• June 25, 2019

  Three UC Santa Cruz faculty honored with Dickson Emeriti Professorships

  Leta Miller, professor emeritus of music, Linda Burman-Hall, research professor in cultural musicology and Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, distinguished research professor of anthropology, were each awarded Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships in recognition of their outstanding achievements in scholarship and teaching.

• June 21, 2019

  Phil Hammack helps shape Exploratorium's exhibition about identity

  Psychology Professor Phil Hammack was thrilled to be invited to help plan a new exhibition at the Exploratorium about identity.

• June 16, 2019

  Speaking from the heart

  An array of speakers fired up the crowds throughout this year’s UC Santa Cruz commencement weekend, urging students to embrace compassion and community and imparting valuable life lessons from their pasts.

• June 14, 2019

  Feminist studies professor Gina Dent receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities

  Professor of feminist studies Gina Dent was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Division’s 2019 Spring Awards celebration held at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn.

• June 14, 2019

  Startup presentations featured at SVLink Open House on June 18

  SVLink, a startup incubator-accelerator located at the Silicon Valley Campus, is now fully subscribed.

• June 12, 2019

  UCSC celebrates graduation of first Feminist Studies Ph.D.s

  Erin McElroy and Veronika Zablotsky will be the first students to graduate from UC Santa Cruz with a Ph.D. in Feminist Studies.

• June 11, 2019

  Physicist Anthony Aguirre goes deep in 'Cosmological Koans' book

  In his new book, physicist Anthony Aguirre explores deep questions about the nature of reality, using an approach inspired by Zen koans to take the reader on a thought-provoking tour of the cosmos and the core ideas of modern physics.

• June 9, 2019

  Steck Award honoree delves into the mysteries of supernovae

  Tin Long Sunny Wong has been gazing at the stars and studying celestial bodies since he was a middle-school student in Hong Kong. This year, his study of supernovae earned him a Steck Family Award, honoring the most outstanding senior research project

• June 9, 2019

  Awards recognize extraordinary teachers

  The annual Excellence in Teaching Awards recognized seven exceptional instructors who were selected from more than 430 nominations.

• June 7, 2019

  Juries bring transparency and accountability to trials in Argentina

  A trial by one's peers is a pillar of democracy, which is why scholars and activists are celebrating Argentina's budding embrace of jury trials.

• June 7, 2019

  Undergrad gets her hands dirty learning about redwoods

  For Lilianne de la Espriella, doing independent, hands-on research as an undergraduate meant literally getting her hands dirty.

• June 7, 2019

  Student to pursue career helping immigrants

  First-generation college student Hector Arroyo De La Paz will graduate from UC Santa Cruz next week with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies and Latin American and Latino studies. He credits his parents for making it happen.

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