University News
- December 22, 2011
Astronomers' pristine gas discovery among top scientific breakthroughs of 2011
Lists from Science and Physics World of the top scientific breakthroughs of the year include the discovery of primordial gas clouds by UCSC astronomers.
- December 19, 2011
UC Santa Cruz astronomer Jerry Nelson to receive 2012 Franklin Medal
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia has announced that Jerry Nelson, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, will receive the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering.
- December 19, 2011
Do you use "vocal fry?" It's the most popular story on ScienceNOW, ever
Science communication student Marissa Fessenden's article about "vocal fry" is the most popular story ever published on Science magazine's online news site.
- December 19, 2011
UCSC community again embracing holiday opportunities to give
The UCSC community once again pooled its resources to support a number of holiday giving drives aimed at providing food, gifts, and basic necessities to needy children and families in Santa Cruz County.
- December 14, 2011
Study of research impact ranks UCSC 21st in the world
UC Santa Cruz ranks 21st in the world in a five-year measure of the top 500 universities based on the impact of its researchers' scholarly publications.
- December 14, 2011
Computer scientist Martín Abadi elected 2011 AAAS Fellow
Computer security expert Martín Abadi has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
- December 13, 2011
Music professor offers first in-depth look at jazz icon Carla Bley
A new book by UC Santa Cruz music professor Amy Beal marks the first comprehensive look at the music and influence of Carla Bley—an innovative American composer and performer who has surprisingly been overlooked in the field of jazz studies.
- December 13, 2011
Kenneth Feingold to serve as UCSC's fourth alumni Regent
A UC Santa Cruz graduate will have a presence on the University of California Board of Regents for the first time in seven years. This week, Kenneth A. Feingold (Cowell, ’71, history) was named the fourth UCSC alumnus to represent the campus on the Board of Regents.
- December 13, 2011
Environmental Studies faculty stands up for experiential education
Faculty in UCSC's Environmental Studies program have teamed up to launch a fundraiser to protect the future of its experiential education courses.
- December 06, 2011
UCSC Arts and Humanities faculty win USA fellowships
Two UCSC faculty are among the 50 writers, dancers, musicians, filmmakers and other artists nationwide who have been awarded $50,000 USA fellowships grants.
- December 06, 2011
Education researchers win $2 million grant to prepare teachers who help English learners
Education researchers at UC Santa Cruz have received nearly $2 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education to develop methods of training prospective elementary school teachers how to best teach English to English learners while also teaching grade-level content.
- December 06, 2011
Free computers help community college students improve skills
In the first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use, UC Santa Cruz economics professor Rob Fairlie found that when students had access to a computer at home their grades went up along with -- not surprisingly -- their computer skills.
- December 02, 2011
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz named to Silicon Valley's '40 Under 40'
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is among 40 "rising stars" in Silicon Valley recognized by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
- December 01, 2011
House names Capitol meeting room in honor of Gabe Zimmerman
The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously to name a room in the Capitol for UC Santa Cruz alumnus Gabe Zimmerman (Stevenson, '02, sociology), the Congressional community outreach director who was killed in the January shooting rampage in Tucson.
- November 30, 2011
State Assemblymember Bill Monning meets with UCSC health sciences interns
Three UCSC human biology/health sciences program interns spoke in detail about their experiences during an informal meeting with state Assemblymember Bill Monning, chair of the Assembly Health Committee.
- November 29, 2011
Student Services reopens in Hahn Building after overnight protest
Offices in the Hahn Student Services Building at UC Santa Cruz are expected to be open for business Wednesday morning after approximately two dozen people who had spent the night decided to leave shortly before noon Tuesday.
- November 29, 2011
Soc Doc alumna reports from Egypt’s Tahrir Square
UCSC alumna Bridgette Auger was following women activists in Egypt’s Tahrir Square last week when they came under fire during a clash between protesters and police. Auger—who received her Master's degree in Social Documentation from UCSC earlier this year—shot video footage of the incident, which can be seen on the Daily Beast web site.
- November 28, 2011
SSC and Theater Arts team up for holiday extravaganza
After a brief hiatus, the popular year-end holiday co-production by Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the Theater Arts Department returns this year for "A Year with Frog and Toad"—running through December 11 at UCSC’s Mainstage Theater.
- November 28, 2011
Submarine springs offer preview of ocean acidification effects on coral reefs
Observations at submarine springs found along the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are giving scientists a preview of the possible fate of coral reef ecosystems in response to ocean acidification.
- November 28, 2011
Writing instructor's essay included in natural history anthology
An essay by Sarah Juniper Rabkin, a lecturer and researcher in the UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies Department is included in "The Way of Natural History" (Trinity University Press, 2011), an anthology in which more than 20 writers argue that attention to nature is a key pathway to nurturing our humanity.
- November 23, 2011
Alum's high-finance career talk draws eager crowd
A formally dressed, resume-toting group of career-minded students was part of the standing-room-only crowd at last week's Career Center event, which featured Sam Rosenberg (Cowell '93, math), a rising star at the Paris-based Societe Generale. Employing 130,000 people worldwide, the firm is the world's 9th largest bank and investment house.
- November 23, 2011
UCSC grad is an editor of the 'Occupied Wall Street Journal'
Despite the bust-up of Occupy encampments nationwide, a UC Santa Cruz graduate who helps edit the newspaper for the popular movement credits media outreach with spreading the message of economic fairness beyond the downtown parks where the movement began.
- November 21, 2011
Ulcer-causing bacteria tamed by defect in cell-targeting ability
Without the ability to swim to their targets in the stomach, ulcer-causing bacteria do not cause the inflammation of the stomach lining that leads to ulcers and stomach cancer.
- November 15, 2011
Pulitzer Prize winning poet to read at 2nd Morton Marcus event, Nov. 20
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Kay Ryan—the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2008-2010, who just a few weeks ago received a MacArthur (“genius”) Fellowship award--will be the featured guest at the 2nd annual Morton Marus Memorial Poetry Reading, Sunday, November 20.
- November 15, 2011
UCSC leads $4 million NOAA project to monitor harmful algal blooms
Scientists are launching a major effort to understand the conditions leading to blooms of toxic algae along the California coast.
- November 14, 2011
Arboretum celebrates partnership with Amah Mutsun tribe
The Arboretum and the Amah Mutsun tribe are working together on a project that highlights native plants traditionally used by the Mutsun people.
- November 14, 2011
UCSC fundraisers honored at Silicon Valley Philanthropy Day
Two UCSC fundraising teams will be recognized by the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
- November 10, 2011
Astronomers find clouds of primordial gas from the early universe
For the first time, astronomers have found pristine clouds of the primordial gas that formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang.
- November 10, 2011
Taking it to the next level: Women’s soccer team qualifies for regional playoffs
The hard-working UCSC women’s soccer team is bound for Southern California this weekend to compete in the regional playoffs for the first time in two years.
- November 09, 2011
Ancient lunar dynamo may explain magnetized moon rocks
A novel mechanism that could have generated a magnetic field on the moon early in its history may explain the presence of magnetized rocks on the lunar surface.
- November 09, 2011
Slug men's water polo hopes to make big splash at national championships
This will be a momentous weekend for the UC Santa Cruz men's water polo team. The Banana Slugs are set to make history as they head to Atlanta as the first-ever team from a Division III school to compete in the National Collegiate Club Championship, a Division I tournament.
- November 09, 2011
Coming November 14: Faculty and staff e-mail moves to Google
UCSC CruzMail email for faculty and staff moves to Google this weekend. In preparation for this work, CruzMail will be unavailable on Sunday from 2 p.m to 5 p.m.
- November 08, 2011
Preview of Grateful Dead Archive features legendary poster artist Stanley Mouse
"Despite the heavy rain Deadheads and academics alike flooded McHenry Library at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday to get their first glimpse of the Grateful Dead Archive..."
- November 07, 2011
United Way kicks off workplace fundraising campaign at UCSC
The economic slump has increased the urgency of the United Way's latest fundraiser. The UCSC community is stepping up to help with a workplace campaign that runs through Nov. 11.
- November 07, 2011
UCSC wins $2.6 million grant for organic farming research
UC Santa Cruz will continue and expand its leading role in sustainable agriculture research with a $2.6 million federal grant to strengthen collaboration with Central Coast farmers to promote organic production in the region.
- November 03, 2011
UCSC art historian contributes to Touré’s new book on “post-blackness”
History of Art and Visual Culture assistant professor Derek Conrad Murray adds to candid conversation about race in the age of Obama
- November 03, 2011
Video chat with Chancellor Blumenthal
Speaking from the newly remodeled McHenry Library, Chancellor Blumenthal welcomes new and returning students, notes the increasing diversity of the student body, and highlights recent campus accomplishments.
