Awards & Honors

Recent awards and honors

• May 26, 2022

  Biologist Bruce Lyon honored by American Ornithological Society

  Bruce Lyon, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has been chosen to receive the 2022 Elliott Coues Award from the American Ornithological Society.

• May 25, 2022

  Sociology doctoral candidate wins national fellowship for research on travel programs that teach youth about the African diaspora

  Theresa Hice-Fromille was one of five top scholars selected nationwide for the American Sociological Association’s 2022-2023 Minority Fellowship program. Funding from this and other recent awards will support her dissertation research on travel abroad programs led by Black women that teach youth about the African diaspora.

• May 19, 2022

  Politics doctoral candidate wins Newcombe Fellowship for research on women’s testimony against sexual violence

  Natali Levin-Schwartz is one of 22 winners of a national fellowship award for scholars working on ethical or religious issues. Her dissertation research focuses on how women resist and organize against sexual violence and the role that testimony plays in that process.

• May 4, 2022

  John Brown Childs earns UC’s highest system-wide award for emeriti

  UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology John Brown Childs is a 2021-2022 recipient of the Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, which recognizes exceptional legacies of research, teaching, and service.

• May 3, 2022

  Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz chosen for prestigious Julio Cortázar Latin American Chair

  Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, has been selected to hold the Julio Cortázar Latin American Chair at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, for 2022.

• May 2, 2022

  Women's water polo team wins Division III championship

  The UC Santa Cruz women's water polo club won the Collegiate Water Polo Association Women’s Division III Club Championship in Middlebury, Vermont, on Sunday.

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