Politics
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Judge David Sotelo named Social Sciences distinguished alumni winner
When David Sotelo graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1983 (Merrill, politics) he was older than most undergrads, married, and the father of two small boys. Today, Sotelo is a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and winner of the 2013 Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award at UCSC.
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Social Sciences division honors teaching, staff, and scholarship
Social Science faculty, staff, and students honored for outstanding achievement, teaching excellence, and scholarship.
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Election forum October 22 explores what’s at stake for California
A forum on the November election and what’s at stake for California will take place Monday, October 22, from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. at the multipurpose room of Colleges Nine and Ten on the UCSC campus. It is free and open to the public.
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Social Sciences honors teachers, staff members, students
Three teachers in the social sciences were honored for teaching and research as the division held its annual staff and faculty fall breakfast Oct. 12.
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Labor activist to speak on the rise of right-wing populism April 21
Bill Fletcher Jr., a longtime labor activist, will present a free, public lecture, “Right-Wing Populism and the Crisis of Organized Labor,” 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21 in Humanities I, Room 210, at UC Santa Cruz.
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Second Rethinking Capitalism conference attracts large audience
The second Rethinking Capitalism conference at UC Santa Cruz April 7-9 attracted attentive audiences – much from the Santa Cruz community – for three days of discussions on the perils facing capitalism and government efforts designed to prop it up.
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Alums Dana Priest, Richard Harris win prestigious journalism awards
Two UC Santa Cruz alums, Richard Harris (Crown, 1980) and Dana Priest, (Merrill, 1981) have won prestigious journalism awards for their reporting last year on the Gulf oil spill and the national security complex.
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John Laird named secretary of California Resources Agency
John Laird (’72, Stevenson, politics) is the new secretary of the California Resources Agency, appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown, a key position overseeing the state’s environment.
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Professor’s new book explores the political discourse of Russia’s elite
In a new book, UC Santa Cruz politics professor and post-Soviet-era expert Michael Urban interviewed 34 prominent members of the administrations of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin.
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Chancellor helps fund Olive Tree Initiative
Two UCSC politics majors want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict, but they refuse to put their blind trust in TV, blogs, and newspaper coverage.