Humanities
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Literature professor’s book makes Choice magazine’s list of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
Literature professor Rob Wilson’s book “Be Always Converting, Be Always Converted: An American Poetics” (Harvard University Press) has been selected as one of Choice magazine’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009.
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UCSC philosophy students win regionals in national Ethics Bowl competition
A team of UCSC philosophy students won first place this past weekend at the California Regional Ethics Bowl Tournament held in Chico, qualifying them to compete in the National Ethics competition on March 4 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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History professor to establish new program in Ancient Studies at UCSC
History professor Charles Hedrick will use his recent UC Presidential Chair appointment to establish and develop a new program in Ancient Studies on the UCSC campus.
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Award-winning novelist coming to UCSC on October 7
The UCSC Center for Labor Studies and the Living Writers Series will join together to present a reading by award-winning novelist Monique Truong, Wednesday, October 7, at 7 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall
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UCSC lecturer wins award for innovation in teaching Spanish
Spanish Language lecturer María Victoria González Paganihas has been awarded the IV Cristóbal de Villalón Award for “Innovation in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language.”
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History professor Dana Frank contributes op-ed to San Francisco Chronicle about crisis in Honduras
Professor of history Dana Frank has contributed an op-ed piece titled “Obama’s Honduran Test” to today’s San Francisco Chronicle about Sunday’s coup in Honduras.
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It’s all in the family when children of alumni choose UCSC
Last spring, when their daughter was deciding where to go to college, UCSC graduates Moira and Dency Nelson tried to play it cool and hide their Banana Slug pride. They wanted their daughter, Charlie, to make her own decision.
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Former student remembers author and UCSC lecturer James Houston
Steve Woodhams (Porter College 1974-77) offers a remembrance of author and former UCSC lecturer James D. Houston, who died on April 16 at his home in Santa Cruz.



