January 2019
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‘What refugees taught me about Shakespeare’
On Jan. 31, New York theater director Jessica Bauman will come to campus for a special evening at Kresge Town Hall titled ‘What Refugees Taught Me About Shakespeare.’ Together with UCSC professor Cat Ramirez, she will explore the ways that the stories we hear and tell about refugees shape our responses to the worldwide migration…
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Engineer Ali Yanik wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Grant will support Yanik’s research into phononic metamaterials and their use in acousto-microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications.
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Art professor receives 2019 Creative Capital Award plus SFFILM artist residency for new documentary film
UC Santa Cruz professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones has received a 2019 Creative Capital Award for “Run With It,” a feature-length animated documentary film she is currently working on in collaboration with San Francisco artist Nomi Talisman.
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Gov. Newsom appoints UCSC alumna Kris Perry to key post
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed UC Santa Cruz alumna Kris Perry, a nationally recognized advocate for children, to a key post in his new administration.
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Bay Tree Bookstore mail kiosk to be removed
The campus vendor providing the mail kiosk is exiting the postal kiosk business and no suitable vendor has been found to replace it. The
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Community dialogue on proposed changes to Title IX
UC Santa Cruz will host a community dialogue on the proposed changes to Title IX from 6–7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at Kresge Town Hall. The dialogue is an opportunity to learn about the proposed changes, discuss them with others, and submit individual or group comments to the U.S. Department of Education. The event…
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Enhancing campus internationalization
The American Council on Education (ACE) Internationalization Lab is off to a great start and steadily progressing. This effort will support the development of comprehensive internationalization strategies for our campus with the goal of integrating global perspectives in all areas of teaching, research, and scholarship, and leveraging the possibilities to move forward the Strategic Academic…
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In Memoriam: John Mortenson
John Keith Mortenson, a founding staff member at UC Santa Cruz, died on Jan. 10 in Salem, Oregon. Mortenson worked as the personnel manager for UC Santa Cruz from 1964 through 1981. He was born on August 29, 1934 in Monterey, California to Norvin and Erna Mortenson and was raised in Monterey. Mortenson attended Monterey…
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Questions That Matter public humanities series to spotlight ‘Data and Democracy’ at Kuumbwa Center
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz will present “Data and Democracy”—the fifth installment of its signature Questions That Matter series—on Tuesday, January 29, at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Waves in Saturn’s rings give precise measurement of planet’s rotation rate
Saturn’s ring system acts as a sensitive seismograph, enabling scientists to measure the giant planet’s vibrations and determine its rotation rate.
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Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo honored by Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has awarded the 2019 Harold Jeffreys Lectureship to Francis Nimmo, professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz.
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In Memoriam: Arnold Klemola (1931–2019)
Arnold Klemola, a long-time staff researcher at UC Observatories, passed away on January 5, 2019. He was 87.