August 2015 News Archive

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

Ask them anything: gaming researchers host Reddit AMA

Gaming researchers host a Reddit AMA on making games more findable and expressive using computer

New managing director brings business and scientific expertise to the Genomics Institute

Ravi Jain will oversee the institute's strategic planning, business development, and operations, among other

This is UC Santa Cruz

News roundup from UC Santa Cruz in the fall '15 UC Santa Cruz Review

Big ideas

From saving falcons to peering into the universe, sequencing the human genome, and putting organic food on American tables, UC Santa Cruz has become known as the small

Waters' edge

Alice Waters—who has an international reputation as a chef, cookbook author, and spokesperson for sustainable food—shares common cause with UC Santa Cruz's pioneering role in sustainable food

Life, realized

Alumni authors give voice to transformative experiences at UC Santa Cruz that changed their lives and shaped their

An Alumni Weekend to remember

Alumni Weekend in April celebrated and honored UC Santa Cruz's 50th anniversary in fittingly grand style.

Alumni Profile / 1970: Paul Sparrow: Championing the First Amendment

As a successful TV producer, Paul Sparrow helped catch murderers and child abductors. He guided a 100-person production team across the wilds of Morocco to document one of

Alumni Profile / 1984: Barbara Garcia: Health mission

When the opportunity came to help start Salud Para La Gente, a tiny health clinic for those same low-income residents in Watsonville, Barbara Garcia gave up her goal

1986: Kris Perry: Standing for equality

Kris Perry doesn't think about the way historians will tell her story. Instead, the 1986 Merrill College graduate with degrees in sociology and psychology thinks how life will be different for children nationwide because of what she did.

Alumni Profile / 1991: Melissa Nelson: Revitalizing native cultures

Melissa Nelson believes the best ways to teach Native American youth about their cultural past is through their hearts and minds, as well as their stomachs.

Alumni Profile: 1995: Devin Hibbard: Beads and blessings

When Devin Hibbard saw a woman named Millie sitting on her front stoop in the slums of Uganda rolling trash paper into tight little beads, she just had

Alumni Profile / 1995: Tlaloc Rivas: Opening doors through theater

The 2007 story of Johanna Orozco haunted director/playwright Tlaloc Rivas for more than six years because her story coincided with his desire to upgrade the narrative of Latinos

Alumni Profile / 2000: Akiva Schaffer: It's all funny business for Saturday Night Live alum

Little did Akiva Schaffer know, but those nights with his high school buddies—Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone—were actually prep work for a career that would lead them to

Alumni Profile / 2007: Cody Townsend: Steep thrills

It's almost impossible to breathe for the full minute-and-a-half video that shows Cody Townsend hurtle himself on skis through a narrow crevice on an insanely steep, rugged Alaska

Alumni Profile / 2008: Stephanie Foo: Story hunter

A couple years out of UC Santa Cruz, Stephanie Foo decided she wanted to work for the radio show This American Life. So she hitchhiked to the world's

Alumni Profile / 2011: Tiffany Loftin: Changing the narrative around higher education

Tiffany Dena Loftin met President Barack Obama, she was overwhelmed and nervous, but she managed to pull herself together. After all, she wanted to talk with him about

Philanthropy Focus: Names of Fame

The names of UC Santa Cruz's unique colleges, buildings, and centers may seem natural and inevitable, as much a part of the campus's landscape as its famous towering

AlumnEye

Dale "Eddie" Kinnamon had to stop to try to capture the most spectacular sunset he havd ever

About the cover

Catherine Ramírez, associate professor of Latin American and Latino studies and director of the campus's Chicano Latino Research Center, is among the hundreds of UC Santa Cruz faculty

From the chancellor

With a past so audacious, our vision of the future is

The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz: Campaign update

As our campus celebrates 50 years of original thinking and questioning authority, the Campaign for UC Santa Cruz is building resources for its future.

Fall '15 Review credits

Memories

The spring '15 UC Santa Cruz Review magazine—the first of two commemorative issues this year celebrating UC Santa Cruz's 50th anniversary—opened the memory floodgates for alumni and friends,

Editor's note: The kids are alright

Alumni descended upon UC Santa Cruz in unprecedented numbers for UC Santa Cruz's 50th anniversary Alumni Weekend in April. You asked questions in the classrooms, fired up your

Celebrate 50 years young

UC Santa Cruz started in 1965 as an unconventional place that pushed against the stodginess of educational institutions, a place where innovation—no matter how messy—was part of the campus's DNA. Our celebrations of the campus's 50th anniversary—a year of festivities, reunions, talks, and collaborations—have been sensational successes.

