Alumni News

California Coastal Commission approves UC Santa Cruz's Coastal LRDP

At a hearing today in San Francisco, the California Coastal Commission approved UC Santa Cruz's Coastal Long Range Development Plan (CLRDP), a land-use blueprint for possible future development at the site of UCSC's Long Marine Laboratory.

UCSC receives gift of rare audio interviews and photos of late '60s jazz and rock icons

Alumnus Victor Davis Hanson receives National Humanities Medal

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, alum Hector Tobar speaks on campus

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Oakes College alumnus Hector Tobar spoke on campus November 15.

Environmental protection can't be bought, says author of new book Shopping Our Way to Safety

Like a marketer's dream come true, Americans have responded to environmental hazards by shopping, as if buying bottled water and organic vegetables will protect them and their loved ones. But sociologist Andrew Szasz says "buying green" offers little real

Emeritus academics reflect on 41 years of McHenry Library

New Social Sciences research award honors Martin Chemers

The new Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Division of Social Sciences recognizes senior faculty members who have made major impacts through their research.

Regional History Project publishes oral histories of two visionary UCSC professors

Gift from botanist Jean Langenheim establishes Endowed Chair in Plant Ecology and Evolution

UCSC has appointed Ingrid Parker, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, to the newly established Jean H. Langenheim Endowed Chair in Plant Ecology and Evolution.

UCSC professor explores Northern California's 'kitsch monuments'

Global affairs expert to deliver UCSC's 2007 Maitra Lecture at Montalvo on Nov. 2

Campus honors Congressman Sam Farr for support of sustainable agriculture

UC Santa Cruz stands alone as a pioneer of sustainable agriculture, and the campus took a moment Friday afternoon to honor Congressman Sam Farr for his visionary support of its agroecology programs.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz names new artistic director

UCSC alumna receives award from Academy of American Poets

Private donors step forward; fundraising up by 19 percent

Private donors increased fundraising at UC Santa Cruz to $25.7 million for the 2006-07 academic year, a 19-percent increase over the previous year.

In his first campus address, Chancellor Blumenthal promises to 'act boldly' to advance UCSC

In his first campus address as chancellor, George Blumenthal pledged to "plan strategically and act boldly" to advance UCSC's standing in the world.

UCSC Arts & Lectures season opens Oct. 7 with acclaimed one-man show

George Blumenthal named chancellor of UC Santa Cruz

George R. Blumenthal, a distinguished UC Santa Cruz professor of astronomy and astrophysics and former chair of the UC systemwide Academic Senate, was appointed chancellor of the University of California's Santa Cruz campus today (Sept. 19).

UCSC receives $367,000 gift to establish endowed chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies

UC Santa Cruz names new director of Arts & Lectures

Statements concerning court ruling regarding LRDP EIR

UCSC students present research at World History Association conference

Under the direction of professor Edmund Burke III, director of the UC Santa Cruz Center for World History, seven UCSC current and past graduate students in history presented papers at the 16th annual

Acting Chancellor Blumenthal's statement about UC president's decision to step down

UC Santa Cruz Acting Chancellor George R. Blumenthal issued the following statement today, following <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/dynes/pressrelease.html">Robert C. Dynes

Gurdon Woods, sculptor who helped establish UCSC Art Department, dies at 92

Gurdon Woods, a visionary arts educator who helped design and create UC Santa Cruz's first curriculum and facilities in the arts, died July 31 at his Aptos home. He was 92.Woods served as

Philip Bell, founding provost of UCSC's Merrill College, dies at 82

Philip Wilkes Bell, founding provost of Merrill College at UC Santa Cruz, died August 1. Bell, who was 82, lived in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania at the time of his death. Named provost of ""College

Arts & Lectures announces 2007-08 season of internationally acclaimed artists

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, renowned Brazilian guitarist and songwriter Caetano Veloso, South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour, and National Public Radio's Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon are just s

UCSC graduate awarded $10,000 for best American thesis on modern India

Friends of UCSC Library contest winners honored

More freshmen than expected say they plan to attend UCSC

About 4,200 freshmen--several hundred more than had been expected--have indicated they plan to enroll at UC Santa Cruz in the fall.

