April 2016
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UCSC politics professor Mark Massoud wins Carnegie Fellowship
Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics and legal studies at UC Santa Cruz, has been named a 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. The award, from the Carnegie Corp. of New York, supports high-caliber scholarship in the social sciences and humanities.
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History professor Peter Kenez honored with top UC award for emeriti faculty
The 2016 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, honoring emeriti professors in the University of California system, has been awarded to UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus of history Peter Kenez.
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Why understanding racism needs a feminist analysis
In a new book, Sylvanna M. Falcón, assistant professor of Latin American and Latino studies at UC Santa Cruz, takes on the world’s largest political and humanitarian organization: the United Nations.
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Student entrepreneurs pitch business ideas at annual showcase in Silicon Valley
This year’s Business Design Showcase competition in Silicon Valley featured 16 entries.
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Alums Martha Mendoza, William Finnegan win 2016 Pulitzer Prize
Journalism’s highest honor is awarded to the Associated Press and Mendoza for public service and in biography to Finnegan for his surfing memoir.
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Two faculty members honored with Dickson Emeriti Professorship Awards
Chip Lord, professor emeritus of film and digital media, and Lewis Watts, professor emeritus of art, were each awarded Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships in recognition of their outstanding achievements in scholarship and teaching.
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Alumni Weekend Teach-Ins, 2016: self-persuasion and woolly mammoths
Attention, Slugs. Legendary social psychologist Elliot Aronson and MacArthur “Genius” award–winning evolutionary microbiologist Beth Shapiro are about to call their Teach-Ins to order.
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True Originals series: Coffee and games
The popular True Originals notable alumni speaker series returns with an artisan coffee innovator, and two creative Slugs who are setting bold new standards in the world of video games.
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Biologist Randy Schekman to give annual Sinsheimer Lecture on May 5
Nobel Prize-winning cell biologist will deliver the 2016 Robert L. Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology.
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Vice Provost for Global Engagement
Joel Ferguson, professor of computer engineering, has agreed to serve as the interim vice provost for global engagement, effective immediately.
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Proposal to increase parking fees
Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) is proposing a three-year fare increase for most parking fees, as well as the faculty/staff bus pass.