Awards and Honors

Farm apprentice shares national award in White House presentation

Karen Washington, a 2008 graduate of the apprenticeship class of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz was honored at the White House December 17 for her work with urban gardens in the Bronx.

UCSC is included in two new Forbes magazine 'best of' lists

UCSC is included in two recently released surveys Forbes magazine conducted as part of its "America's Best Colleges" web features.

Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz named to Mexican Academy of Sciences

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics, has been elected a corresponding member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.

Sustainability fellowships support student research

Seventeen UC Santa Cruz graduate and undergraduate students have received more than $87,000 in Sustainability Fellowship grants from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) to help fund research that includes water quality protection in Italy and the United States, environmental justice in California, salmon farming in Chile, and farming practices in Wisconsin.

Geophysicist Robert Coe earns Outstanding Faculty Award

Robert Coe, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has received the Outstanding Faculty Award for 2009-10 from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.

UCSC students earn awards at SACNAS national conference

Four UCSC students received awards for their research presentations at the 2010 SACNAS National Conference held in Anaheim in October.

Humanities Division honors freshman writing students with new award

After more than three decades of guiding teachers and teaching college students, senior lecturer emeritus in writing Don Rothman has established an endowment to honor exceptional freshman students and their writing teachers.

Four faculty members inducted into American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Four UCSC faculty members were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony on October 9.

Bill Ladusaw and Jim McCloskey elected fellows of Linguistic Society of America

Astronomer Mark Krumholz wins NSF CAREER Award

Mark Krumholz, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.

Patricia Zavella awarded career achievement prize

Patricia Zavella, chair of the Latin American and Latino studies department at UC Santa Cruz, has been named co-winner of the 2010 Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America by the Society for the Anthropology of North America. North America.

Engineering dean Art Ramirez awarded APS McGroddy Prize

The American Physical Society has awarded the 2011 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials to Art Ramirez, dean of the Baskin School of Engineering.

Two faculty members honored with Dickson Emeriti Professorships

Two UCSC faculty members have been honored with emeriti professorships for the 2010-11 academic year: George Brown, professor emeritus of physics, and Donald Wiberg, professor emeritus of electrical engineering.

Engineer Wentai Liu honored with Popular Mechanics Breakthroughs Award

Popular Mechanics magazine has awarded a 2010 Breakthroughs Award to Wentai Liu, professor of electrical engineering at UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering.

Chancellor Blumenthal receives top UC honor for Academic Senate service

This summer, Chancellor George Blumenthal received the top UC honor for service to the Academic Senate at both the systemwide and campus levels.

Rod Ogawa wins lifetime achievement award for education research

Rodney Ogawa, professor of education at UC Santa Cruz, has been named winner of one of the most prestigious awards in the field of education research.

Biologist Amy Ralston wins Ellison Medical Foundation grant

The Ellison Medical Foundation has selected Amy Ralston, an assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz, as a New Scholar in Aging, providing $400,000 over four years to support her research on the biology of stem cells.

Steelhead study earns best paper award from American Fisheries Society

The American Fisheries Society has selected a paper on steelhead trout by UCSC researcher William Satterthwaite as the best publication for 2009.

Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk elected fellow of Geological Society of America

Slawek Tulaczyk, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Student wins humanities research award

Literature major Corey Heimlich was awarded the 2010 EAP Undergraduate Research Award in Humanities.

Greg O'Malley receives ACLS and Omohundro fellowships for research in early American history

Assistant professor of history Greg O'Malley has been awarded the 2010 ACLS Oscar Handlin Fellowship, plus the 2010 Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture's Mellon Fellowship.

Four UCSC professors elected as Fellows of California Academy of Sciences

Four UC Santa Cruz professors have been elected as fellows of the California Academy of Sciences.

Health sciences major awarded Sutter scholarship for medical school

Max Caccese, 23, was chosen to receive this year's Primary Care Physician Award. Caccese will receive a $10,000 scholarship.

Recipients honored for supporting diversity and inclusion at UCSC

Chancellor Blumenthal hosted recipients of the Seventh Annual 2010 Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity for a luncheon June 3 at University House.

UC Santa Cruz is recognized for exemplary environmental practices

UC Santa Cruz has received a prestigious Acterra's 2010 Business Environmental Award for campus programs that prevent pollution and conserve resources. The award was presented to the campus during an evening ceremony on June 3 in Palo Alto.