Sutter scholarship will support UCSC health sciences grad in med school

Allison Abresch-Meyer will get some welcome assistance paying her medical school bills thanks to a new scholarship established by the Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center and the Central Coast Alliance for Health to benefit graduates of the health sciences p

UC Santa Cruz celebrates 40 years of leadership in sustainable agriculture and organic farming

Decades before Wal-Mart began selling organic food, a charismatic Englishman and a group of students transformed a brush-covered hillside at the University of California, Santa Cruz, into a lush garden where vegetables and flowers were grown without chemi

New book Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) explains how self-deception dooms marriages, starts wars, and promotes a culture of unaccountability

In the new book <i>Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)</i>, Elliot Aronson spells out how the psychological mechanism of self-justification puts us on a slippery slope of self-deception that frequently gets us into enormous trouble when we are unable to ac

Climate change and green technology the focus of June 8 forum at UC Santa Cruz

Climate change expert Lisa Sloan and green technology proponent Steve Westly will be the keynote speakers during the sixth annual Foundation Forum at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on Friday, June 8, at 4 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall.

Men's tennis team wins 6th national title

Phillip Berman appointed to Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering

UC Santa Cruz has appointed Phillip Berman, professor and chair of biomolecular engineering, to the Jack Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering.

UCSC receives $157,000 to support open archive of congressional proceedings

UCSC Arboretum Music Series begins May 17

Infectious disease expert to discuss deadly epidemics in public lecture at UCSC on Tuesday, May 22

Dr. Donald P. Francis, executive director and chief medical officer of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, will discuss "Confronting Deadly Epidemics Around the World" in a free public lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, May 22.

UC Santa Cruz research team sheds light on diet of early human ancestors

The diet of early human ancestors probably included bulbs and rhizomes, according to researchers at UC Santa Cruz who have shed new light on a conundrum that has puzzled anthropologists for eight years.

Music and stargazing entice summer visitors to Mt. Hamilton's Lick Observatory

UC's Lick Observatory offers its 27th season of evening programs for music lovers and astronomy buffs this summer, featuring concerts, lectures, and opportunities to view the night sky through the observatory's history-making telescopes atop Mt. Hamilton.

Faculty, staff, alumni reconnect at reunions

Sunny springtime weather and an array of reunion events enticed some 800 alumni and guests to Banana Slug Spring Fair campus reunions on Saturday, April 28, for a day reconnecting with one another, former faculty, and the campus.

Alumnus shares his worldwide expertise on building memorials

When memorials celebrate a nation's triumphs, they take a grand approach: classic columns, towering arches, soaring stairways. But how might people memorialize "a crime perpetrated in their name"? When the Berlin Senate commissioned a panel to select the

G. William Domhoff, expert on dreams and power relations, receives UC-wide faculty emeriti award

G. William Domhoff says the best thing that ever happened to him professionally was being hired as a founding faculty member at UC Santa Cruz in 1965. The second-best thing was retiring early, which gave him the freedom to focus on his research.

May 10 bell hooks event postponed

Pioneering sociologist William Friedland receives emeriti faculty award from UC Santa Cruz

Sociologist William H. Friedland may be best known for his critique of mechanized tomato harvesting, but he's been a thorn in the side of corporate agriculture for almost half a century.

Award-winning filmmaker, Time correspondent, to headline UCSC series of screenings/talks on war

Who serves in our nation's wars? Why did they serve? What is their experience? Those questions are the inspiration for "Personal Perspectives of the Iraq War and Past Wars," a series of film screenings and talks by award-winning filmmakers and authors tha

UCSC graduate student's research leads to environmental victory in Coronado Islands

Graduate student Shaye Wolf's findings have helped save endangered seabirds from the potentially devastating effects of a liquified natural gas facility planned for a site in Baja California.

The Changing Face of the Humanities: A new dean, a new building, a new direction

The humanities at UC Santa Cruz are poised to meet the challenges of a global future.

UC Santa Cruz to have faculty art exchange with Japan

Banana Slug Spring Fair drawing alumni back to UC Santa Cruz

Alumni Profile: Across a Hundred Mountains

Overcoming the language barrier and her status as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, Reyna Grande made the most of her new home, eventually earning a bachelor's degree in creative writing/film & video from UC Santa Cruz. For her senior projec

Student-led mock trial team makes it to nationals

In only its third year, the UCSC mock trial team made it to the semifinal round of the national college mock trial championship, facing off against powerhouse teams from Yale, the University of Pittsburgh, and Loyola University Chicago.

