Alumni
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Blood and Oil: New environmental studies class proves popular with students
In only two years, the new class Blood and Oil: Energy, the Middle East, and War has become legendary on campus.
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Inauguration of Chancellor Blumenthal to take place Friday, June 6
We’re very pleased to share the news that the inauguration of George Blumenthal as UC Santa Cruz’s 10th Chancellor will take place on Friday, June 6, 2008. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. that day on the East Field. The inauguration, which will be highlighted by the Chancellor Blumenthal’s address, will include a traditional…
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Mark G. Yudof recommended for position of UC president
The committee conducting the search for the next University of California president is recommending to the Board of Regents that Mark G. Yudof, currently head of the University of Texas system, be appointed to lead the UC system.
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Innovation, education to be focus of Intellectual Forum and Alumni Vintners Wine Reception
Innovation guru John Kao, Silicon Valley leader Shellye Archambeau, historian and political pundit Victor Davis Hanson (Cowell ’75), and New York Times senior editor Katy Roberts (Kresge ’74) will participate in the Intellectual Forum and Alumni Vi
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Biotech students learn about neglected diseases from alumna Nina Grove
As director of the malaria program at the Institute for OneWorld Health, alumna Nina Grove is involved in a unique public health project that is applying the tools of the biotechnology industry to the battle against one of the most devastating diseases in
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Alumna Dana Priest wins major journalism award for Walter Reed exposé
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest (B.A. politics, 1981) and her colleague Anne Hull have won the prestigious 2008 Selden Ring award for their exposé of deplorable conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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UCSC holding its own in recycling challenge
Week four of the nationwide RecycleMania competition is now in the can, and UCSC is reducing, reusing, and recycling its way to some impressive standings in its rookie year in the challenge.
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Doctoral candidate heading to DC after graduation
Lauren Malone will be heading to Washington, D.C., after earning a Ph.D. in economics this spring.
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Award-winning journalist Alexander Stille to be keynote speaker at statewide Italian Studies conference hosted by UCSC
Award-winning author and journalist Alexander Stille will be the keynote speaker at a statewide conference presented by the California Interdisciplinary Consortium for Italian Studies at UC Santa Cruz, February 29-March 1.
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Alums teach UCSC film students about life in the movie biz
Four successful alums in the film industry returned to campus on February 2 for a roundtable discussion on how to succeed in the business of making movies.
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UCSC’s Banana Slug among ESPN’s top 10 best team names
UCSC’s Banana Slug mascot has been named among the top 10 best team nicknames in college basketball by ESPN Sports Travel.