April 2011
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Keeping score: solar-powered “green” scoreboard is the first of its kind in campus history
Wells Fargo Bank is donating the first permanent outer playing field scoreboard in the campus’s history. The scoreboard will be solar-powered.
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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.
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Reminder: Staff Appreciation Picnic Tuesday, May 10th
The Staff Advisory Board would like to remind all UCSC staff members that the staff appreciation picnic will be May 10th, 2011, starting at 11:30 a.m. on the East Field.
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Uncommon People / Steve Gliessman: Planting the roots of agroecology deep in Santa Cruz
Agroecology is an interdisciplinary concept that extends beyond organic farming, and is widely known and taught in universities worldwide — thanks in part to UCSC Agroecology Program founder Steve Gliessman.
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UCSC Alumni Regent sought
UC Santa Cruz alumni are being sought to fill a spot as a voting member of the UC Board of Regents.
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Letters policy
Review welcomes letters and publishes them in its online and print editions; please read our policy.
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Philanthropy Focus / Stephen Bruce gives back by looking to the future
For the past two years, Bruce (Cowell ’79, economics) has brought international scholars to UCSC to discuss the global economic crisis as part of the Bruce Initiative on Rethinking Capitalism.
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Uncommon People / Azadeh Moaveni: The seeds of a writer were sown at UCSC
At UCSC, I learned what a potent tool writing could be in narrating, and thus owning, my experience in America.
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Uncommon People / Alan Richards and Edmund Burke — A revolt against humiliation
Why did the Arab uprising happen? What are its implications for Americans?
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From farming to pharmaceuticals, entrepreneurs sprout at UCSC
A true culture of entrepreneurial spirit has gripped the campus—thanks to an intentional focus on innovation, a growing crop of young entrepreneurs, and the stewardship of Silicon Valley veterans.
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Center cultivates innovation to propagate home-grown businesses
The Center for Entrepreneurship at the Baskin School of Engineering is aiming to create a focused academic program to incubate business and technology development.
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Two Cowell students awarded scholarships for study abroad
Two students were recently awarded Cowell College Scholarships for their upcoming study abroad experiences.