Humanities
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UCSC Night at the Museum to spotlight African American art and history
The UC Santa Cruz Institute for Humanities Research will present ‘UCSC Night at the Museum: The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection’, a free public event at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, on Wednesday, May 18.
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UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division celebrates International Jazz Day at Kuumbwa
A capacity crowd filled Kuumbwa Jazz Center Saturday night for “Race, Class, and Culture through the Lens of Jazz”–a special event presented by the UCSC Humanities Division, featuring a panel of jazz scholars, followed by an inspired performance by Bay Area jazz singer Kim Nalley.
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Awards recognize top presentations at Graduate Research Symposium
Graduate student researchers from across the divisions explained their work to a diverse audience during the symposium.
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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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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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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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UC Santa Cruz receives $1 million to support Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Alumnus Nion McEvoy has donated $1 million to support programming for UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences over the next five years.
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Faculty experts share research, insight with public in Original Thinkers speakers series
The Original Thinkers speaker series, launched in May 2014, has faculty members traveling across the country to share their work and insight in a format designed for the general public.
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In Memoriam: Dilip Basu
Professor Emeritus Dilip Basu passed away on February 22, 2016 in Santa Clarita, Ca. His family has asked that the following obituary be shared with the campus: It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Dilip Basu, Research Professor of Humanities, Founding Director of Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection, University of California…
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Alan Christy named provost of Cowell College
Associate professor of history Alan Christy has been named the new provost of Cowell College, effective July 1, 2016.
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Groundbreaking master of science fiction Samuel Delany to read at UC Santa Cruz
The UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and the Living Writers Series will present an evening with acclaimed science-fiction novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Discovering the UC Santa Cruz Campus: Jim Clifford to give Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture
“In the Ecotone: The UC Santa Cruz Campus” is a new book by emeritus humanities professor Jim Clifford that reflects on the campus as an extraordinary architectural and ecological site.