March 2012
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UCSC alumna Maya Rudolph featured on NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’
A 1995 graduate of UCSC’s Porter College with a B.A. in Art, Maya Rudolph spent seven seasons on Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to star in the hit comedy film, Bridesmaids, her new movie, Friends with Kids, and the TV series Up All Night.
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Pirate droids battle in student robotics competition March 14
Robotic pirate “ships” built by UCSC engineering students will face off in battle in a free public demonstration on March 14.
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UCSC in the News
Seismologist Thorne Lay was interviewed by Voice of America radio and quoted in a Washington Post article on the one-year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Scholarships support student veterans at UCSC
Student veterans were in the spotlight during the UCSC Retirees Association Soup Social, held March 6 at the Arboretum. Twelve scholarships of $500 each were awarded to current UCSC students who have served in the US military. About four years ago the Retirees Association renewed their fundraising efforts for a scholarship fund and selected student veterans…
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Chancellor signs ‘real food’ commitment for campus
Chancellor Blumenthal has signed the UC Santa Cruz Real Food Campus Commitment.
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Bridgeman named winner of Dickson emeriti award
Bruce Bridgeman, professor emeritus of psychology and psychobiology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named the Edward A. Dickson Professor of Psychology for the 2012-13 academic year.
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Open letter to UC community from President Yudof on recent incidents of intolerance
I write today to address, once again, the moral and ethical imperative for all of our University of California students, faculty and staff members to foster a climate of tolerance, civility and open-mindedness.
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Sign-ups now open for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program
Memberships in the CASFS/UCSC Farm’s 2012 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program are now available.
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Origami exhibit at Cowell College opens April 8 with public talks
“Origami: Art + Mathematics” features internationally known origami artists and honors the late David Huffman, UCSC computer scientist and a pioneer of mathematical origami.
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Peter Kenez to deliver annual UCSC Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture
A Holocaust survivor and native of Hungary, Peter Kenez is a scholar of the history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. On March 15, he will present the annual UCSC Emeriti Lecture on the topic: “The Coming of the Holocaust.”
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Carolyn Dean wins Arvey Prize for best book on Latin American art
History of Art and Visual Culture professor Carolyn Dean has been awarded the 2011 Arvey Prize from the Association for Latin American Art for the best book on Latin American Art, from Pre-Hispanic to Modern Periods,