http://news.ucsc.edu/rss/social_sciences.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/rss/social_sciences.html?utm_medium=rssSun, 19 May 2013 19:00:29 -0700Santa CruzAn educational forum on academic free speech is scheduled for Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room on the UC Santa Cruz campus. It is free and open to the public. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/free-speech-forum.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/free-speech-forum.html?utm_medium=rssThe 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. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/puma-capture.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 17 May 2013 13:15:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/puma-capture.html?utm_medium=rssOutstanding presentations at the Graduate Research Symposium were honored at the Awards Reception.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-awards.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 14 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-awards.html?utm_medium=rssMembership signups are now open for the UCSC Farm’s 2013 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/csa-2013.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 10 May 2013 15:38:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/csa-2013.html?utm_medium=rssLauren Brande, (Porter, '11, psychology) won a best abstract award May 3 at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association in Reno.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/brande-research-award.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 16:27:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/brande-research-award.html?utm_medium=rssPhillip Hammack, UC Santa Cruz associate professor of psychology, is one of five young professors in the U.S. selected for five-year $350,000 research grants from the William T. Grant Scholars program. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/hammack-grant.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/hammack-grant.html?utm_medium=rssThe 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? http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/digital-breakup.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 12:15:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/digital-breakup.html?utm_medium=rssThree Environmental Studies doctoral students have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for 2013.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/nsf-fellowships.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 03 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/nsf-fellowships.html?utm_medium=rss“Symphony of the Soil,” a feature film that depicts the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource, will have its Santa Cruz premiere on Saturday, May 11th, 2013, at the Nickelodeon Theater.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/symphony-of-soil.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 02 May 2013 16:35:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/symphony-of-soil.html?utm_medium=rssGraduate students from all five academic divisions at UCSC will present their research on Friday, May 10.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 02 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssWashington Post reporter Dana Priest (Merrill, '81, politics) has updated a television report on the national security industrial complex in light of the Boston Marathon bombings. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/priest-frontline.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/priest-frontline.html?utm_medium=rssTwo UC Santa Cruz graduate students in the developmental psychology program have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/psychology-awards.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 24 Apr 2013 15:48:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/psychology-awards.html?utm_medium=rssDolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th Annual César Chávez Convocation at UCSC Tuesday, May 7 at the College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., program begins at 7:30 p.m. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/chavez-convocation.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 24 Apr 2013 14:30:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/chavez-convocation.html?utm_medium=rssWhen David Sotelo graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1983 (Merrill, politics) he was older than most undergrads, married, and the father of two small boys. Today, Sotelo is a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and winner of the 2013 Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award at UCSC. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/sotelo.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 24 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/sotelo.html?utm_medium=rssYounger Lagoon Reserve is a postage-stamp-sized parcel of wilderness. Students sharpen their minds while they get their hands dirty: learning, researching, and making a difference too. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/younger-lagoon-reserve-living-classroom.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 23 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/younger-lagoon-reserve-living-classroom.html?utm_medium=rssGrad students turn to a crowdfunding website to fund their bald eagle research. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/rev-spring-13-uncommon-wheat-wang.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 19 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/rev-spring-13-uncommon-wheat-wang.html?utm_medium=rssEvery year, hundreds of UCSC student interns and volunteers do important work in the community that surrounds them.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/rev-spring-13-working-hand-in-hand.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 18 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/rev-spring-13-working-hand-in-hand.html?utm_medium=rssIn the first published results of more than three years of tracking mountain lions in the Santa Cruz Mountains, UC Santa Cruz researchers document how human development affects the predators' habits. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/puma-study.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/puma-study.html?utm_medium=rssA conference room at the U.S. Capitol named for the late congressional staffer Gabriel Zimmerman (Stevenson, '02, sociology) was formally dedicated Tuesday (April 16) in a ceremony attended by Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, and other political luminaries. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/zimmerman-room.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 16 Apr 2013 16:45:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/zimmerman-room.html?utm_medium=rssFriends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District celebrated installation of six new interpretive signs Friday and phase one of the restoration of one of the remaining lime workers cabins. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/lime-works-signs.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 15 Apr 2013 16:30:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/lime-works-signs.html?utm_medium=rss