Advancement
of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Quarterly
Journal, Fall 1999, Vol 3, No 3, pp. 20-21
- 1999 Giants in Science Award, Quality
Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, Washington, DC,
February
Tapia Named ‘Giant
in Science’, Rice News, March 25 [Online]
Richard Tapia Wins QEM Giants in Science Award, NPACI
and SDSC, Volume III Issue 6, March 17 [Online]
CRPC’s Richard Tapia Wins QEM Giants in Science
Award, Summer [Online]
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1998 |
- Featured in “Gender Equity in
Technology” National Public Radio (NPR) Interview,
KUHT, Houston, Texas, August 24
- Featured in the Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education 1998 Summer Academies Role Model brochure
and poster for public and private schools, libraries, and
home schooling organizations, 1998
- Featured in “Weeknight Edition,”
Channel 8, Houston, Texas, July 29, 1998
- Featured in “Hola Houston,”
Channel 26, Houston, Texas, June 21, 1998
- Featured in Hispanic Engineer Magazine
article “New Strategies Needed to Challenge Anti-Affirmative
Action,” June/July [Online]
- Featured in Hispanic Engineer Magazine
article “What’s Next After Affirmative Action
Dies,” June/July [Online]
- Commencement address: The Civic
Scientist: Participation in Current National, Societal and
Educational Problems, Division of Physical Science,
University of California, Los Angeles, June [Online]
- Featured in SACNAS News article “Richard
Tapia Wins AAAS Award for Lifetime Achievement,” Society
for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in
Science (SACNAS) Quarterly Journal, Spring 1998, Vol 2,
No 2, pp. 10
- Featured in Hispanic Engineer Magazine
article “Best of the Best Top Hispanics in Technology,”
February/March
- Featured in Biographical Encyclopedia
of Mathematics, Marshall Cavendish, Tarrytown, New York
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1997 |
- 1997 Lifetime Mentor Award, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, Philadelphia,
PA (1998)
AAAS Mentor Award for Lifetime
Achievement, Philadelpia, Feb. 16, 1998 [Online]
Awards Program for AAAS Mentor
Award for Lifetime Achievement , Philadelpia, Feb.
16, 1998 [Online]
Exploring Frontiers - Expanding
Opportunities. 1998 AAAS Annual Meeting and Science
Innovation Exposition. 12 - 17 February, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. [Online]
Tapia Accepts AAAS Award, Participates
in Panel at Meeting, Rice News, February 26, 1998
[Online]
Richard Tapia Receives AAAS Lifetime Mentor Awards,
Rice News, November 13 [Online]
Outreach Efforts Earn Rice’s Tapia Top Honor
From AAAS, Media Relations and Information, News
Release, November 13 [Online]
- Featured in “Hola Houston,”
Channel 26, Houston, Texas, October 5
- Featured in “Nuestra Vida,”
Channel 45, Houston, Texas, October
- Featured in “Hispanic Heritage
Month,” Channel 11, Houston, Texas, September 16 -
October 15
- Featured in “Becky Lee’s
Diary,” Channel 11, Houston, Texas, June 14
- Featured in Nuestras Vidas Magazine
article “More than Math,” March
- Hall of Fame Inductee, The Houston
Hispanic Forum, Houston, Texas
- Inducted into the Hispanic Engineer
National Achievement Awards Conference Hall of Fame
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1996 |
- Featured in interview on “Weeknight
Edition,” Channel 8, Houston, Texas, October 31
- Featured in interview on “The
Spirit of Texas, Channel 11 Morning Show,” Houston,
Texas, October 31
- Featured in Village News article “Rice
Prof Wins Mentoring Award,” October 29
- Featured in interview on “Hola
Houston,” Channel 26, Houston, Texas, October 27
- Featured in Houston Chronicle article
“Presidential Award for Rice Professor,” October
12
- Featured in Houston Chronicle article
“Clinton Taps Rice Prof,” October 11
- Selected Hispanic Engineer of the Year,
by Hispanic Engineer Magazine, Hispanic Engineer National
Achievement Awards Conference, Houston, TX, October
1996 Hispanic Engineer
of the Year Equal to Any Challenge, CRPC
from Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology, Conference
[Online]
Tapia Wins National Honors, Rice News, August 22
[Online]
National Hispanic Publication Awards Tapia Top Honor,
Media Relations and Information, News Release, August
15[Online]
Outreach Efforts Earn Tapia National Recognition, Media
Relations and Information, News Release, August 9[Online]
Richard Tapia Nominated to National Science Board and
Named Hispanic Engineer of the Year, CRPC August 7
[Online]
- Recipient of the Presidential Award
for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
Mentoring, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC,
September
Presidential Award for
Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring,
September [Online]
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics,
and Engineering Mentoring, CRPC from A Report to the
