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  • Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to present annual Maitra Lecture at UC Santa Cruz

    Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen will deliver the sixth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, October 7, at the Music Center Recital Hall. He will speak on the topic: “The Tyranny of Identity.” The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a screening of renowned Indian director Satyajit Ray’s…

  • UCSC appoints Bruce Margon as vice chancellor of research

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Bruce Margon to serve as vice chancellor of research. Margon, currently associate director for science at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, will assume his position at UCSC on October 16. He replaces Robert C. Miller, who is resigning his successful tenure as vice chancellor…

  • Woody Allen to headline UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures 2006-07 season

    Renowned filmmaker and Dixieland jazz clarinetist Woody Allen, African world music star Angelique Kidjo, National Public Radio’s legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, and the European-influenced Aspen Santa Fe Ballet are just some of the highlights of the new 2006-07 UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures season. The lineup will also feature a new work by…

  • UCSC creates new major in computer game design

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has approved a new major in computer game design, the first of its kind in the UC system. The new major, leading to a B.S. degree, provides students with a rigorous background in the technical, artistic, and narrative elements of creating interactive computer games. “We are pleased to be…

  • Academic Senate announces 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards

    Seven faculty members and 10 teaching assistants have been honored with 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards for their exemplary and inspiring teaching. Selected by the UCSC Academic Senate Committee on Teaching and the Graduate Council, the winners of the 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards awards were recognized by Chancellor Denice D. Denton and Committee on…

  • Student Achievement Week offers array of performances, art, awards

    Student Achievement Week at UC Santa Cruz-an eclectic mix of performances, presentations, visual art, and awards-begins June 3 and ends June 10. One of the most popular events during the celebration is the Annual Print Sale, showcasing the professional quality of the printmaking program. Lithographs, intaglio etchings, digital prints, and handmade books will be among…

  • Forum to explore key questions: Where did we come from and how did we get here?

    Three noted UC Santa Cruz faculty members will explore two eternal questions on June 8: Where did we come from and how did we get here? The occasion is the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Forum, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room. Faculty members George Blumenthal, Bruce Bridgeman, and…

  • Class of 2006’s commencement exercises take place June 16-18

    A former NASA astronaut, the cofounder of Apple Computer, and a member of the California Assembly will be among the featured speakers when the Class of 2006’s commencement exercises take place at the University of California, Santa Cruz on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 16-18. Parking for graduation ceremonies: allow extra time UCSC alumnus Steven…

  • UC Santa Cruz to present Digital Arts and New Media Festival, May 4-7

    UCSC’s Digital Arts and New Media program (DANM) will present “DANM Festival 2006,” a four-day series of events that includes exhibitions, performances, symposia, and film screenings from May 4-7. It will include work by national and international artists, expert speakers, and students from the M.F.A. program. Events will take place on campus and at the…

  • UC Santa Cruz brings Chicana author Sandra Cisneros to Mello Center on April 30

    Acclaimed Chicana author Sandra Cisneros, whose book The House on Mango Street is required reading in classrooms across the country, will give a public reading at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, at the Mello Center for the Performing Arts in Watsonville. Cisneros will be accepting the first annual Gloria E. Anzaldúa Distinguished Lecture Award,…

  • Banana Slug Spring Fair drawing UC Santa Cruz alums back

    A reunion luncheon, distinguished faculty lecture, alumni panel discussion, and wine tasting are just a few of the events on the crowded schedule for Banana Slug Spring Fair, April 22-23. The annual alumni weekend will also include plenty of opportunities to reconnect with old friends at an array of reunions based on fields of study,…

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: You are invited to cover King Convocation, film screenings

    Keith Beauchamp, the filmmaker drawing acclaim for The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, and Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of the national advocacy group PolicyLink, will speak at UCSC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation at 7 p.m. February 28. In addition, Beauchamp will be hosting two screenings of the film to which…

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