- November 03, 2011
Fermi telescope adds surprising new pulsars to growing collection
Scientists using NASA's Fermi telescope have discovered nine new gamma-ray pulsars and a surprisingly powerful millisecond pulsar.
- November 03, 2011
UCSC Arboretum holds Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale Nov. 12 and 13
Wonderful holiday decorations and gifts will be available from the UCSC Arboretum at the Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on November 12 and 13.
- November 03, 2011
UCSC's Museum of Natural History holds open house and fundraiser
Two master naturalists will share their wisdom with the community when the UC Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History Collections (MNHC) holds its third annual open house and fundraiser Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Science and Engineering Library periodicals room on the UCSC campus.
- November 01, 2011
Chancellor Blumenthal discusses student diversity and provides budget update at Staff Forum
Chancellor George Blumenthal shared good news about undergraduate student demographics and merit-based raises for non-represented staff members at a campus forum on Tuesday.
- October 31, 2011
UCSC presents inaugural Sikh and Punjabi Studies conference Nov. 10-12
On November 10-12, leading scholars from the United States, Canada, and England will come together for the inaugural conference in Sikh and Punjabi Studies at UC Santa Cruz.
- October 31, 2011
UCSC cholera biofilm team wins Deloitte QB3 Award for Innovation
A team of UC Santa Cruz researchers working to find new drugs to fight cholera has won a $10,000 Award for Innovation
- October 28, 2011
Excess nutrients threaten Elkhorn Slough ecosystem
A new study documents the effects of high nutrient levels in Elkhorn Slough, especially where water control structures limit tidal exchange.
- October 27, 2011
Study finds early growth trajectories have long-term effects on fitness
Researchers describe how food supply and environmental conditions affect the growth rates of organisms, which in turn influence future survival and reproduction.
- October 25, 2011
2011 Founders Celebration Dinner: recognizing extraordinary achievement
A Nobel-prize-winning cancer researcher, a biotech industry veteran, and a central figure in the founding of UC Santa Cruz, were among the honorees at the Founders Celebration gala dinner, which drew 350 people to the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz on Friday.
- October 24, 2011
Baskin School of Engineering promotes increased participation of women in computing
During the past two years, the number of women majoring in computer science at UC Santa Cruz has increased by 40 percent.
- October 24, 2011
2011 UCSC Foundation Forum: on the front lines of the cancer war
The UCSC Foundation Forum, “At the Dawn of Personalized Medicine," presented a rare, front-lines look at the future of personalized cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- October 21, 2011
Researchers work with high school teachers on new state writing standards
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with local educational agencies, have won a $250,000 grant to help high school English teachers in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District prepare for new state standards in reading and writing.
- October 20, 2011
UCSC honors Marti Noxon at Hollywood Film/TV alumni event
Award-winning writer and producer Marti Noxon (Mad Men, Grey’s Anatomy, Glee) was presented with the first UCSC Film & Digital Media Prestigious Alumni Award at a ceremony held last week at the Soho House in West Hollywood.
- October 20, 2011
West Nile virus transmission linked to land use patterns, 'super-spreaders'
In most places, only a few key species of bird "hosts" and mosquito "vectors" are important in transmission of West Nile virus.
- October 20, 2011
UCSC sponsors SACNAS national conference in San Jose, October 27-30
UCSC is supporting the efforts of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
- October 18, 2011
Social Sciences honors teachers, staff members, students
Three teachers in the social sciences were honored for teaching and research as the division held its annual staff and faculty fall breakfast Oct. 12.
- October 17, 2011
UCSC’s digital artists take over museum for one night only-Oct. 21
This Friday, October 21, student and alumni artists from UCSC’s Digital Arts & New Media (DANM) program will transform Santa Cruz’s Museum of Art & History into a dynamic hub of new interactive digital art and technology.
- October 14, 2011
Beyond calories and consumption, new book critiques obesity orthodoxies
Julie Guthman, associate professor of community studies, challenges many widely held assumptions about the “obesity epidemic” in her new book, "Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice, and the Limits of Capitalism."
- October 13, 2011
Galaxy mergers not the trigger for most black hole feeding frenzies
A survey of distant galaxies shows that galaxy mergers are not responsible for most active galactic nuclei.
- October 13, 2011
UCSC team makes final round of QB3 Award for Innovation contest
A UCSC research team is among five finalists competing for online votes to win a $10,000 innovation prize.
- October 13, 2011
Elliot Aronson to deliver fall Emeriti Lecture Oct. 27
Elliot Aronson, emeritus professor of psychology, will deliver the fall 2011 Emeriti Lecture, "The Psychology of Self-Persuasion: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts," at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, October 27.
- October 12, 2011
Best-selling author, doctor Abraham Verghese wows capacity crowd
Physician and bestselling author Abraham Verghese worries that an overemphasis on medical technology is distancing doctors from patients. Dr. Verghese voiced his concerns during the 11th annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture on campus.
- October 11, 2011
Physicist Bill Atwood awarded Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics
The American Physical Society has awarded the 2012 Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics to physicist William Atwood.
- October 07, 2011
Google chief economist kicks off finance lecture series at UC Santa Cruz
Hal Varian, chief economist at Google and a UC Berkeley emeritus professor, is the inaugural speaker of a quarterly lecture series being launched by a new financial and economic risk-analysis initiative at UC Santa Cruz.
- October 07, 2011
Community water projects in rural Kenya help raise family income
Rural family incomes tend to rise when Kenyan women don't have to spend several hours a day lugging water to their villages, UC Santa Cruz sociology professor Ben Crow writes in a new paper in the journal World Development.
- October 07, 2011
Private contributions to UCSC rise 10 percent
Private donors gave nearly $22 million to UC Santa Cruz during the 2010-11 year, increasing their giving in the wake of state budget cuts to the university. During a year in which state support for UCSC declined by $31 million, total giving to the campus jumped nearly 10 percent.
- October 07, 2011
Educational Partnership Center receives $14 million in federal outreach grants
UC Santa Cruz's Educational Partnership Center has been awarded two GEAR UP federal grants to serve students in Pajaro Valley and South Monterey County.
- October 06, 2011
Crab pulsar beams most energetic gamma rays ever detected from a pulsar
Astrophysicists have detected pulsed gamma-ray emission from the Crab pulsar at energies far beyond what current theoretical models of pulsars can explain.
- October 06, 2011
UCSC steps up 'zero waste' projects
UCSC staff and students started off the school year by recycling a whopping 38,840 pounds of cardboard within the first two weeks of the fall quarter. The campus aims for zero waste by 2020.
- October 04, 2011
Sociologist Lisa Jean Moore to present annual Baskin Ethics Lecture, Oct. 19
Lisa Jean Moore, professor of sociology and gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York, will deliver the second annual Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture on Wednesday, October 19.
- October 04, 2011
UCSC grads turn senior project into game design company
A new iPad game now available from Apple's App Store showcases the professional quality of the work done by UCSC students in the computer game design program.
- October 03, 2011
Founders Dinner on October 21 to honor achievement, service, and scholarship
UC Santa Cruz will host its fifth annual Founders Celebration dinner at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz on Friday, October 21.
- September 30, 2011
Five UCSC students win Fulbright scholarships
Five UC Santa Cruz students in four disciplines are winners of Fulbright scholarships for a year of research and study abroad. They will travel to China, Germany, Italy, and Mexico for the 2011-2012 academic year.
- September 29, 2011
Two Truths and a Lie
“Two truths and a lie is a creative writing exercise in which students write about three events in their life, two true, one a lie, and the class tries to figure out which is the lie,” says UCSC associate literature professor Micah Perks.
- September 29, 2011
Scientists release most accurate simulation of the universe to date
The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date, gives physicists and astronomers a powerful new tool.
- September 29, 2011
Baskin School of Engineering showcases research advances on Thursday, October 20
Advances in three exciting areas of technological innovation--computer games, genomics, and network science--will be presented by faculty in the Baskin School of Engineering at the school's annual Research Review Day.
- September 28, 2011
Video shows tool use by a fish
The first video of tool use by a fish has been published in the journal Coral Reefs by biologist Giacomo Bernardi.
- September 28, 2011
Arboretum's fall plant sale on Oct. 8 features beautiful, unusual plants
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum will hold its annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 8, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Eucalyptus Grove on High Street.
- September 28, 2011
A day in the sun for Sammy the Slug
In a day of celebration, the Santa Cruz City Council voted to declare an official "UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug Day" while students feted their yellowy mascot on campus. The festivities marked 25 years since the UCSC administration made this once countercultural, underground symbol the official mascot of UCSC.
- September 26, 2011
Experts discuss the future of cancer diagnosis and treatment on Oct. 21
Nobel laureate J. Michael Bishop, Genentech chairman Art Levinson, and UCSC's David Haussler discuss the dawn of personalized medicine in UCSC Foundation Forum.