Wildlife photographer Kennan Ward branches out with feature-length documentary about grizzly cubs

Kennan Ward, who earned a B.A. in environmental studies and wildlife biology from UC Santa Cruz in 1980, has spent three decades crisscrossing the globe to photograph animals in the wild.

Judge Kelvin Filer accepts Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award

Compton Superior Court Judge Kelvin Filer (B.A. politics, 1977) made a whirlwind visit to campus last week to accept the second Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award, meet with students, and field questions from aspiring attorneys during a legal stud

Learn how to select and care for roses at a free workshop March 31

UCSC rose expert Orin Martin will share his techniques for choosing and growing roses organically at a free workshop on Saturday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to noon at The Garden Company on Mission Street in Santa Cruz.

UCSC lecturer Ryan Coonerty publishes Etched in Stone, a tribute to 50 memorials and monuments

Anyone who has ever gotten goose bumps visiting the Lincoln Memorial will be drawn to the new book <i>Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation's Monuments</i>.

UC Santa Cruz to present New Directions in Contemporary Opera, a symposium of panels and performances-April 3-7

Microsoft gift boosts computer science program at UCSC

A gift from Microsoft to UC Santa Cruz will enable computer science students to spend more time on computer games--developing computer games, that is, not necessarily playing them.

HP joins UC Santa Cruz and NASA in groundbreaking collaborative venture

HP has joined UC Santa Cruz and NASA in a new venture focused on developing revolutionary science breakthroughs in the coming decades.

City Folk reunion concert March 28 at The Attic will benefit the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden

The popular trio City Folk is coming together Wednesday, March 28, for a reunion concert at The Attic with special guest Alisa Fineman. The concert, a fundraiser for the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden, will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at The

UC Santa Cruz students see stars, thanks to local company

UCSC hosts conference to keep young girls interested in science

An event at UCSC on Saturday, March 3, will help middle and high school girls from the Monterey Bay region prepare for their future through a program called "Expanding Your Horizons" designed to inspire girls' enthusiasm for math and science.

Compton Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer speaks March 12 at UC Santa Cruz

As a Superior Court Judge in the Southern California city of Compton, Kelvin D. Filer sees more than his share of cases involving murder, drugs, and gang violence. As a product of the same neighborhood, Filer is a powerful role model who has devoted himse

UCSC economics grad reconnects with campus to help others

Santa Cruz native Stephen Bruce recently reconnected with UCSC, where he is opening doors for students by funding a fellowship for aspiring high school math and science teachers, and creating a fellowship for graduate students in politics.

$1 million gift from Jack Baskin establishes endowed chairs in engineering and humanities at UCSC

Philanthropist Jack Baskin has continued his remarkable record of support for the University of California, Santa Cruz, with two $500,000 gifts establishing endowed chairs, one in the Humanities Division that honors his wife, Peggy Downes Baskin, and anot

SF Bay Area's poor and minorities face disproportionate burden of exposure to environmental hazards

From African American residents of West Oakland's diesel-choked neighborhoods to Latinos in San Francisco's traffic-snarled Mission District, poor and minority residents of the San Francisco Bay Area get more than their share of exposure to air pollution

UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering celebrates 10 years of innovation

The Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and its emergence as a vibrant and innovative center for research and education.

UC Santa Cruz film grads shine again in major indie film awards

EPA ranks UC Santa Cruz the sixth largest 'green power' purchaser among campuses

Geoffrey Pullum to deliver 40th annual Faculty Research Lecture at UC Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz assistant arts dean reports discovery of ancient ruin in Peru

UC Santa Cruz receives $350,000 to create global café and reading garden at University Library

Leading Iraq expert Juan Cole to discuss crisis January 17 at UC Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Juan Cole, professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan and the moderator of the highly acclaimed blog "Informed Comment," will discuss the Iraq war on Wednesday, January 17, at 7 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Mult

UC Santa Cruz to present readings by renowned authors Jonathan Franzen and Nathaniel Mackey