Author: Jennifer McNulty
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UC Santa Cruz anthropologist Nathaniel Dominy wins prestigious $625,000 Packard Fellowship
Nathaniel J. Dominy, a gifted young anthropologist at UC Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it was announced today (Tuesday, October 9).
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We Are What They Ate
Nathaniel Dominy calls himself a “food guy,” because he explores the diet of hominins–the early human ancestors who lived 2 million years ago.
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Breaking New Ground
Long before Wal-Mart began selling organic food, a charismatic Englishman and a group of students transformed a brush-covered hillside across from UC Santa Cruz’s Stevenson College into a lush garden where vegetables and flowers were grown without chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizers.
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Gifford-Gonzalez travels to Argentina as Fulbright Senior Specialist
Anthropology professor Diane Gifford-Gonzalez recently completed a four-week visit to Argentina as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.
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Patricia Allen named director of Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Patricia Allen has been named director of UCSC’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) by Social Sciences Dean Sheldon Kamieniecki.
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Zavella coedits new book on women and migration
Patricia Zavella, professor of Latin American and Latino studies, has coedited the new book Women and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: A Reader.
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In his first campus address, Chancellor Blumenthal promises to ‘act boldly’ to advance UCSC
In his first campus address as chancellor, George Blumenthal pledged to “plan strategically and act boldly” to advance UCSC’s standing in the world.
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Kamieniecki receives book award for Corporate America and Environmental Policy
Sheldon Kamieniecki, dean of the Division of Social Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, has received the 2007 Lynton Keith Caldwell Award for his book Corporate America and Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way?
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Campus embraces news of Blumenthal’s appointment
As the news of George Blumenthal’s appointment as chancellor spread across campus Wednesday, cheers erupted in hallways, high-fives were exchanged, and the campus rejoiced at the selection of “one of our own.”
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Educators gather Sept. 21 at UCSC for summit on the future of education in the Monterey Bay region
Educators and policy makers from Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties will gather on Friday, September 21, for a one-day summit on the future of education in the Monterey Bay region.
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Julie Guthman receives book award
Julie Guthman, assistant professor of community studies, has received the 2007 Frederick H. Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award from the Rural Sociological Society for her book Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates 40 years of leadership in sustainable agriculture and organic farming
Decades before Wal-Mart began selling organic food, a charismatic Englishman and a group of students transformed a brush-covered hillside at the University of California, Santa Cruz, into a lush garden where vegetables and flowers were grown without chemi