Alumni
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Surfing the web of life
UC Santa Cruz faculty members who ride the waves say the sport is beautiful and spiritual—and allows their minds the space to wander.
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Warhol Foundation grant goes to Institute of the Arts and Sciences project
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded a $30,000 grant to support an innovative artist residency and exhibition developed by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) at UC Santa Cruz and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in San Jose–in collaboration with the UC Lick Observatory.
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Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall named president-elect of American Historical Association
Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall has been chosen as president-elect of the American Historical Association, the largest professional organization in the U.S. devoted to the study and promotion of history.
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Gift to UC Santa Cruz funds new chair in water resources and food sustainability
UC Santa Cruz has received $500,000 from the Helen and Will Webster Foundation that with matching funds from UC Regents has established the Stephen R. Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food System Sustainability.
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Graduate student earns life sciences fellowship
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Jessica Perez-Cunningham was selected to receive a fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s newly expanded Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study Program.
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In 50th year, campus will enroll class with exceptional academic credentials
With the largest applicant pool in the history of the campus, and a smaller freshman class than the previous year, UC Santa Cruz increased its admission selectivity.
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UC Santa Cruz archivist contributes essay to Grateful Dead’s 50th anniversary box set
On July 3-5, more than 200,000 people attending the final “Fare Thee Well” shows of the Grateful Dead will be able to walk across the street from Soldier Field in Chicago to see an exhibition featuring nearly 100 items from the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz.
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Film grad lands fellowship at Democracy Now!
Next week, 2015 graduate Juan Dávila Santiago will embark on a new chapter in his life–he’s off to New York where he landed a one-year News Production Fellowship to work at Democracy Now!.
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A visionary, a genius, and the human genome
In 2000, two dogged researchers at UC Santa Cruz defied the odds to become the first in the world to assemble the DNA sequence of the human genome.
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Original vision
Reflections on the tumultuous ’60s, the heady days of UC Santa Cruz’s beginnings, and the ways the campus has stayed true to its mission through the decades
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Social Sciences division launches first annual summer reading list
What happens when you ask UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, alumni, and students from the Division of Social Sciences – and even the Chancellor – for book recommendations related to themes of social justice, citizenship, ethics, and social responsibility?
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Freshly minted grads revel at commencement
Bubbles floated in the air and fresh-flower leis ruffled in the breeze as scholars and their supporters gathered over the weekend for a very special edition of UC Santa Cruz commencement.