Mario Aguilera receives Honorable Mention in the 2020 NASW Excellence in Institutional Writing Award

October 2, 2020

The Division of Biological Sciences is proud to announce that its Director of Communications, Mario Aguilera, was recognized with an Honorable Mention by the National Association of Sciences Writers (NASW) 2020 Excellence in Institutional Writing Award for his story, “Cracking How ‘Water Bears’ Survive the Extremes,” written for UC San Diego News.

The National Association of Science Writers, established in 1934, is a community of journalists, authors, editors, public information officers, students, people who write and produce material intended to inform the public about science, health, engineering and technology. In 2018, the NASW Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards was established to recognize high-caliber publicly accessible science writing produced on behalf of an institution or other non-media organization.

For more on this year’s NASW Excellence in Institutional Writing Award, see the press release: https://www.nasw.org/article/2020-excellence-institutional-writing-award-winners