• May 21, 2013

  UCSC film professor celebrates release of new book at Lincoln Center

  Two decades ago, UCSC film professor B. Ruby Rich coined the term “New Queer Cinema” to describe a new type of film making its debut at film festivals featuring lesbian and gay protagonists. Her latest book offers new thoughts on the topic and also brings together the best of Rich’s writing on the genre. more »

• May 21, 2013

  UCSC offers professional degree in games and playable media

  A new master's degree program in Games and Playable Media is being offered from the UCSC Silicon Valley site in Santa Clara. more »

• May 17, 2013

  Puma capture demonstrates success of non-lethal intervention

  The capture in downtown Santa Cruz and resettlement of a young male mountain lion is one of the first tests of a new state policy that calls for using non-lethal methods when mountain lions are discovered in populated areas.  more »

• May 15, 2013

  UCSC to host first annual Middle School Summit focusing on solving community challenges

  UC Santa Cruz will pilot the first annual Middle School Summit on Tuesday, May 21, as part of the Santa Cruz County College Commitment--bringing up to 350 local students to the university campus. more »

• May 10, 2013

  Sharing a love of the outdoors

  Staff member Kathy O'Hara Ferraro takes students on canoe and backpacking tours and also organizes an annual film festival that helps fund the Recreation Program and UCSC Wilderness Orientation scholarships. more »

• May 09, 2013

  Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center sponsors three events in May

  UCSC's Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center is sponsoring three public events in the month of May, including a performance co-sponsored by the campus's Rainbow Theater. more »

• May 08, 2013

  After the breakup in a digital world: Purging social media memories

  The era is long gone when a romantic breakup meant ripped-up photos and burned love letters. Digital photos and emails can be deleted but what about digital records of a beloved that lurk on Facebook, tumblr, and flicker?  more »

• May 08, 2013

  Dietary flexibility may have helped large predators survive after last ice age

  A study of mammoth steppe predators suggests dietary flexibility gave wolves and bears an edge over saber-toothed cats and cave lions. more »

• May 08, 2013

  UCSC physicist Michael Nauenberg wins UC distinguished emeriti award

  Michael Nauenberg, professor emeritus of physics at UC Santa Cruz, has been honored with the 2013 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award. more »

• May 06, 2013

  NASA scientist Chris McKay to discuss life on other planets in May 23 lecture

  Annual Halliday Lecture addresses the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover and the prospects for finding life on other planets more »

• May 03, 2013

  History professor Dana Frank to speak May 8 in Stevenson Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series

  UCSC history professor and alumna Dana Frank (American Studies, ’78) will speak about human rights in Honduras on May 8 as part of the Stevenson College Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series. more »

• May 02, 2013

  UCSC to present student-run Community Arts Festival May 11

  The UC Santa Cruz Good Neighbor Initiative Program will present a free Community Arts Festival at Abbott Square--outside the Museum of Art & History in downtown Santa Cruz--on Saturday, May 11, from 12 to 3 p.m.  more »

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Awards & Honors

• Graduate Research Symposium awards recognize top presentations. More »
• Psychology grad wins research award typically given to graduate students. More »
• Psychology professor Phillip Hammack wins W.T. Grant Foundation grant. More »
• UCSC physicist Michael Nauenberg wins UC distinguished emeriti award . More »

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News Briefs

• Global Nuclear Awareness Coalition to hold first public meeting . More »
• Forum addresses academic free speech and issues of anti-Semitism. More »
• PG&E rewards UCSC for “green” energy savings at BioMedical building. More »
• UCSC to be honored for eco-friendly improvements at Earth and Marine Sciences building . More »
• Sign-ups open for Community Supported Agriculture program. More »
• In Memoriam – Fredric Lieberman. More »
• CASFS Apprenticeship program hosts premiere of 'Symphony of the Soil'. More »

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