http://news.ucsc.edu/rss/sociology.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/rss/sociology.html?utm_medium=rssSun, 19 May 2013 19:00:08 -0700Santa CruzA 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=rssCarson Watts, an Oakes College sociology major and politics minor, has been selected as the second winner of the Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship at UC Santa Cruz. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/zimmerman-scholarship.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 10 Apr 2013 11:50:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/zimmerman-scholarship.html?utm_medium=rssA plenary session is devoted to the groundbreaking research into urban power structures by UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Sociology G. William Domhoff when the Urban Affairs Association holds its 43rd annual conference this week in San Francisco. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/domhoff-plenary.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 02 Apr 2013 15:40:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/domhoff-plenary.html?utm_medium=rssSaru Jayaraman, author of Behind the Kitchen Door, will speak and sign copies of her book Thursday, March 21, 7-9 p.m. at the Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz in an event co-sponsored by the UCSC Center for Labor Studies, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, and Friends of the UCSC Farm and Garden. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/jayaraman.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 07 Mar 2013 04:55:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/jayaraman.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/johnston-book.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 05 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/03/johnston-book.html?utm_medium=rssA symposium on nutrition, health, and, food policy is scheduled for Friday, March 8 from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in 261 Social Sciences I on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The public is invited and admission is free. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/nutrition-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 14 Feb 2013 11:30:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/02/nutrition-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssJoost Hiltermann, who received his Ph.D. in sociology from UC Santa Cruz in 1988, has been named chief operating officer of the International Crisis Group based in Brussels. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/hiltermann.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 30 Jan 2013 11:30:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/hiltermann.html?utm_medium=rssThe documentary film "Harvest of Loneliness, the Bracero Program" will be shown Wednesday, January 23 at 7 p.m. at the Kresge Town Hall on the UC Santa Cruz campus. It is free and open to the public. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/harvest-of-loneliness.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 17 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/01/harvest-of-loneliness.html?utm_medium=rssA UC Santa Cruz Ph.D candidate in sociology and public toilet activist is scheduled to deliver a plenary session Thursday at the 12th World Toilet Summit in Durban, South Africa. http://news.ucsc.edu/2012/12/toilet-summit.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 04 Dec 2012 16:30:00 -0800http://news.ucsc.edu/2012/12/toilet-summit.html?utm_medium=rss