- September 23, 2011
New book sheds light on survival of Jewish culture
This October, UCSC professor of literature and history Nathaniel Deutsch will offer the first complete translation of a little known ethnographic questionnaire--and the story of an ambitious attempt to document a culture during an extraordinarily volatile time in world history.
- September 23, 2011
LALS post-doc's research proposal wins top award from UC-Mexico funder
Tania Cruz Salazar's research on immigration by indigenous youth recently won the UC MEXUS Monarch Award for the most outstanding proposal submitted for funding this year.
- September 22, 2011
S.C. City Council to declare official "Day of the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug"
A resolution to honor the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug mascot is on the agenda of an upcoming Santa Cruz City Council meeting.
- September 20, 2011
Frans Lanting’s multimedia show to highlight UCSC evening at Flint Center
For more than two decades, acclaimed nature photographer Frans Lanting has documented wildlife from the Amazon to Antarctica, in an effort to promote understanding about the Earth and its natural history. On October 15, he will join with the campus for a remarkable evening of art, science and life, at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
- September 19, 2011
UC Santa Cruz Welcome Week draws spirited crowd of students, families
Caravans of SUVs and station wagons brought eager student and their families, while teams of volunteers welcomed the throng.
- September 15, 2011
Astronomers confirm first planet orbiting two stars
A world with multiple suns is a common trope in science fiction, and scientific reality has now caught up, with a report from NASA's Kepler mission of a planet orbiting two stars.
- September 15, 2011
Small distant galaxies host supermassive black holes
Using the Hubble Space Telescope to probe the distant universe, astronomers have found supermassive black holes growing in surprisingly small galaxies, suggesting that central black holes formed at an early stage in galaxy evolution.
- September 15, 2011
Biologist Harry Noller honored by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2012 Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography to UCSC molecular biologist Harry Noller and two of his collaborators.
- September 15, 2011
Ten easy steps: Some good advice for new UC Santa Cruz students
New UCSC students should clip and save these 10 handy tips that will help them thrive and survive in college and enjoy their new surroundings.
- September 13, 2011
The New McHenry: It’s Not Your Parents’ Library
I’m sitting in a “Group Study” room of the newly renovated McHenry Library at UC Santa Cruz and I’ve got to admit—I’m pretty relaxed.
- September 13, 2011
Welcome Week kicks off new academic year
The air is getting colder, people are hauling out their long-sleeved shirts, and the crowds are thinning out on the beaches of Santa Cruz. And here’s an even more reliable sign that summer is nearly over on the Central Coast: the college students are preparing for their annual migration to UC Santa Cruz.
- September 13, 2011
Welcoming new students for fall 2011
UC Santa Cruz students are scheduled to begin moving into university housing on Wednesday, September 14, in anticipation of the 2011-12 school year. The first day of instruction in the fall quarter is Thursday, September 22. The fall-quarter "move-in" for students living on campus is scheduled to continue through Sunday, September 21.
- September 09, 2011
UCSC hosts fall harvest festival on September 25
Celebrate the bounty of fall at the 17th annual Fall Harvest Festival, Sunday, September 25 at UC Santa Cruz’s 25-acre organic farm with live music, food, apple tasting, apple pie bake-off, garden talks, hay rides, events for kids, and tours.
- September 08, 2011
Prominent Indian statesman Karan Singh to deliver Satyajit Ray Lecture
Distinguished Indian statesman and diplomat Dr. Karan Singh will deliver the 2011 Satyajit Ray Lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, September 24, at 5:30 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall.
- September 08, 2011
Archaeology probes West African cities and impact of European influence
UCSC anthropologist J. Cameron Monroe writes about archaeological exploration of sub-Saharan African cities that played a prominent role in the slave trade of the 17th through 19th centuries.
- September 06, 2011
Someone I'd Like You to Meet…
If you open the Atlantic magazine’s Fiction 2011 special issue, you’ll find “Someone I’d Like You to Meet.” Written by UC Santa Cruz alumna Elizabeth McKenzie, it’s one of nine remarkable short stories included in the magazine by some of the finest fiction writers in the country today.
- September 06, 2011
New material shows promise for trapping pollutants
UCSC chemists have developed a new type of material that can soak up pollutants from water.
- September 02, 2011
UC Santa Cruz expert explains origins of political crisis in Nigeria
The car bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria's capital Aug. 26 is an ominous sign of the increasing militancy of disaffected Muslim youth in Africa's most populous nation, according to UC Santa Cruz professor Paul M. Lubeck, who spent six weeks this summer conducting research in Kano, Nigeria's largest city in the predominantly Muslim north.
- August 30, 2011
UCSC film lecturer Leo Chiang up for Emmy Award in Sept.
Leo Chiang--a lecturer in the Social Documentation M.F.A. Program at UC Santa Cruz—has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his documentary film, "A Village Called Versailles."
- August 29, 2011
Astrophysicists report first simulation to create a Milky Way-like galaxy
A simulation of galaxy formation by UCSC astrophysicists solves a longstanding problem in cosmology.
- August 26, 2011
UCSC offers new degree in network and digital technology
The Baskin School of Engineering is offering a new major in network and digital technology.
- August 23, 2011
UCSC’s Dickens Project featured in August issue of New Yorker
In the August 29 issue of the New Yorker, staff writer Jill Lepore has written a fascinating feature story about the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz.
- August 18, 2011
Three waves of evolutionary innovation shaped diversity of vertebrates
Analysis of genomes finds three periods of innovation in gene regulation occurred during the evolution of animals with backbones.
- August 17, 2011
UC Santa Cruz receives $500,000 gift to establish George Hitchcock poetry endowment
UC Santa Cruz has received a gift of $500,000 to establish The George P. Hitchcock Modern Poetry Fund at Porter College.
- August 17, 2011
UC Santa Cruz makes top 10 list of "greenest" schools in Sierra magazine
Once again, UC Santa Cruz has broken into a top-10 list of green-minded colleges and universities in Sierra magazine's "Cool Schools" issue.
- August 15, 2011
UCSC undergraduates exhibit summer research projects
More than 80 students presented their summer research projects at the 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.
- August 10, 2011
Biologist John Pearse awarded California Academy of Sciences Fellows' Medal
The California Academy of Sciences has awarded its highest honor, the Fellows' Medal, to UCSC biologist John Pearse.
- August 10, 2011
New face of public safety: Nader Oweis sworn in as UCSC chief of police
Sworn into office on Tuesday, Nader Oweis, UCSC's brand-new police chief, is known for his years of experience and his cool-headed responses to stressful situations.
- August 08, 2011
UCSC’s annual literary celebration of Charles Dickens ‘full to bursting’ this summer
In 2005, San Francisco Chronicle book critic David Kipen observed that the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz "may just be literary California's best-kept secret. "Now in 2011, that secret is definitely out.
- August 03, 2011
'Big splat' may explain moon's mountainous far side
The mountainous region on the far side of the moon may be the remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon.
- August 03, 2011
New book explores Russian dachas and the link with nature
UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Melissa L. Caldwell writes about dachas, the little garden cottages where city-bound Russians go to connect with nature and end up working hard.
- August 02, 2011
Resolution introduced to name Capitol room in honor of Gabe Zimmerman
A resolution has been introduced in Congress to name a meeting room at the U.S. Capitol in honor of UC Santa Cruz alumnus Gabe Zimmerman, the congressional staffer killed in the January shooting spree that wounded his boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.
- July 29, 2011
Physicists report progress in understanding high-temperature superconductors
A new theory may explain the unusual properties of high-temperature superconductors, a longstanding unsolved problem for theoretical physicists.
- July 27, 2011
QUEST TV profiles biologist Dan Costa
UCSC biologist Dan Costa is featured in a new episode of KQED's QUEST TV program.
- July 27, 2011
Alumna named opinion journalist of the year
Lois Kazakoff ('76, Cowell, linguistics), deputy editorial page editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, has been named opinion journalist of the year by the National Conference of Editorial Writers.
- July 26, 2011
Microscopes borrow tricks from astronomy to see deep into living tissues
UCSC researchers are developing new microscope technologies to enable biologists to see deep within living tissues.
- July 26, 2011
UCSC Summer Orientation draws 7,300 participants
This year, 3,300 incoming first-year students, 890 transfer students, and a total of 7,300 people, signed up for UCSC’s lively schedule of Summer Orientation events, which took place July 19 through July 26.
- July 22, 2011
UCSC moves forward with ecological horticulture apprenticeship program
The pioneering Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture program at the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden will continue to offer hands-on training in small-scale organic agriculture despite a significant loss of state and federal funding to the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS).
