November 2012
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Members of UCSC community among those to be honored by Chamber of Commerce
A number of people with UCSC connections will be recognized at the November 30 Chamber of Commerce ceremony.
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Alison Galloway addresses budget challenges at web-streamed forum
While expressing gratitude and relief about the passage of Proposition 30, Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway spoke of the significant budget challenges the campus still faces during a web-streamed forum with the campus community last week.
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A Night of Poetry and Music with M. NourbeSe Philip
The UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies presents an evening with acclaimed poet, writer, and lawyer M. NourbeSe Philip, accompanied by a jazz duo led by UCSC music professor Karlton Hester.
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UCSC in the News
The Los Angeles Times featured a story on the new Sikh and Punjabi Studies program at UC Santa Cruz.
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Gift from Narinder Kapany establishes endowed chair in entrepreneurship
Narinder Singh Kapany has made a gift of $500,000 to UCSC to establish an endowed chair in entrepreneurship.
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Recruitment for Assistant Vice Chancellor, Staff Human Resources
On behalf of Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor Business and Administrative Services (BAS), I am pleased to announce that the campus has undertaken a national recruitment and search for Staff Human Resources.
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Annual Meal Plan/Flexi Dollar Food Drive
The Student Volunteer Center hosts the Meal Plan and Flexi Dollar Drive in conjunction with UC Santa Cruz Dining.
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Biologist Pete Raimondi receives Outstanding Faculty Award
Biologist Pete Raimondi has received the 2011-12 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
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Techonomy 2012: David Haussler and the ‘digital battlefront’ against cancer
David Haussler, director of the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, spoke eloquently about the front lines of cancer research at the prestigious Techonomy 2012 conference in Tucson, Ariz.
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UCSC PD to host training exercise
Personnel from the Monterey Bay Search Dogs will be on campus for a training exercise on Sunday, November 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Three environmental studies grad students win sustainable ag awards
Three UC Santa Cruz environmental studies graduate students are among 16 students nationwide awarded sustainable agriculture scholarships from Annie’s Homegrown Inc., a natural foods manufacturer and distributor.
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History grad student to study in Japan on Fulbright-Hays fellowship
Dustin Wright, a Ph.D. student in the UCSC History Department, has received a $43,800 Fulbright-Hays doctoral fellowship to pursue research in Japan.