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December 11, 2015
UC Santa Cruz faculty win Rydell Visual Arts Fellowships
Three faculty members from the UC Santa Cruz Arts Division have been awarded Rydell Visual Arts Fellowships for 2016-17
December 08, 2015
Marine lab water projects lead to significant savings
The Long Marine Lab has recorded a significant drop in freshwater use since two projects were completed in August.
December 07, 2015
History professor wins multiple awards for groundbreaking book on slave trade
Associate professor of history Gregory O’Malley has been honored with four awards this year for his latest book, "Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807."
December 02, 2015
Declaration of human rights added to discussions at UN Climate Change Conference
As world leaders gather this week in Paris for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, a group of environmental and legal scholars including S. Ravi Rajan of UC Santa Cruz has drafted a resolution stating human rights must be more explicitly acknowledged during climate discussions.
December 01, 2015
Campus creates 'smart' building, reducing carbon footprint
The Music Center has reduced its carbon footprint by 98 tons, an example of the commitment by staff members to work across divisions to improve campus sustainability and efficiency.
November 30, 2015
Art professor to screen film shortlisted for Oscar nomination
Last Day of Freedom, an award-winning animated short by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones, will be screened on campus, December 3 at Kresge Town Hall.
November 23, 2015
UC Santa Cruz ranked second for research influence in world university rankings
Published as part of the THE World University Rankings 2015-16, the analysis measured overall research influence based on the average number of citations per paper.
November 19, 2015
Campus civility in the midst of turmoil
Let us make the conscious choice to seek common ground, to forge understanding, and to cultivate compassion.
November 19, 2015
Campus fills eight UC Presidential chairs in support of research mission
The eight new chairs - in everything from screenwriting to open-source software - bring the campus total to 30.
November 19, 2015
Faye Crosby wins Society of Justice Research Lifetime Achievement Award
Psychology professor and Cowell College Provost Faye Crosby will receive the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Justice Research.
November 06, 2015
Research Frontiers Evening shows how 'innovation meets ambition'
For examples of interdisciplinary research, look no further than the Division of Social Sciences’ annual Research Frontiers event.
November 06, 2015
Theater Arts collaborates with Tandy Beal & Company for ‘Nutz Re-Mixed’
Over 30 dancers and world circus artists will perform acts of comedy and outrageous skill in "Nutz Re-Mixed," running Nov. 20 to Dec. 6 at the Mainstage Theater.
October 26, 2015
Federal grants to support student success, equity initiatives at UC Santa Cruz
Totaling $3.6 million, the awards are the result of a campuswide effort to look at how UC Santa Cruz can best serve Latino and other students who have a difficult time when they start college.
October 20, 2015
Carmel International Film Festival to screen film professor’s new documentary
“'Daisy and Max' is not the film I had planned to make,” says UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of film and digital media Jennifer Maytorena Taylor...
October 16, 2015
UC Santa Cruz a top university for social mobility
UC Santa Cruz is No. 8 nationwide and the second in the state, according to CollegeNET's Social Mobility Index.
October 15, 2015
Rising to the challenge
Leaving behind an early life of poverty, student Layla Cervantes is defying the statistics and becoming 'a great scientist.'
October 09, 2015
Center for Creative Ecologies at UC Santa Cruz to present talks on global climate justice
The new Center for Creative Ecologies at UC Santa Cruz offers a place to consider the intersection of visual culture, politics, and the environment...
October 05, 2015
Service animals on campus
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines service animals as dogs individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability.
October 01, 2015
Internationally acclaimed artist to lead evening of stargazing at UC Santa Cruz
Acclaimed artist Russell Crotty and the grad student-led Astronomy Club will present an evening of stargazing on the hillside above UC Santa Cruz’s Great Meadow on October 14.
September 30, 2015
Environmental studies lecturer wins anthropology association public policy award
Barbara Rose Johnston, a UC Santa Cruz lecturer in environmental studies, has been named a winner of the 2015 Anthropology in Public Policy Award from the American Anthropological Association.
September 30, 2015
'U.S. News' visits UC Santa Cruz on a 'College Road Trip' in 'Best Colleges 2016'
UC Santa Cruz is featured in the “College Road Trip” section of U.S. News World Report’s “Best Colleges 2016” guidebook, which hits newsstands this week.
