April 2011
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Brain farm
UCSC’s fertile environment has nurtured an impressive crop of creative projects and thinkers.
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Photos from another successful Scholarship Benefit Dinner
Review Magazine: Photos from another successful Scholarship Benefit Dinner.
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From the chancellor
Chancellor George Blumenthal acknowledges the budgetary challenges facing UC Santa Cruz this spring.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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UCSC in the News
The San Jose Mercury News ran a front-page story about the Center for Games and Playable Media, with quotes from director Michael Mateas and students in the computer game design program.
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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.
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Mock trial team honored for “fair play” and character at nationals
The UC Santa Cruz mock trial team competed with spirit in a prestigious national competition held from April 15-17 in Des Moines, Iowa. While they did not walk away with a top prize, this group of underdogs wowed the judges with its character and conduct.
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UC Santa Cruz increases access for California students seeking freshman admission
Numbers released today (April 18, 2011) by the UC Office of the President show that UC Santa Cruz offered admission to 17,917 prospective first-year students from California high schools – an increase of more than 1,100 – out of the record 26,136 California high school seniors who applied. UCSC also increased offers of admission to…
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Budget comments and suggestions
Many of you have asked about how to suggest ways to trim costs, increase revenue, or make operations more efficient — suggestions that may or may not have appeared in the broader documents from principal officers.
