Three dynamic plays, including A Midsummer Night's Dream and Julius Caesar, will be featured at this summer's Shakespeare Santa Cruz festival on the UCSC campus.
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In this issue:
Celebrating UCSC grads...new academic leaders for Arts and
Engineering...men's tennis snags another NCAA title...Shakespeare Santa
Cruz prepares to return to the summer stage...and more.
Top Story
30 Grads in 30 Days
In
daily installments leading up to our year-end commencement ceremonies,
we're profiling 30 extraordinary students who will march in June.
In their own words, the students reflect on the experiences that
shaped their years on campus...and prepared them for life after UCSC.
Third grader's higher ed experience: Third-grader Claire Dworsky's winning entry
in a science competition has earned her the chance to investigate
questions about water quality in marine scientist Adina Paytan's UCSC
lab.
Dynamic duo: UCSC has welcomed two new deans in recent weeks: David Yager (left), an innovative visual artist (Division of the Arts), and Arthur Ramirez, a leader in materials science (Jack Baskin School of Engineering).
Remembering James Houston: A UCSC alumnus pays tribute to acclaimed author James Houston, who taught writing at UCSC for more than two decades. Houston died this spring at age 75.
In the News
Cover story spotlights UCSC research: The cover story of the May issue of Scientific American,What Makes Us Human?, focuses on research conducted in UCSC biomolecular engineer David Haussler's lab. The research described in the article received widespread media coverage at the time it was published in 2006.
Three dynamic plays, including 
For the seventh time in school history, UCSC's men's tennis team 
Third grader's higher ed experience: Third-grader 
Dynamic duo: UCSC has welcomed two new deans in recent weeks: 
Remembering James Houston: A UCSC alumnus 
Cover story spotlights UCSC research: The cover story of the May issue of 