- July 19, 2011
Latest state budget cut prompts another UC tuition hike
Chancellor George Blumenthal had the long-term health of the university in mind when he addressed UC Regents about a proposed 9.6 percent tuition increase.
- July 18, 2011
UCSC delegation brings green tips to Taiwan
A green delegation, including two UCSC undergraduates and UCSC sustainability director Aurora Winslade, traveled 6,449 miles to Taiwan, where they led a two-day workshop on June 29 and 30 for the Taiwan Green University Program
- July 14, 2011
Shakespeare Santa Cruz kicks off 30th anniversary summer festival July 19
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) opens its 30th anniversary season on July 19 at the Mainstage Theater, with Shakespeare’s most popular farce-The Comedy of Errors.
- July 14, 2011
Loss of large predators has caused widespread disruption of ecosystems
The decline of large predators and other "apex consumers" at the top of the food chain has disrupted ecosystems all over the planet, according to a review of recent findings.
- July 12, 2011
New endowment supports students at UCSC Arboretum
A gift of $127,000 from the estate of World War II Navy veteran Dudley Green has established a new endowment in support of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum.
- July 08, 2011
Costume designers bring life to Shakespeare characters, from Falstaff to the 'Tavern Tarts'
How would Falstaff dress himself? What would the "Tavern Tarts" wear? Shakespeare Santa Cruz's costume designers shared a few secrets about an art form that changes the way audiences experience a Shakespeare play.
- July 06, 2011
UCSC alum Gillian Welch does it again
Forty-five seconds into the new Gillian Welch CD, you realize this is the real deal. It’s a low-key affair—in the absolute best possible way—with exquisite musicianship, haunting harmonies, and superlative songwriting. It’s also the first Gillian Welch album to come out in nearly eight years, and it’s well worth the wait.
- July 06, 2011
Evolutionary / Revolutionary: an evening of art, music, science
The University of California, Santa Cruz will present Evolutionary/Revolutionary, a remarkable evening of art, science and life, on Saturday, October 15, at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
- July 05, 2011
Tuition, fee increases sought to meet budget shortfall
With cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures in place to fill the bulk of a billion-dollar budget gap resulting from steep cuts in state funding, the University of California staff is preparing to recommend to the Board of Regents that roughly one-quarter of the shortfall be offset with tuition and fee increases, UC Vice President Patrick Lenz said Friday, July 1.
- June 30, 2011
UC Santa Cruz sees strong demand from prospective freshmen
Approximately 4,100 prospective freshmen have expressed their intent to enroll in UC Santa Cruz this fall, based on University of California systemwide data released June 30. More than one-third of the prospective new students are from groups traditionally underrepresented at four-year universities.
- June 29, 2011
UCSC researchers contribute to detailed ovarian cancer analysis
A team of UCSC researchers contributed to an analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer that has provided the most comprehensive and integrated view of cancer genes to date. Their work focused on understanding the molecular pathways in the cell that are disrupted in ovarian cancer.
- June 28, 2011
UCSC professor investigates social impact of technology
How can we as citizens use technology to contribute to the public good? That’s a key question fueling the research of UC Santa Cruz associate professor of film and digital media Warren Sack.
- June 24, 2011
Condors land at UC Lick Observatory
Five California condors made a historic fly-by and stopover at the UC Lick Observatory atop Mt. Hamilton earlier this week.
- June 23, 2011
Researchers win $2 million grant to study spread of bat-killing fungus
Two UC Santa Cruz researchers, Winifred F. Frick and A. Marm Kilpatrick, have won a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to study the spread of a fungus that is decimating bat populations in the northeastern United States.
- June 22, 2011
Tracking of top marine predators reveals Pacific Ocean hot spots
Two big regions of the North Pacific Ocean are magnets for marine life according to results from the Tagging of Pacific Predators project.
- June 20, 2011
Mandolin masters David Grisman and Mike Marshall lead 8th annual symposium at UCSC
Founded by legendary mandolinists David Grisman & Mike Marshall, the annual Mandolin Symposium at UC Santa Cruz is now heading into its eighth year, beginning on June 26.
- June 20, 2011
Campus set to retire Cruzmail, Oracle calendar
In a two-phase switchover, the UC Santa Cruz campus will retire its homegrown e-mail system and Oracle calendar system and replace them with new, updated versions supplied by Google.
- June 17, 2011
Film & TV industry alums reconnect with campus
“The UC Santa Cruz student may not get the first job compared to his or her Ivy League competitor...but I assure you they will get the BEST job in the end...because they will out-think them.” That was the takeaway message from the keynote address by UCSC alumnus—and president of Lionsgate Television—Kevin Beggs at the June 3-4 Film Symposium presented by the Arts Division.
- June 17, 2011
The long and winding road to graduation: Histcon grad takes 40 years to earn Ph.D.
History of Consciousness Program grad Peter Miller just finished up his Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz. It took him 40 years. "I'm probably the person who has the record of how long it took to complete a doctoral degree at UCSC," said Miller, 66.
- June 14, 2011
Bioinformatics expert David Haussler awarded Oxford's Weldon Memorial Prize
David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering, has been chosen to receive the 2011 Weldon Memorial Prize given by the University of Oxford.
- June 13, 2011
Professor documents the immigrant experience in Santa Cruz County
In her new book, "I'm Neither Here nor There, Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty," Professor Patricia Zavella describes how poor and working class Mexican Americans and migrants struggle for identity in Santa Cruz County.
- June 13, 2011
EPA administrator speaks of commitment to environmental justice
In her College 10 commencement address June 12, Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke of her commitment to environmental justice and lauded College 10's focus on social justice.
- June 10, 2011
As the slug rises: Once subversive, UCSC's beloved mascot turns 25
This year marks the 25th anniversary of UC Santa Cruz's famous banana slug mascot, a once-subversive symbol on campus. This month, a former chancellor and various alumni looked back on the days when the fate of this character hung on a slender thread of slime.
- June 10, 2011
UCSC aims for zero waste in student move-out
UCSC, for the past few years, has been holding “Zero-Waste Move Out” events across the campus, making it much easier for students to deposit household goods, electronics, toiletries, canned food and other materials in collection bins. It's all part of UCSC's efforts to make the campus zero waste in 2020.
- June 09, 2011
Video chat with Chancellor Blumenthal
Chancellor Blumenthal reflects on spring commencement, campus achievements and challenges over the 2010-2011 academic year, and the 25th anniversary of the banana slug becoming the official mascot of UC Santa Cruz.
- June 07, 2011
President Obama meets astronomer Jerry Nelson and other Kavli Prize winners
President Barack Obama met in the Oval Office with UCSC astronomer Jerry Nelson and other recipients of the 2010 Kavli Prizes.
- June 07, 2011
Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas honored at 39th annual performance
Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas was presented with two awards of recognition during the troupe's 39th annual spring concert including Watsonville Mayor Daniel Dodge proclaiming June 3 "Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas Day" in Watsonville.
- June 07, 2011
Chancellor receives honorary degree from alma mater
Chancellor Blumenthal was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM).
- June 03, 2011
Outstanding work in the spotlight: Student Achievement Week recognizes accomplishment
Student Achievement Week closed with the highly anticipated 2011 Undergraduate Academic Achievement, Excellence in Teaching, and Mentoring Awards ceremony and reception. This year's winner of the prestigious Steck Award is undergraduate astrophysics major Luke Kelley, 23.
- June 02, 2011
Biochemist David Deamer explores how life began in new book, 'First Life'
David Deamer's new book presents an engaging and accessible overview of research into life's beginnings.
- June 02, 2011
A summary of summery things to do at UCSC
The long, lazy days of summer are a great time to explore UC Santa Cruz and its off-campus facilities. Whether you want to soak up some culture with a play, learn about exotic plants, or get up close and personal with marine mammals, UCSC offers the opportunity.
- June 02, 2011
Redwood conservation and rock and roll: Conferences keep campus busy in summer
Summer is conference season at UCSC where thousands of newcomers will cross scenic bridges, explore the woods, and take classes. UCSC expects 70 residential conference groups, and 10,000 visitors, from June 19 to August 27.
- June 02, 2011
10x10: 10 grads in 10 days
UCSC's Class of 2011 includes these outstanding 10 new graduates, whose profiles--including photos and videos--will roll out here over the two weeks before commencement.
- May 31, 2011
UCSC artists featured in ‘First Friday’ Santa Cruz community art tour
"First Friday"--Santa Cruz’s popular monthly art and gallery tour--now features more than two dozen venues around the downtown area. On June 3, three of those venues will showcase the work of UCSC student artists.
- May 31, 2011
Felicia Rice featured at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center
Alumna Felicia Rice (Cowell '78)—now manager for UCSC’s Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. program (DANM)—will be featured in The Art of the Book in California: Five Contemporary Presses, an exhibition at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center.