Astronomer Jerry Nelson wins prestigious Kavli Prize in Astrophysics

UCSC astronomer Jerry Nelson will share the $1 million Kavli Prize in Astrophysics with two other researchers for their innovations in the field of telescope design.

Health sciences student wins $10,000 award to support her work in Nigeria

Evelyn Castle received a $10,000 public service scholarship to support her efforts to improve health care in Nigeria.

Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney awarded Urey Prize for planetary research

The American Astronomical Society has awarded the 2010 Harold C. Urey Prize in Planetary Science to astronomer Jonathan Fortney.

Two UCSC faculty win Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards

Two theater arts faculty members at UC Santa Cruz have been honored with 2009 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards.

UC Santa Cruz's Harry Berger Jr. honored with top UC award for emeriti faculty

The 2010 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, honoring emeriti professors in the University of California system, has been awarded to UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus of literature Harry Berger Jr.

Tom Pettigrew honored by International Society for Political Psychology

Thomas F. Pettigrew, research professor of social psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named winner of the 2010 Harold Lasswell Award by the International Society for Political Psychology.

Electrical engineer Michael Isaacson honored by Microscopy Society of America

The Microscopy Society of America has chosen UCSC electrical engineer Michael Isaacson to receive its 2010 Distinguished Scientist Award for the Physical Sciences.

Atmospheric scientist Patrick Chuang wins Teaching Excellence Award

The Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association has awarded a 2010 Teaching Excellence Award to atmospheric scientist Patrick Chuang.

UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Anna Tsing wins Guggenheim Fellowship

UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Anna Tsing has won a Guggenheim Fellowship to further her research into the commodity chain and global ecology of the matsutake mushroom.

Earth and planetary scientist Gary Glatzmaier elected to National Academy of Sciences

Gary Glatzmaier, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his excellence in original scientific research.

Earth sciences program ranked 13th in U.S. News grad school survey

The graduate program in Earth sciences at UCSC was ranked 13th in a survey of U.S. doctoral programs in the sciences published by <i>U.S. News and World Report.</i>

UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey receives Guggenheim for poetry

UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship for poetry.

Four UCSC professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Four UCSC faculty members are among the newly elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Nadine Gassner receives 2010 Ellen Weaver Award for mentoring women in science

Nadine Gassner, associate director of the UC Santa Cruz Chemical Screening Center, has been chosen to receive the 2010 Ellen Weaver Award for mentoring young women in science.

UC Santa Cruz makes 'most beautiful college campuses' list

UC Santa Cruz is among the campuses cited by Forbes magazine as the "most beautiful" in the world.

Psychology faculty honored by American Psychological Association

Two psychology faculty members have received major recognition by divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), the largest organization for psychologists. Each will receive their awards and deliver an address at the annual APA meetings in Sa

Sandra Chung elected vice president of Linguistic Society of America

UCSC professor of linguistics Sandra Chung has been elected as vice president and president-elect of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA).

Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship to Jonathan Fortney, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz.

Astronomer Raja Guhathakurta mentors Intel science contest finalist

A student at the Harker School in San Jose has been named a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for her project on the Andromeda galaxy carried out under the guidance of UCSC astronomer Puragra (Raja) Guhathakurta.

Gail Hershatter elected vice-president of Association for Asian Studies

History professor Gail Hershatter has been elected vice-president of the Association for Asian Studies.

UC Santa Cruz lecturer named first Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County

UC Santa Cruz humanities lecturer Gary Young has been named the first-ever Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County.

Robert Irion, director of Science Communication Program, wins journalism award

Robert Irion has been awarded the 2010 David N. Schramm award from the American Astronomical Society.

Humanities professor wins 2009 prize for scholarly outreach

Professor of classics and comparative literature Mary-Kay Gamel has been awarded the 2009 Prize for Scholarly Outreach from the American Philological Association (APA)--the national classics association

Engineers Milanfar and Vesecky named 2010 IEEE Fellows

Two professors of electrical engineering have been named Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Literature professor's book makes Choice magazine's list of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009

Literature professor Rob Wilson's book "Be Always Converting, Be Always Converted: An American Poetics" (Harvard University Press) has been selected as one of Choice magazine's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009.