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  • UCSC names interim director of Center for Teaching Excellence

    Lynda Goff, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at the University of California, Santa Cruz, announced today (Thursday, August 1) that Ruth Harris-Barnett has been appointed interim director of the campus’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). Harris-Barnett’s appointment begins September 1. She replaces Eileen Tanner, the center’s founding director, who left the post in…

  • UCSC chancellor emeritus honored for educational outreach

    Karl S. Pister, chancellor emeritus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a prestigious international award from the World Technology Network (www.wtn.net) for his leadership in educational outreach. Pister was appointed vice president of outreach to the K-12 system for the University of California after leaving UCSC in 1996. He received the individual…

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSC commencement for new teachers on July 19

    Unique program combines teacher’s credential and master’s degree What: Commencement for 115 graduates of UC Santa Cruz’s Master of Arts in Education Teacher Preparation Program, which offers a combined teaching credential and master’s degree in five quarters. When: Friday, July 19, 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Where: UCSC Quarry Who: 115 students are graduating with…

  • UC Santa Cruz trio teams up to publish children’s book about time

    Psychology professor Dom Massaro’s fascination with time stems from a visit to his son’s second-grade class, where Massaro observed youngsters having trouble learning to tell time. That experience inspired him to invent a kid-friendly clock, the award-winning Kid Klok. His curiosity piqued, Massaro went on to explore the history of time and timekeeping, which he…

  • Ecologist’s memoir Called by the Wild traces birth of environmentalism

    For Immediate Release SANTA CRUZ, CA–Raymond Dasmann’s self-deprecating humor and gift for understatement belie his role as a pioneering environmentalist. Dasmann’s new memoir, Called by the Wild: The Autobiography of a Conservationist (Berkeley, CA: University of California, Press, 2002), reflects his desire to give credit to others, but in fact Dasmann is one of a…

  • Fifty Pajaro Valley students awarded $2,000 scholarships for college

    The path to college got a little smoother this week for 50 students from four Pajaro Valley Unified School District middle schools. Each student, participating in a UC Santa Cruz-sponsored early college-preparation program, was awarded a $2,000 college scholarship that will be held in trust for college. Students from the following schools received awards: –…

  • Free poetry reading at UCSC’s Alan Chadwick Garden June 15

    One of the most pleasant rituals of spring is the annual poetry reading in the Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This year’s event takes place on Saturday, June 15. The event, “Poetry and Music in the Garden,” features readings by four poets from noon until 2 p.m. It is free…

  • UC Santa Cruz grieves death of sociologist Lionel Cantú Jr., 36

    Lionel Cantú Jr., an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, died unexpectedly on Sunday, May 26, at the age of 36. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, said Patricia Zavella, professor of Latin American and Latino studies. Cantú had been hospitalized after suffering a ruptured intestine earlier in the…

  • UC Santa Cruz awards $20,000 scholarships to twelve regional transfer students

    This spring marks the 10th consecutive year the University of California, Santa Cruz, has awarded $20,000 scholarships to talented community college transfer students. In September, 12 students will enroll at UCSC as recipients of Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards, a program created to foster the transfer of accomplished students who overcame adverse socioeconomic circumstances.…

  • Life Lab unveils new Garden Classroom at grand opening June 1

    The popular Banana Slug String Band will headline the grand opening Saturday, June 1, of the Life Lab Garden Classroom at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The public is invited to celebrate the creation of this new children’s educational facility from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Garden Classroom is located on the UCSC…

  • Olga Nájera-Ramírez named codirector of UCSC Chicano/Latino Research Center

    Olga Nájera-Ramírez’s appointment this spring as codirector of the UC Santa Cruz Chicano/Latino Research Center (CLRC) is the latest milestone for this Santa Cruz County native. Nájera-Ramírez, an associate professor of anthropology who specializes in Mexican folklore, is eager to strengthen connections between the university and the community in her new position as codirector of…

  • Civil and gay rights activist Urvashi Vaid speaks April 29

    Civil rights activist and attorney Urvashi Vaid will give a free public lecture on Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in the newly restored Del Mar Theater at 1124 Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz. Her talk, “Sexuality and Its Discontents: What’s Race, Class, and War Got to Do with It?,” marks the third annual…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025