Social Sciences
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Alumna Irma Eréndira Sandoval leads Mexico’s anti-corruption efforts
Mexico’s new president tapped UC Santa Cruz alumna Irma Sandoval to lead the government’s anti-corruption efforts.
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Summer abroad programs offer hands-on learning opportunities
UC Santa Cruz has significantly expanded its faculty-led summer abroad programs, now offering seven different opportunities for students to further their education in other countries.
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Massoud elected trustee of Law and Society Association
Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics and legal studies, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Law and Society Association.
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From chicken guts to ape anatomy: Adrienne Zihlman’s emerita lecture
Adrienne Zihlman delivered the 29th annual Emeriti Faculty Research Lecture, “The Inside Story of the Apes,” to a capacity crowd in the Music Center Recital Hall on November 13.
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Rebecca Covarrubias of Psychology to receive early-career award
Rebecca Covarrubias, assistant professor of psychology, has been selected to receive the 2019 Latino Caucus Early Career Award from the Society for Research in Child Development.
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Entrepreneur and UC Santa Cruz benefactor Will Webster dies at 90
Webster, a major donor who invented revolutionary cardiac devices, established a foundation that spearheaded significant campus changes.
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ENVS doctoral candidate Paulo Quadri takes top honors for NYC talk
Paulo Quadri, a doctoral candidate in environmental studies, was recognized for giving one of the three best talks during the American Museum of Natural History’s annual Student Conference on Conservation Science.
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Ancient DNA evidence reveals genetic exchanges between the Americas
Unprecedented details about the story of the peopling of Central and South America have been revealed in a new study published in the journal Cell.
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Beyond campaign rhetoric: What’s really needed to secure California’s economic future
With the world’s fifth-largest economy, California has legitimate bragging rights as it proudly leads the “resistance” to federal attacks on immigrant rights, environmental policy, and progressive values in general. But that’s not the whole story.
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Hear the “Inside Story of the Apes” on Tuesday, Nov. 13
Adrienne Zihlman had a hunch 30 years ago that the study of human evolution would benefit from the analysis of more than skeletons. That hunch set her on a career path that established her as an internationally recognized authority on human origins.
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From asexuality to heteroflexibility: 21st century ushers in new openness about intimate relationships
The 21st century has ushered in a “quiet revolution” in the diversity of intimate relationships, and a leading scholar says the scale and pace of this social transformation warrants a “reboot” of relationship studies.