January 2012
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New dean of UC Santa Cruz Extension
It’s a pleasure to share news of the appointment of Lynda Rogers as the dean of UC Santa Cruz Extension in Silicon Valley.
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CruzAlert – Two mountain lions sighted near campus
CruzAlert – Two mountain lions reported stalking hiker near southern edge of campus.
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Conference focuses attention on Labor Across the Food System
A free public conference at UC Santa Cruz February 3 and 4 will address the question of “Labor Across the Food System.” Scholars, researchers, and activists from California and beyond will gather to discuss the role of labor and social justice in reshaping the contemporary global food system.
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UCSC in the News
Biologist Patrick Robinson and others in Dan Costa’s elephant seal research group were featured in a segment on “The Mysterious Seal Life” on NBC Bay Area News.
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Iraqi-born Israeli bringing Jewish Mid-East music to UCSC
Yair Dalal–who creates music that bridges both Arab and Israeli cultures–is coming to campus for both an academic lecture and a public concert, presented by Jewish Studies in collaboration with the Music Department.
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Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams honored by Chopra Foundation
Physicist Joel Primack and his wife Nancy Abrams have been chosen to receive the 2012 Spirit of Rustum Roy Award from the Chopra Foundation.
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UCSC receives more than 40,000 undergraduate applications for fall 2012
More than 40,000 prospective undergraduates – the most ever – have applied for admission to UC Santa Cruz for the fall 2012 quarter. California residents submitted 90 percent of UCSC’s freshman applications for fall 2012 – 29,639 – a 13.4 percent increase over 2011, the highest in the UC system.
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2012-13 UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program
Time for faculty to submit applications for the UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program.
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‘Open-source’ robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs
Robotics experts at UCSC and UW have built seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories.
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Poets and grandmothers in outer space: A Q&A with Nikki Giovanni
The acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni Giovanni had a free-ranging conversation with UCSC News & Events about her memories of Martin Luther King, Jr., her 20-year friendship with Rosa Parks, the importance of bearing witness, America’s great economic divide, and her wild dream of sending poets and grandmothers into outer space.
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Challenges and opportunities for the New Year
In his New Year message to the campus, Chancellor Blumenthal celebrates recent good news and urges students, faculty, and staff to advocate on behalf of the university.