Awards & Honors
UC Santa Cruz ranked among top schools for game design
As in past years, UC Santa Cruz is featured on Princeton Review's 2018 lists for top undergraduate and graduate programs in game design. more »
Recent awards and honors
May 9, 2019Anne Kapuscinski receives 2019 Ocean Award for innovation
Anne Kapuscinski, professor of environmental studies and director of the Coastal Science and Policy Program, has received a 2019 Ocean Award for innovation from Boat International magazine and the Blue Marine Foundation.
May 6, 2019Biology undergraduate wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Joey Wong, a junior at UC Santa Cruz majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology with a minor in linguistics, has been named a 2019 Goldwater Scholar.
May 2, 2019Two UC Santa Cruz professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Physicist Michael Dine and biologist Susan Strome were elected to the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
April 29, 2019Regina Langhout honored for advocacy on behalf of those at risk of deportation
Regina Langhout, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is being recognized for her leadership in community psychology on behalf of people at risk of deportation.
April 29, 2019Sandra Faber receives American Philosophical Society's Magellanic Premium Medal
Faber was honored for her transformative research on galaxy formation and evolution.
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Distinguished Memberships
Global recognition
Check out other prestigious national and international honors held by faculty members that make UC Santa Cruz proud.
Faculty chairs
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