- May 26, 2011
UCSC documentary exhibition premieres at Del Mar Theater
Soon-to-be graduates of the Social Documentation (Soc Doc) program at UC Santa Cruz will premiere their masters thesis video documentaries at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz, Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m. The screening is free and open to the public.
- May 26, 2011
Earth scientist James Gill receives Humboldt Research Award
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has elected Earth scientist James Gill to receive a Humboldt Research Award.
- May 25, 2011
President of Lionsgate Television to give keynote address at UCSC Film Symposium
UCSC alumnus Kevin Beggs, the president of Lionsgate Television Group, will deliver the keynote address for a two-day film symposium—Bridging the Gap—at UC Santa Cruz, June 3-4.
- May 25, 2011
Solar-powered scoreboard coming to Lower East Field
Wells Fargo Bank is paying for the first permanent outdoor playing field scoreboard in campus history. The $15,000 scoreboard will be solar-powered and a much better fit for the 300 spectators that come to the men’s and women’s intercollegiate soccer matches.
- May 24, 2011
Student Achievement Week: recognizing excellence
UC Santa Cruz will honor a long list of outstanding scholars, visual artists, performers and researchers during the annual Student Achievement Week festivities from May 28 to June 3. This week allows these students to present their work in highly public settings, from an annual print sale to a sciences and engineering poster symposium.
- May 23, 2011
Business Design Competition: high-tech test-grading system designers win top prize
UCSC engineering graduate student Paul Abumov and McMaster University astrophysics graduate Nicolas Petitclerc won the top spot at this year's Business Design Competition. A patent is pending for their innovative, high-tech test-grading system.
- May 19, 2011
Paul Koch named interim dean of physical and biological sciences
UCSC has appointed Professor Paul Koch to serve as interim dean of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
- May 19, 2011
UCSC economist expects emerging economies to push for next IMF head
The resignation of the head of the International Monetary Fund sets the stage for a tussle between developing countries and European economies, according to Joshua Aizenman, an international economics expert at UC Santa Cruz.
- May 19, 2011
UC Santa Cruz students reap the benefits of Measure 43
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of Measure 43, the student-funded Sustainable Food, Health, and Wellness Initiative at UC Santa Cruz that has treated thousands of students to a broad menu of ways to learn about food, including workshops, campus conferences, events, and classes.
- May 18, 2011
Ant Farm founder and emeritus professor Chip Lord to be honored at UCSC film symposium
Years before he joined the faculty at UCSC, Chip Lord was a member of the Ant Farm, a groundbreaking, experimental art and architecture collective he founded in 1968 with fellow architect Doug Michels.
- May 18, 2011
New book questions effectiveness of peace-building workshops
In his new book, UCSC psychology professor Phillip L. Hammack questions the effectiveness of peace-building workshops involving Israeli and Palestinian teenagers in the United States.
- May 17, 2011
'Searching For Yiddish Land'
“Having been in decline for decades, Yiddish is fading as a spoken language in the United States. But at UCSC, a small group of students and faculty are committed to its preservation…”
- May 17, 2011
Student-run Carbon Fund boosts green projects on and off campus
The Carbon Fund Committee has selected nine green-minded projects for funding, ranging from a "green Wharf" project to a regional water use reduction campaign.
- May 16, 2011
Porn & Pong author Damon Brown to speak May 20 on video games and human sexuality
Author Damon Brown will speak on "Human Sexuality and Video Games" at UCSC on May 20.
- May 16, 2011
Bill Doyle traces the early history of UC Santa Cruz in new book
William T. Doyle, a founding faculty member of UCSC, has written a book that traces the early history of the campus.
- May 16, 2011
UC president responds to 'May revise' of California budget
University of California President Mark Yudof says the "all-cuts" budget scenario described in Governor Brown's revised 2011-12 California budget would double the UC system's cut, to $1 billion. "A cut of this magnitude would be unconscionable — to the university, its students and families, and to the state that it has served for nearly a century and a half," the president said.
- May 13, 2011
History major wins grant for Central Coast seed library to serve local farmers, gardeners
“Initially people are surprised to hear that UC Santa Cruz student Andrew Whitman is a history major. Yet, it is a sound knowledge of the past that led Whitman, 20, to apply for and win a $10,000 grant from the Strauss Foundation for his seed library project.
- May 13, 2011
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson joins eclectic UCSC commencement speakers
Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, joins an eclectic selection of speakers as UC Santa Cruz's 10 colleges and graduate division hold commencement ceremonies June 10-12 when more than 3,000 students will receive bachelors, masters, Ph.D degrees, and graduate certificates.
- May 12, 2011
Peter Limbrick to deliver Arts Division Dean’s Research Lecture
Last fall, associate professor of film and digital media Peter Limbrick received the UCSC Arts Division's Excellence in Research Award for his new book "Making Settler Cinemas." In honor of this newly established award by arts dean David Yager, Limbrick will present a free public lecture on Monday, May 23
- May 12, 2011
SCIPP researchers apply particle physics expertise to cancer therapy
UCSC physicists are working with medical researchers to develop a new imaging technology to guide proton therapy for cancer treatment.
- May 12, 2011
Africa's sea turtles need passports for protection
Satellite tracking of olive ridley sea turtles has revealed that existing protected areas may be inadequate.
- May 12, 2011
Galileo data reveal magma "ocean" under Io's surface
Data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface "ocean" of magma beneath the surface of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io.
- May 12, 2011
Two-wheel commuters take to the road on Bike to Work Day
Participants in Thursday's Bike To Work celebration ranged from teenagers to AARP members. They took part in an annual event that promotes healthy living, diminishes stress, and cuts down on auto emissions.
- May 11, 2011
Recognizing commitment: picnic highlights staff achievements
A large and appreciative crowd of staff members ate marinated chicken, vied for raffle prizes, and danced to a cheeky song by Cee Lo Green during the annual UCSC Staff Appreciation Barbecue on the East Field.
- May 11, 2011
UCSC to host tennis championships
UC Santa Cruz Athletics Department has been selected as one of the sites for the 2011 NCAA Men's Tennis Division III Championships.
- May 10, 2011
Clarity and vision: scholars impress judges at Graduate Research Symposium
The 7th annual Graduate Research Symposium on Friday, May 6, gave graduate students a chance to show off their projects and highlight their far-ranging achievements.
- May 05, 2011
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco presents findings from Saturn in May 25 lecture
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco will present findings from the Cassini spacecraft now in orbit around Saturn in a free public lecture on Wednesday, May 25.
- May 05, 2011
Alumnae best current women's soccer team in friendly game
Graduates grabbed their cleats and headed back to campus for the Women's Soccer Alumni game on April 30. The alumnnae came out victorious, winning 2-0.
- May 03, 2011
Jewish Studies conference set for UC Santa Cruz on May 22-24
A conference designed to highlight the role women have played in the forging of Italian Jewish identity will take place May 22-24, on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
- May 03, 2011
Graduate student research showcased at May 6 symposium
The University Center at UC Santa Cruz will come alive on Friday, May 6, with poster, oral, or multimedia presentations that will be featured at this year's Graduate Research Symposium. In its seventh year, the symposium is designed to recognize and promote the outstanding and diverse research being carried out by graduate students from all disciplines on campus.
- May 03, 2011
New endowment supports teaching and research at the Arboretum
A gift from botanist Jean Langenheim has established a new endowment in support of the UCSC Arboretum.
- May 03, 2011
Elephant seal experts featured on QUEST TV episode
"Into the Deep with Elephant Seals" features UCSC biologists Daniel Costa and Burney Le Boeuf.
- May 02, 2011
Dedicated Admissions officer to receive Outstanding Staff Award
Michael McCawley, associate director of Admissions, has been selected as the 2010-11 UCSC Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award recipient.
- May 02, 2011
UCSC launches Center for Entrepreneurship
UCSC has launched a new Center for Entrepreneurship, which offers students across disciplines comprehensive, hands-on experience in bringing innovations to market.
- May 02, 2011
'Day by the Bay' attracts large crowd to campus
Windy conditions on UCSC's East Field on Saturday required a venue change for UCSC's annual "Day by the Bay" picnic. But the 1,500 people who flocked to the Cowell College Courtyard for the annual event found plenty of activities to enjoy: food, beverages, college and department exhibits, and plenty of spectacular student entertainment. The alumni reunion weekend also featured a forum, a wine reception, and other events.
- April 29, 2011
Destiny and development in the Mayan tradition of midwifery
Barbara Rogoff is accustomed to choosing what she will write about. But with her most recent book, "Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town," the project chose her. The book is part memoir, part ethnography, part research study in child developmental psychology. It's also clearly a labor of love.