Astronomer Claire Max appointed director of UC Observatories

UC President Janet Napolitano has appointed UC Santa Cruz astronomer Claire Max as director of UC

Farm to label: How alumnus helped bring organic labeling policy to the nation

Mark Lipson, now a research associate at Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, was instrumental in standardizing organic farming in the U.S. Now back at UCSC, he

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

Community Crime Bulletin: Man arrested for terrorist threats against campus

UC Santa Cruz Police Officers arrested a 25-year-old Santa Cruz man in connection to an anonymous social media post that referenced creating explosives, homicide, suicide and a past university shooting.

Seagate gift supports UC Santa Cruz research on genomic data storage

Donation includes 2.5 petabytes of storage for studying large-scale data storage challenges in genomics and other

'New Parent' chat will use social media to connect with new Slug families

Parents of incoming Banana Slugs will soon have a chance to ask candid questions and concerns with a group of campus experts without ever having to leave their

Dickson Emeriti Professorship awarded to chemist Phil Crews

The Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships recognize research, teaching, and public service by emeriti

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

In Memoriam: Diane Lewis (1931-2015)

After fighting cancer since December, UC Santa Cruz Professor of Anthropology Emerita Diane Lewis died Thursday in her home surrounded by her daughter Raven Chaney and her grandchildren Kevin and Rosalie Chisolm.

Undergrads exhibit summer research projects at annual symposium

More than 80 undergraduate students presented their summer research projects at the 2015 Summer Research

Enjoy the peak season of produce from the UC Santa Cruz Farm

With summer in full swing, it’s time to sign up for the UCSC Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and enjoy the peak season of organic produce from the UC Santa Cruz Farm.

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

Fifth annual Farm to Fork Benefit Dinner opens new Cowell Ranch Hay Barn

The fifth annual Farm to Fork Benefit Dinner at the UC Santa Cruz Farm will be held at the newly renovated Cowell Ranch Hay Barn Saturday, September

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

Astronomers use new instrument to discover young Jupiter-like planet

Five UC Santa Cruz astronomers were involved in the first planet discovery by the Gemini Planet

Aug. 15 — PG&E testing natural gas pipeline

This is a reminder that PG&E, which provides natural gas to UC Santa Cruz, will be testing its main pipeline through Santa Cruz County beginning Aug. 15.

Male elephant seals use 'voice recognition' to identify rivals, study finds

Researchers from UC Santa Cruz have been studying the behavior of northern elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Reserve since the late

2015-16 Salary Increase Program Administrative Guidelines

Here are the 2015-16 Salary Increase Program administrative guidelines.

UC Job Board Upgrade

The UC Systemwide Job Board has been upgraded and now enhances the visibility of UC jobs at all locations.

Pressing forward

Rowland and Patricia Rebele, Santa Cruz-area philanthropists and former newspaper publishers, have come forward with a $500,000 gift to help endow Cowell

Save the Date: 2015-2016 Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program

The Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) is excited to announce the course schedule for the 2015-16 ODEI Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program.

'Doing something significant with my life'

Molecular, cell and developmental biology student Hector Navarro, who came from humble beginnings, now works in a genetics lab on campus with the goal of becoming a cancer

Slow Food Nation: Conversation with Alice Waters

Pioneering restaurateur Alice Waters discusses everything from affordable high-quality food to the essential role of young people in America's "Delicious Revolution"

'Science Notes 2015' now available online

The annual magazine published by the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program offers feature stories and multimedia

Engineering opportunity

Tackling problems with sheer ingenuity, creativity, and teamwork is part of the fun at the weeklong Girls In Engineering program at UC Santa

In Memoriam: Priscilla (Tilly) Washburn Shaw (1930-2015)

Priscilla (Tilly) Washburn Shaw

Astrophysicist Piero Madau awarded prestigious international research chair

Piero Madau, distinguished professor of astronomy and astrophysics, has been appointed to an International Blaise Pascal Research

California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine funds UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project

The state initiative is providing $1.2 million for the Genomics Institute's California Kids Cancer Comparison

New method reveals hidden population of regulatory molecules in cells

UC Santa Cruz researchers have revealed a previously undetected population of small RNA molecules involved in cell