Alumni
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Acclaimed playwright and film director Luis Valdez to visit UCSC
Acclaimed playwright, director, and filmmaker Luis Valdez will join his son–UCSC theater arts lecturer Kinan Valdez–for two special audience talks after performances of Luis’s play “Mummifed Deer,” Feb. 26 and Mar. 4 at the Mainstage Theater.
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Alumna aims to chronicle every D.C. homicide victim
Laura Norton Amico (Merrill ’04, anthropology), a former police reporter, has quietly carved out a role for herself as D.C.’s most comprehensive chronicler of the unlawful taking of human life.
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Faculty, administrators and legislators discuss potential $500 million cut to UC system
State legislators, UCSC administrators and faculty members spoke of the proposed half-billion-dollar cut to the University of California budget at a spirited forum in Santa Cruz.
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State of the Union: ice cream makers rub elbows with Michelle Obama
The co-owners of the Penny Ice Creamery sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address.
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UCSC Foundation trustee to offer business success tips
UCSC Foundation trustee Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur, will give a talk at the Commonwealth Club on Feb. 8 entitled “Successful Strategies for Products that Win.”
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Men’s hoops: Half and half in Texas
The men’s basketball team recently traveled to Irving, Texas, for a two-game tournament, with split results.
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Reception for Chip Lord’s ‘Public Spaces’ exhibit at Sesnon Gallery on Feb. 2
Emeritus film and digital media professor Chip Lord has dedicated much of his art practice of the last 20 years to the changing landscape of urban and public space. His new exhibition “Public Spaces” is a survey of photographic and video projects including Movie Map, 2003; Awakening from the 20th Century, 1994; and In Transit,…
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Rev. Deborah Johnson to receive Tony Hill Memorial Award
The Reverend Deborah L. Johnson, founding minister and president of Inner Light Ministries, has been chosen as the recipient of the third annual Tony Hill Memorial Award.
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UCSC hosts alumni and friends night at SAP Open Tennis Tournament
Fernando Verdasco and Gael Monfils will play during UCSC Alumni and Friends Night at the SAP Open Tennis Tournament on February 9.
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UCSC to present major West Coast ‘Paul Bowles Centennial Celebration’
The seventh and last international centennial event celebrating the birth of renowned American writer and composer Paul Bowles will take place at UCSC, Feb. 4–6. Conceived by a UCSC music lecturer and inheritor of Bowles’ musical estate, the 3-day event will include rare music, film, art, and an academic conference.