- April 28, 2011
Analysis shows personal contact reduces tension and prejudice
In a new book, "When Groups Meet: the Dynamics of Intergroup Contact," Thomas F. Pettigrew, an international expert on racism, and Linda R. Tropp, associate professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, analyze research that shows how bringing groups together can mitigate prejudice.
- April 26, 2011
Princeton Review honors UCSC's history of sustainability
The Princeton Review has given the campus a prominent, detailed and highly complimentary entry in a brand-new guidebook that profiles eco-friendly North American colleges and universities.
- April 25, 2011
Digital Arts exhibition showcases interactive new media art
“If plastics could speak, what would they say?” So begins graduate student Meredith Drum in the written description of her project, "Louisiana Re-Storied," for the UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) 2011 MFA Exhibition.
- April 25, 2011
Gift establishes Hellman Fellows Program to support junior faculty
The Hellman Fellows Fund has approved a gift of $625,000 to establish the UCSC Hellman Fellows Program.
- April 25, 2011
Campus Earth Summit keeps sustainable conversations going
The all-student organized Earth Summit on April 22, now in its 10th year, brought together students, faculty, staff, and community members to share ideas and strategize on how to transform UCSC into a sustainable campus.
- April 22, 2011
UCSC art alumni exhibition on view at Porter College through May 7
Feedback, an art exhibition currently running through May 7 at the Porter College Faculty Gallery, presents the work of a variety of UCSC alumni who are active and practicing artists from New York to California.
- April 22, 2011
College Nine celebrates 10 years with film, performances, receptions
Nine is 10. College Nine celebrates its 10th anniversary May 13-15 with a multitude of events including "Peace on Fire: Global Blues, Poetry, & Politics," a spoken-word and live music performance Saturday, May 14, featuring Angela Davis, Corey Harris, Ekua Omosupe, and Shailja Patel at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.
- April 21, 2011
Psychology professor links cultural identities, educational success
In her new book, UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Catherine R. Cooper examines how culturally diverse youth can develop pathways to college without losing ties to their families, peers, and cultural communities.
- April 21, 2011
Slug men's tennis swings through Southern California
The Slug tennis team returned from a road trip to Southern California on April 15 and 16 with three solid wins under their belt.
- April 20, 2011
Senior Slugs pay it forward with student-to-student philanthropy project
This year, 21 UCSC seniors are asking classmates to help fellow undergraduates pay for their education. Council members hope to inspire 15 percent of their class to contribute, and expect to raise about $10,000 for the Class of 2012.
- April 20, 2011
Well-known alumni writers discuss their craft in May 1 symposium
UC Santa Cruz alumnus David Talbot, founder of Salon.com and best-selling author of "Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years," will kick off "A Writer's Life: A Celebration of Writing at UCSC" Sunday, May 1. Talbot will be joined by other well-known UCSC alumni novelists, journalists, and screenwriters.
- April 19, 2011
Three UCSC professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Three UCSC faculty are among 212 leaders in the sciences, arts, humanities, business, public affairs, and nonprofit sector, who have been elected this year as fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- April 19, 2011
Scholarship winner reports from National Conference for Media Reform
Corinne Warnshuis, a fourth-year sociology major at UC Santa Cruz, reports from the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston after winning a scholarship to attend.
- April 19, 2011
UCSC looks ahead with Inventing the Future of Games
University research and an enthusiasm for bridging disciplines mark the pathways to the future of games, according to speakers at the first-ever Inventing the Future of Games symposium, held April 15.
- April 18, 2011
UCSC Literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita wins California Book Award
Karen Tei Yamashita--professor of literature and co-director of the Creative Writing Program at UC Santa Cruz--has been honored with a 2011 California Book Award.
- April 14, 2011
Baby falcons draw viewers to nest cameras in annual ritual
It's that time of year again, when thousands of online viewers are captivated by adorable baby falcons huddled together in their nest boxes.
- April 14, 2011
Beyond Earth Day: UC Santa Cruz students launch Earth Week 2011
Earth Week is one of the most far-ranging and ambitious student-run sustainability events in UCSC history, with a Campus Earth Summit, lagoon clean-up, climbing wall and much more.
- April 13, 2011
Bioinformatics expert Ed Green awarded Searle Scholars grant
The Searle Scholars Program has awarded a $300,000 research grant to Richard E. (Ed) Green, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering.
- April 12, 2011
UCSC creates new major in robotics engineering
A new major in robotics engineering at UC Santa Cruz is the first of its kind in the UC system.
- April 12, 2011
SocDoc graduate director wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Renee Tajima-Peña, graduate director of the masters Social Documentation program at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2011.
- April 12, 2011
Second Rethinking Capitalism conference attracts large audience
The second Rethinking Capitalism conference at UC Santa Cruz April 7-9 attracted attentive audiences – much from the Santa Cruz community – for three days of discussions on the perils facing capitalism and government efforts designed to prop it up.
- April 11, 2011
Center for Visual and Performance Studies to host conference on Pasolini
On April 29-30, the UCSC Arts Division’s center for Visual and Performance Studies (VPS) will host an international conference titled "Pasolini’s Body: New Directions in Pasolini Scholarship" at the Cowell College Conference Room.
- April 11, 2011
Professor to create large photographic work for African embassy
The U.S. State Department has commissioned associate art professor Elliot Anderson to create a large-scale photographic work for a new embassy in Zambia, Africa.
- April 11, 2011
Center for Sustainable Energy and Power Systems wins Business Journal award
A 2011 Energy Award for Best Conservation Leader recognizes Baskin School of Engineering's efforts to address energy sustainability through research and teaching.
- April 11, 2011
Underdog UCSC mock trial team headed to national championship
The UCSC mock trial team placed in the top six at the Opening Round Championship Series in Irvine in March, and grabbed UCSC a spot in the National Championships to be held April 15-17 in Des Moines, Iowa.
- April 08, 2011
New atlas takes a graphic approach to global inequalities
In 2001, the UC Atlas of Global Inequality went online at UC Santa Cruz. Now, millions of hits later, the interactive research project has been turned into a book, The Atlas of Global Inequalities, by two UC Santa Cruz professors.
- April 07, 2011
Cutbacks and concerns: Staff Advisory Board Forum addresses impacts of $19 million budget cut
Chancellor George Blumenthal spoke of inevitable layoffs, the need to raise revenues, and the far-ranging impacts of ongoing $19 million budgets cut at the Staff Advisory Board Forum on Thursday.
- April 07, 2011
Elliot Aronson wins UC distinguished emeriti award
Elliot Aronson, emeritus professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named winner of the 2010 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award given to outstanding University of California professors in the humanities or social sciences for research and activities since retirement.
- April 06, 2011
History alum winning acclaim for second feature film
UCSC alumnus Cary Joji Fukunaga has followed his award-winning debut film Sin Nombre with Jane Eyre, his own take on the classic 1847 novel by Charlotte Bronte.
- April 05, 2011
Community invited to 2nd 'Day By the Bay' celebration at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz will host its second annual Day by the Bay celebration on Saturday, April 30. Part of the campus's alumni reunion weekend, Day by the Bay will feature a morning forum, a lunchtime picnic, and a host of other activities.
- April 04, 2011
Alums play hard, work toward "Ultimate Peace"
Slugs helped inspire the nonprofit Ultimate Peace, which is committed to building bridges of friendship and understanding for youth from different social and cultural backgrounds around the world.
- April 01, 2011
Reading and inspiration: Tobias Wolff at UCSC
Tobias Wolff drew a capacity crowd to the Humanities Lecture Hall on the first night of the 2011 Living Writers series. Wolff read three short stories and regaled the crowd with stories of "binge reading" and his earliest inspirations as an author.
- March 31, 2011
UCSC shines in survey of senior women in astronomy
The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics has more senior women faculty members than any other astronomy department in the country.
- March 30, 2011
Sesnon Gallery’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition opens April 5
The Sesnon Gallery at UC Santa Cruz will toast its 40th anniversary this spring with a special exhibition--featuring a provocative cross-section of what it has offered the campus and community for the past four decades.
- March 30, 2011
Donors succeed in push to launch Gabe Zimmerman scholarship
Recent key donations have pushed the Gabriel Zimmerman memorial scholarship over the $50,000 level needed to launch an endowment scholarship fund in his name. Zimmerman, a UCSC grad, was a congressional aide to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
- March 28, 2011
UCSC community wins Gold Award for United Way giving
A group of UCSC staff and faculty is being recognized for its generosity toward the United Way of Santa Cruz County this year, increasing its contributions to residents in need.
- March 24, 2011
Author Tobias Wolff to kick off Spring Living Writers Series
Each quarter, the Humanities Division’s Living Writers Reading Series brings visiting authors and poets to UCSC, providing students with an in-depth look into the world of the working writer. This spring, the series kicks off on March 31 with Tobias Wolff, the acclaimed author of This Boy’s Life
- March 24, 2011
New book by Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack finds meaning in the cosmos
A new book by Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack explores the cultural and social implications of the modern scientific understanding of the universe.