Congress: Science and Technology Shaping the Twenty-First
Century [Online]
Multiple National Honors for Tapia, CRPC from Siam
News, January, February 1997[Online]
Richard Tapia Receives Presidential Award for Science
Mentoring, Rice News, October 17 [Online]
Tapia Recognized for Excellence in mentoring at Rice,
CRPC, CRPC September 24 [Online]
- Appointed to the National Science Board
by President Clinton, August
Tapia Named NSB Member
, Rice News, May 29, 1997[Online]
Tapia honored by Clinton, Rice Thresher, September
20 [Online]
Tapia Wins National Honors, Rice News, August 22
[Online]
Outreach Efforts Earn Tapia National Recognition, Media
Relations and Information, News Release, August 9 [Online]
Clinton Nominates Tapia To National Science Board,
Media Relations and Information, News Release, August
7 [Online]
Richard Tapia Nominated to National Science Board and
Named Hispanic Engineer of the Year, CRPC August 7
[Online]
- Featured in Houston Chronicle article
“By the Numbers,” April 22 [Online]
- Featured in six-part documentary “Breakthrough:
The Changing Face of Science in America,” Public Broadcasting
Service National Showing, April 22
Richard Tapia, Ph.D [Online]
Tapia Featured in PBS ‘Breakthrough’; Segment
to Air April 22 Rice News, April 18, 1996 [Online]
Tapia among 20 Scientist to be featured on ‘BreakThrough’
Rice News, April 4, 1996 [Online]
- Featured in interview on “Weeknight
Edition,” Channel 8, Houston, Texas, April 18
- Featured in Hispanic Engineer Magazine
cover article “Rice’s Hot Rod Professor”,
Spring 1996 [Online]
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1995 |
- Educator Achievement Award, National
Science Foundation Diversity in the Scientific and
Technological Workforce Conference, Washington, DC
Educator Achievement
Award, September 15 [Online]
- Featured in Miller Brewing Company
calendar “Hispanic Americans in the Sciences - Realizing
Visions,” January
- Featured in NACE (National Association
of Colleges and Employers) guidebook of good role models
for students thinking about the future and to encourage
minorities in their careers, 1996 Minorities Edition, 1995
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1994 |
- First recipient of the A. Nico Habermann
Award for outstanding contribution to aiding members of
underrepresented groups within the computing research community,
Computer Research Association, Snowbird, UT
National Association
Honors Tapia, Rice News, July 28, 1994 [Online]
1994 CRA A. Nico Habermann Award presented to Richard
A. Tapia [Online]
- Selected “Professor of the Year”
by the Association of Hispanic School Administrators, Houston
Independent School District, Houston, TX
- Featured in SACNAS (Society for the
Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)
brochure for K-12 teachers
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1993 |
- Featured in Sallyport, Rice alumni
magazine, October/November [Online]
- Featured in Saludos Hispanos, April/May
[Online]
- Featured in Houston Post article “A
Multiple Success,” March 21 [Online]
- Featured in National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics brochure
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1992 |
- National Academy of Engineering, February
- Featured in Professional, the Quarterly
Journal for Hispanics and Black Professionals, Spring
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1991 |
- In-depth interview: “Math Education in the Computer
Age,” Hispanic Engineer, Spring
- George R. Brown Award for Superior
Teaching, Rice University, Houston, TX
- Noah Harding Professor, Rice University,
Houston, TX
- Biography included in middle schools
science textbook Science Connections, Merrill Publishing
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1990 |
- MAA-SIAM Address: “Interior-Point
Methods for Linear Programming: An Overview,” Joint
Mathematics Meeting, Columbus, OH
- Named one of twenty most influential
leaders in minority math education by the National Research
Council, Washington, DC
- Selected College Level Educator of
the Year, by Hispanic Engineer Magazine, Hispanic Engineer
National Achievement Awards Conference, Houston, TX, October
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1988 |
- Centennial Lecture: “The Emergence
of Numerical Optimization,” SIAM National Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN
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1985 |
- First Place in Rice University Student
Teacher Evaluations, Houston, TX
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- Listed in Who's Who in America
- Listed in Who's Who in the South and
Southwest
- Listed in Who's Who in American Education
- Listed in Who's Who Among Hispanic
Americans
- Listed in American Men and Women of
Science
- Listed in 2,000 Notable American Men
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