Awards & Honors
Astronomer Sandra Faber honored in White House ceremony
President Barack Obama presented astronomer Sandra Faber with the National Medal of Science in a White House ceremony on Friday. more »
Recent awards and honors
- Jun 13, 2013

Health sciences grad Aaron Surrey earns Sutter medical school scholarship
Health sciences grad Aaron Surrey will receive the 7th annual Primary Care Physician Award. more »
- Jun 12, 2013

Steck Award winner shares stories of survival
Kristoffer Hellén traveled to Europe and Russia, to find out why two small and vulnerable ethnic groups resist assimilation, hold onto their cultures, and survive. Now he is being recognized with one of UCSC's highest undergraduate honors. more »
- Jun 11, 2013
UCSC ranked in top 10 for 'City Year-AmeriCorps' participation
UC Santa Cruz students have a strong desire to give back. Supporting that fact is a new ranking that includes the campus among the top 10 feeder schools for City Year’s 2013-2014 corps.
- Jun 10, 2013
Ten social science majors win undergraduate honor awards
Social Sciences Dean Sheldon Kamieniecki presented 10 students with social sciences majors with awards for their senior theses as part of his 2012-2013 undergraduate awards competition. Three of the students also won chancellor's awards.
- May 31, 2013

Linguistics professor receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
Linguistics professor Donka Farkas was presented with the 2013 John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities yesterday at the Humanities Division’s Spring Awards Celebration. more »
- May 31, 2013

Congressman Farr honors Sandy Faber at Senate meeting
U.S. Congressman Sam Farr paid a surprise visit to the May 29 meeting of UCSC's Academic Senate in order to pay tribute to astronomer Sandra Faber. more »
- May 14, 2013

Graduate Research Symposium awards recognize top presentations
Outstanding presentations at the Graduate Research Symposium were honored at the Awards Reception. more »
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