- March 24, 2011
Rethinking Capitalism conference examines illusion of safety nets
The second annual Rethinking Capitalism conference, April 7-9 at UC Santa Cruz, will investigate the social systems that help prop up and preserve capitalism in the aftermath of the crisis of 2008. Free and open to the public.
- March 21, 2011
Social Sciences announces winners of distinguished alumni and emeriti awards
The UC Santa Cruz Social Sciences Division has named Peter R. Stein, (College Eight, '75) as winner of the 2011 Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award. Education professor emeritus Art Pearl has been selected to receive the 2011 Distinguished Social Sciences Emeriti Faculty Award.
- March 18, 2011
Arts Dean to launch new ‘Creativity and Innovation’ lecture series
The UCSC Arts Division will debut a new series of free public lectures titled “Creativity and Innovation.” Dean David Yager has selected nine speakers—all noted for their unique ability to bridge innovation and creativity within their professional career paths.
- March 17, 2011
Symposium celebrates influential career of biologist Burney Le Boeuf
Colleagues and former students of biologist Burney Le Boeuf gathered to celebrate his career.
- March 17, 2011
The future of UC Santa Cruz: UC Regents discuss budget cuts, impacts
The University of California Regents devoted one day of their bimonthly meetings this week to discuss the impact of proposed half-billion-dollar cuts to the UC system, including an estimated $31 million cut to UC Santa Cruz.
- March 17, 2011
Offensive graffiti on campus
Chancellor Blumenthal writes to the UCSC community, informing students, staff, and faculty of the discovery on campus of offensive graffiti.
- March 16, 2011
Tsunami puts boating program on hiatus: community reaches out to help
Last week's tsunami wrecked nine boats belonging to the UCSC Boating Program, putting a damper on a 40-year-old Santa Cruz tradition.
- March 15, 2011
The music never stopped: KZSC rock DJ returns to the airwaves 35 years later
UCSC grad Paul Gilbert wanted to feel the magic he experienced as a KZSC rock disc jockey in the '70s. This year, he got his wish.
- March 14, 2011
"Inventing the Future of Games" symposium unites academic and industry leaders
"Inventing the Future of Games," a day-long symposium April 15 in Silicon Valley, will explore the possibilities of the next decade of gaming innovation and technology.
- March 11, 2011
UC Santa Cruz graduate student's research focuses on Japan's quake response
Carla Takaki Richardson has been intently watching Twitter feeds and social media posts from Japan after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the country's northeastern coast. She returned in January after 18 months in Kobe, Japan researching the country's disaster management information systems.
- March 10, 2011
Genome scientists gather in Santa Cruz for back-to-back meetings
Leading scientists in the field of genome sequencing and analysis will gather in Santa Cruz for two meetings during the week of March 14 to address challenges and progress in genome research.
- March 08, 2011
The future of UCSC: Chancellor, EVC discuss looming budget cuts
During two on-campus meetings, Chancellor George Blumenthal and College Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway addressed concerns about the looming, estimated $500 million system wide cut including an anticipated $30.9 million cut to UC Santa Cruz.
- March 08, 2011
Gilead grant supports collaborative drug discovery program with UCSC
Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences is supporting a collaborative drug discovery program using UCSC's unique collection of marine natural products.
- March 07, 2011
Author gives UCSC’s annual Dickens event a shout-out in Oprah interview
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley lauded UCSC’s annual summer celebration of writer Charles Dickens during a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey. Their chat took place for a special video broadcast to an audience that included more than two million of her bookclub members from around the world.
- March 07, 2011
Bullfighting droids face off in UCSC student robotics competition
UCSC engineering students will give a public demonstration of bullfighting robots on Thursday, March 10.
- March 07, 2011
Neanderthal genome research featured in UCTV report
Research on the Neanderthal genome by UC Santa Cruz bioinformatics professor Richard E. "Ed" Green is featured in the winter edition of "State of Minds," a 30-minute video magazine produced by University of California Television.
- March 04, 2011
Honoring Gabe Zimmerman: UCSC nears endowment goal
Donors are closing in on their goal to establish the Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship, honoring the hard-working, socially conscious UCSC grad who died in the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Arizona.
- March 04, 2011
UCSC economist testifies on widening wealth gap and barriers to financing
UC Santa Cruz economics professor Rob Fairlie told a U.S. Senate committee Thursday that significant financial barriers are keeping minority businesses from opening and expanding even in a recovering economy.
- March 01, 2011
Game design grad programs make Princeton Review/GamePro top 10
UCSC's graduate programs in game design were named among the top 10 in the nation by the Princeton Review and GamePro Media.
- March 01, 2011
Clam chowder slugs win first place awards at Boardwalk cook-off
UC Santa Cruz Dining chefs and students won first place awards at the 30th Annual Santa Cruz Chowder Cook-Off at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk last weekend.
- February 28, 2011
UCSC announces Baskins’ $1 million engineering gift at Scholarship Benefit Dinner
Chancellor George Blumenthal announced a special $1 million gift from Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin for engineering graduate fellowships at UCSC's eighth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner.
- February 24, 2011
Sandra Faber and Lynda Rogers among Silicon Valley's 'Women of Influence'
Astronomer Sandra Faber and Lynda Rogers, dean of UCSC Extension, are among the 2011 "Women of Influence" in Silicon Valley.
- February 23, 2011
Alums Dana Priest, Richard Harris win prestigious journalism awards
Two UC Santa Cruz alums, Richard Harris (Crown, 1980) and Dana Priest, (Merrill, 1981) have won prestigious journalism awards for their reporting last year on the Gulf oil spill and the national security complex.
- February 22, 2011
Jane Pinckard joins Center for Games and Playable Media as associate director
The UCSC Center for Games and Playable Media has appointed Jane Pinckard as its new associate director.
- February 18, 2011
Alumnus Kent Nagano wins Grammy award for Best Opera Recording
Renowned conductor and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Kent Nagano received a Grammy Award for “Best Opera Recording: "Saariaho: L'Amour De Loin” at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
- February 18, 2011
UCSC scientist uses storm-chasing weather radar to track bats
Storm chasers have become bat counters. A UC Santa Cruz scientist, working with meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma, is using mobile storm-chasing radars to follow swarms of bats as they emerge from their caves each night to forage on insects.
- February 16, 2011
Student-run Carbon Fund fights waste and encourages green practices
It’s one thing to grouse about food waste, water consumption and inefficient energy use on campus. It’s another thing to reach into your own pocket, raise a pool of money and help UC Santa Cruz solve the problem. An enterprising group of UCSC students is doing just that with the newly instituted Carbon Fund, founded last spring to diminish the campus’s carbon footprint.
- February 16, 2011
Bioinformatics expert Richard Green wins Sloan Research Fellowship
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship to Richard E. (Ed) Green, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering.
- February 16, 2011
New research center focuses on state's interconnected crises
The Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California, headquartered at UC Santa Cruz, is a new University of California research initiative that seeks to address the state’s interconnected crises in the economy, education, employment, environment, health, housing, and nutrition.
- February 15, 2011
Conference explores right-to-the-city movements
A daylong conference at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, February 26 will explore the growing urban organizing movement. "Whose City: Labor and the Right-to-the-City Movements" will feature leading thinkers and activists in the burgeoning city movement on three panel discussions on issues of housing, wages, and economic justice; environmental justice and green jobs; and race, class, and citizenship.
- February 15, 2011
Sports roundup: Men's hoops, rugby, lacrosse
In early February competition, Slug men's basketball, rugby, and lacrosse came up with mixed results--but one Slug athlete hit a milestone.
- February 15, 2011
Passion on the dance floor: Hard science, math students cut loose and win prizes in tango troupe
Tango, the lusty dance from Argentina, is luring curious UCSC students, including a sturdy contingent of hard science and math students. The Tangroupe dance troupe is winning new fans, competitions and prizes galore.
- February 14, 2011
A spirit of generosity: UCSC community breaks record for food bank giving
UC Santa Cruz’s socially conscious Slugs collected a whopping 50,541 pounds of food this year for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County holiday food drive -- a 53 percent increase over last year’s 33,000 pounds.
- February 11, 2011
Acclaimed playwright and film director Luis Valdez to visit UCSC
Acclaimed playwright, director, and filmmaker Luis Valdez will join his son--UCSC theater arts lecturer Kinan Valdez--for two special audience talks after performances of Luis's play "Mummifed Deer," Feb. 26 and Mar. 4 at the Mainstage Theater.
- February 09, 2011
Alumna aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim
Laura Norton Amico (Merrill '04, anthropology), a former police reporter, has quietly carved out a role for herself as D.C.'s most comprehensive chronicler of the unlawful taking of human life.