September 24, 2015
New UC Presidential Chair to strengthen screenwriting program at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz has received a gift from arts alumnus Ken Corday, plus funds from the UC Regents, to establish a new Kenneth R. Corday Family Presidential Chair in Writing for Television & Film.
September 24, 2015
New senate faculty members build campus strengths
From environmental sociology to game design, UC Santa Cruz professors are studying problems aimed at improving the world in which we live.
September 23, 2015
Wednesday Night Cinema Society kicks off new film series curated by grad students
The UC Santa Cruz weekly film series, Wednesday Night Cinema Society, is back this year, with films specially curated by grad students.
September 17, 2015
Alumna Gillian Welch receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting
UC Santa Cruz alumna Gillian Welch took home a Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting at the 2015 Americana Music Awards Sept. 16.
September 16, 2015
Paying it forward: annual Farm to Fork event honors past and future farmers
The Farm to Fork dinner series has supported more than 150 apprentices through scholarships and subsidized meal plans.
September 01, 2015
Dogs, cats, and big-wave surfers: Healthy heart lessons from animals and athletes
Heart rates of big-wave surfers are among the surprises from 30 years of studying exercise physiology in people and wild animals.
August 31, 2015
Dickens Project receives NEH grant for public outreach to schoolteachers
The Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz has received a $119,417 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a four-week NEH Summer Seminar that will be held on campus in 2016.
August 20, 2015
UC Santa Cruz launches new legacy course on the Holocaust with Coursera
UC Santa Cruz has launched a new version of its free online course, "The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry," through the Coursera platform.
August 18, 2015
Cowell College dedicates new Coeleen Kiebert Sculpture Patio
The courtyard outside the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College was packed Friday evening with friends and admirers of distinguished artist, teacher and UC Santa Cruz alumna Coeleen Kiebert...
August 13, 2015
Alumnus Cary Fukunaga and film undergrad win Princess Grace Awards
Emmy Award-winning UC Santa Cruz alumnus Cary Fukunaga and current Film and Digital Media undergraduate student Jeny Amaya have been honored with 2015 Princess Grace Awards.
August 13, 2015
UC Santa Cruz psychology Ph.D. graduate wins Fulbright fellowship for research in Israel
A recent UC Santa Cruz psychology Ph.D. graduate has won a Fulbright postdoctoral award to support 20 months of research at an Israeli university where he will look at how different groups justify violence on moral terms.
July 30, 2015
New Presidential Chair to support Dickens Project and Literature Studies at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz has received a $500,000 gift, plus matching funds from the UC Regents, to establish a $1 million Jordan-Stern Presidential Chair for Dickens and Nineteenth-Century Studies.
July 23, 2015
Warhol Foundation grant goes to Institute of the Arts and Sciences project
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded a $30,000 grant to support an innovative artist residency and exhibition developed by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) at UC Santa Cruz and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in San Jose--in collaboration with the UC Lick Observatory.
July 23, 2015
Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall named president-elect of American Historical Association
Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall has been chosen as president-elect of the American Historical Association, the largest professional organization in the U.S. devoted to the study and promotion of history.
July 20, 2015
Gift to UC Santa Cruz funds new chair in water resources and food sustainability
UC Santa Cruz has received $500,000 from the Helen and Will Webster Foundation that with matching funds from UC Regents has established the Stephen R. Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food System Sustainability.
July 16, 2015
Graduate student earns life sciences fellowship
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Jessica Perez-Cunningham was selected to receive a fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's newly expanded Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study Program.
July 13, 2015
Chancellor names professors Haney and Strome as UC Presidential Chairs
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal has named professors Craig Haney and Susan Strome to three-year terms as UC Santa Cruz Presidential Chairs.
July 02, 2015
In 50th year, campus will enroll class with exceptional academic credentials
With the largest applicant pool in the history of the campus, and a smaller freshman class than the previous year, UC Santa Cruz increased its admission selectivity.
June 29, 2015
UC Santa Cruz archivist contributes essay to Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary box set
On July 3-5, more than 200,000 people attending the final “Fare Thee Well” shows of the Grateful Dead will be able to walk across the street from Soldier Field in Chicago to see an exhibition featuring nearly 100 items from the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz.