- February 09, 2011
Psychology professor's book explores everyday feminism
In a new book, Aaronette M. White, an associate professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, collects the personal reflections of 18 African Americans who are practicing feminism in their everyday lives.
- February 07, 2011
UCSC's Richard Green honored for top research paper in Science
Bioinformatics expert Richard Green has won the Newcomb Cleveland Prize for his paper on the Neanderthal genome.
- February 07, 2011
Anthropology graduate student wins prestigious Paper Prize
Sarah Bakker, a graduate student in anthropology, is the first UC Santa Cruz student to win the prestigious Paper Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.
- February 07, 2011
Faculty, administrators and legislators discuss potential $500 million cut to UC system
State legislators, UCSC administrators and faculty members spoke of the proposed half-billion-dollar cut to the University of California budget at a spirited forum in Santa Cruz.
- February 04, 2011
Scholarship Benefit Dinner to provide vital financial support for students
UC Santa Cruz will host its eighth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner on Saturday, February 26, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.
- February 03, 2011
UCSC faculty featured in "Masters of Innovation" episode on Plum TV
Two cutting-edge laboratories at UCSC are featured in a recent episode of the "Masters of Innovation" program on the Plum TV network.
- February 02, 2011
Six small planets orbiting a Sun-like star amaze astronomers
A remarkable planetary system discovered by NASA's Kepler mission has six planets around a Sun-like star, including five small planets in tightly packed orbits.
- February 01, 2011
Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces 30th Anniversary Season
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) artistic director Marco Barricelli announced the company’s 2011 lineup today, noting some exciting new developments as SSC heads into its 30th Anniversary season.
- February 01, 2011
UC Santa Cruz earns spot on 2011 Peace Corps Top Colleges rankings
UC Santa Cruz ranks 6th on Peace Corps's 2011 rankings of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities (medium-size schools category).
- February 01, 2011
Honoring King's legacy: Terrence Roberts fires up crowd in Santa Cruz
Terrence Roberts, civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, and the Rev. Deborah Johnson of Inner Light Ministries, spoke of perseverance and commitment at UCSC's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation.
- February 01, 2011
UCSC faculty mentor Intel science contest finalists
Two high-school students mentored by UC Santa Cruz professors are finalists in the nationwide Intel Science Talent Search competition.
- January 31, 2011
State of the Union: ice cream makers rub elbows with Michelle Obama
The co-owners of the Penny Ice Creamery sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address.
- January 27, 2011
Arboretum propagates cuttings from the last wild S.F. manzanita
Arboretum staff propagated cuttings from the last known San Francisco manzanita in the wild.
- January 27, 2011
Men's hoops: Half and half in Texas
The men's basketball team recently traveled to Irving, Texas, for a two-game tournament, with split results.
- January 27, 2011
UCSC wins prestigious "gold" recognition for green building
UC Santa Cruz is getting high honors for “going green.” The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the campus its first “Gold” sustainability and innovation prize in recognition of the newly retrofitted and expanded Cowell Student Health Center.
- January 26, 2011
UCSC astronomers find most distant galaxy candidate yet seen
Astronomers have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen, about 13.2 billion light-years away.
- January 25, 2011
Library wins prestigious award for promotion of Grateful Dead Archive
The University Library is one of five libraries nationwide that has received the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award—which “recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations.”
- January 24, 2011
Rev. Deborah Johnson to receive Tony Hill Memorial Award
The Reverend Deborah L. Johnson, founding minister and president of Inner Light Ministries, has been chosen as the recipient of the third annual Tony Hill Memorial Award.
- January 20, 2011
Earthquake expert Emily Brodsky featured in NSF lecture series
Seismologist Emily Brodsky is featured in the National Science Foundation's "Voices From the Future" lecture series.
- January 18, 2011
Sandra Faber honored by American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society has awarded the 2011 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship to astronomer Sandra Faber.
- January 14, 2011
UCSC to present major West Coast ‘Paul Bowles Centennial Celebration’
The seventh and last international centennial event celebrating the birth of renowned American writer and composer Paul Bowles will take place at UCSC, Feb. 4–6. Conceived by a UCSC music lecturer and inheritor of Bowles' musical estate, the 3-day event will include rare music, film, art, and an academic conference.
- January 14, 2011
UCSC receives more than 36,000 undergraduate applications for Fall '11
More than 36,000 prospective undergraduates – the most ever – have applied for admission to the University of California, Santa Cruz for the upcoming fall quarter.
- January 14, 2011
UCSC, City of Santa Cruz collaborate to improve Santa Cruz Tickets
UC Santa Cruz and the City of Santa Cruz have once again collaborated on their joint ticketing system, Santa Cruz Tickets, working together to upgrade it into a more functional, customer friendly, and appealing online ticket sales site.
- January 13, 2011
Global Game Jam returns to UC Santa Cruz for third year
Participants in the 2011 Global Game Jam will race to create video and board games in 48 hours.
- January 13, 2011
4th annual Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival set for January 23
Twenty-nine purveyors of delectable chocolate treats will offer their wares for tasting Sunday, January 23, 2011 from 1–4 p.m. as the UC Santa Cruz Women's Club presents the 4th annual Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival at the Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
- January 12, 2011
Men's hoops: Slugs come back, beat Pac Union College 72-63
The UCSC men's basketball team improved its overall record to seven wins and nine losses with a 72-63 victory over Pacific Union College.
- January 11, 2011
Threatening graffiti prompts heightened campus awareness
Executive vice chancellor Alison Galloway has informed the campus of threatening graffiti discovered in a Social Sciences 2 bathroom; the graffiti warned of violence on January 18. While graffiti is common on college campuses, the university nonetheless takes threats seriously. Erring on the side of caution, campus administration decided to share the information with the campus community. And to ask for your help.
- January 11, 2011
Astronomers release the largest color image of the sky ever made
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III has released the largest digital color image of the sky ever made.
- January 10, 2011
Proposed budget cuts $1.4B from higher education
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a deficit-closing 2011-12 state budget that relies on painful cuts in state services including a $500 million reduction in support for the University of California.
- January 10, 2011
John Laird named secretary of California Resources Agency
John Laird ('72, Stevenson, politics) is the new secretary of the California Resources Agency, appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown, a key position overseeing the state's environment.
- January 10, 2011
Alumnus Gabriel Zimmerman remembered for social conscience, consensus-building
Friends and colleagues remembered UC Santa Cruz alumnus Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, one of six people fatally shot Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.
- January 07, 2011
Paul Whitworth to deliver 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture-Feb. 3
UC Santa Cruz professor of theater arts Paul Whitworth will deliver the 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture on Thursday, February 3, at 6 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater.
- January 07, 2011
Top science stories of 2010 include UCSC research
Two stories involving UCSC researchers turned up on a wide array of lists of the top science stories of 2010.
- January 07, 2011
Civil rights activist Terrence Roberts to address King Convocation Jan. 31
Civil rights activist Terrence Roberts will speak at UC Santa Cruz's 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Monday, January 31.
- January 07, 2011
Student stumped by NPR celebrities on 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me'
Stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone may be funny, but she's not a reliable source of celebrity gossip. That's the hard lesson second-year UCSC history grad student Meg Eppel learned when she went on an NPR weekly news game show.
- January 06, 2011
Stem cell discovery could lead to improved bone marrow transplants
The discovery of a key molecule for establishing blood stem cells in the bone marrow may lead to improvements in bone marrow transplants.
- January 06, 2011
Natural gas outage affects some colleges, other areas of campus
At approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, campus crews shut down a natural gas line that serves a large area of the campus core. This action was taken in response to a report and confirmation of a leak in a low-pressure line at the intersection of McLaughlin Drive and Chinquapin Road. Campus crews are on site.
- January 05, 2011
Slug swimmers triumph at Cal Lutheran
After a hard battle in the water, the UCSC women’s swimming team triumphed last week at the California Lutheran University Winter Invitational last Thursday.
- January 04, 2011
UCSC National Book Award Finalist to appear at Bookshop Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz literature professor and National Book Award Finalist Karen Tei Yamashita will discuss her acclaimed novel I Hotel at Bookshop Santa Cruz on January 25.She will also appear at UCSC on January 13 as part of the campus’s Winter 2011 Living Writer Series.
- January 04, 2011
UC Santa Cruz makes Kiplinger's 'best value' list
UC Santa Cruz, which opened with its first class of students just 45 years ago, is No. 69 on a new report listing the "best values" in public higher education.
- January 04, 2011
Fulbright Scholar Program funds prof's environmental work in Chile
Environmental toxicologist Russell Flegal is busy with teaching and research projects during a six-month visit to Chile as a Fulbright Scholar.