June 25, 2015
Film grad lands fellowship at Democracy Now!
Next week, 2015 graduate Juan Dávila Santiago will embark on a new chapter in his life--he’s off to New York where he landed a one-year News Production Fellowship to work at Democracy Now!.
June 23, 2015
Original thinkers shifted paradigms, changed the world
From discovering a cell’s molecular motor to showing women’s role in evolution, UC Santa Cruz professors have made world-changing contributions through their research and scholarship.
June 18, 2015
Social Sciences division launches first annual summer reading list
What happens when you ask UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, alumni, and students from the Division of Social Sciences - and even the Chancellor - for book recommendations related to themes of social justice, citizenship, ethics, and social responsibility?
June 15, 2015
Graduate to help urban teens find path to college
Brittany Alba is poised to help many other Californians follow her path to higher education by serving a two-year fellowship that will have her advising San Jose high school students.
June 03, 2015
9th annual screening of Soc Doc graduate films at Del Mar Theater
UC Santa Cruz presents the ninth annual exhibition of thesis films from the Film and Digital Media Department’s masters program in Social Documentation on June 10, at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz.
June 03, 2015
Campus ranks No. 1 among Peace Corps’ top volunteer-producing Hispanic-serving institutions
Forty-two alumni are serving in the Peace Corps. More than 800 UCSC alumni have traveled abroad to serve as volunteers with the Peace Corps, which was founded four years before the campus opened in 1965.
June 01, 2015
Undergrads experience the rewards of research
Students such as Sanjin Mehic showcase one of UC Santa Cruz's most valuable opportunities—the chance to do original research as an undergraduate.
May 21, 2015
Dance professor fights cultural amnesia with ‘Splinters in Our Ankles'
'Splinters in Our Ankles' is UC Santa Cruz theater arts professor Gerald Casel’s choreographic response to what he calls "the collective cultural amnesia" about the Philippine national dance.
May 15, 2015
UC Santa Cruz politics professor Mark Massoud wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Mark Fathi Massoud, assistant professor of politics and legal studies at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to further his research on law in war-affected regions.
May 15, 2015
Emeritus psychology professor Pavel Machotka wins systemwide emeriti award
Pavel Machotka, professor emeritus of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has won a 2015 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award that honors UC emeriti professors in the humanities and social sciences.
May 06, 2015
Spreading science education, one telescope at a time
UC Santa Cruz grad student Tuguldur Sukhbold is using grant money to bring telescopes to schools in Mongolia so that science-starved kids might be exposed to the wonders of the universe.
April 29, 2015
UC Santa Cruz history professor elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UC Santa Cruz history professor Gail Hershatter has joined Nobel Prize-winning chemist Brian Kobilka, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, singer-songwriter Judy Collins, novelist Tom Wolfe, and UC President Janet A. Napolitano as a newly elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
April 22, 2015
Art professor’s documentary short wins at Full Frame film festival
An animated short by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones and artist Nomi Talisman won two awards at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
April 14, 2015
DANM to mark 10th anniversary with arts festival and masquerade ball
The Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. program (DANM) at UC Santa Cruz will mark the completion of its first decade on April 25 with a daylong celebratory extravaganza titled "It’s Pan-DANM-onium!"
April 08, 2015
Egyptologist awarded NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant
Assistant professor of history Elaine Sullivan has received a Digital Start-Up Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a three-dimensional model and virtual tour that will demonstrate how an ancient Egyptian site evolved over more than 3,000 years.
March 11, 2015
Physicists anticipate new discoveries with restart of Large Hadron Collider
UC Santa Cruz physicists have been at the forefront of U.S. participation in the LHC and contributed to a major upgrade
February 27, 2015
UC Santa Cruz students compete in global challenge for $1 million Hult Prize
A team of UC Santa Cruz students has advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition and start-up platform for social good.
February 13, 2015
Conference at UC Santa Cruz to explore modern Jewish spaces and identity
The Center for Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz will present a two-day conference, “Liminal Spaces and the Jewish Imagination” on campus February 18-19.
January 12, 2015
In 50th year, UC Santa Cruz sees unprecedented undergraduate interest
Nearly 55,000 prospective undergraduates applied for the fall 2015 quarter, an 11 percent increase from the previous year, and the second highest percentage increase among the UC campuses.