Alumni
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In his first campus address, Chancellor Blumenthal promises to ‘act boldly’ to advance UCSC
In his first campus address as chancellor, George Blumenthal pledged to “plan strategically and act boldly” to advance UCSC’s standing in the world.
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UCSC alumna receives award from Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets has honored UCSC alumna Brenda Shaughnessy with the 2007 James Laughlin Award, which gives $5,000 for the most outstanding second book by an American poet published in the previous year. Shaughnessy, who earned a B.A. in literature/creative writing from UCSC in 1991, received the award for her collection Human Dark…
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UCSC Arts & Lectures season opens Oct. 7 with acclaimed one-man show
UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures kicks off its 2007-08 season on Sunday, October 7, with Emergence-See!, a provocative one-man show created by award-winning actor Daniel Beaty. Beaty portrays a cast of 40 characters–including a homeless man, a scientist, a Republican business executive, and an 11-year-old boy from the projects–who all react to the phenomenon…
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George Blumenthal named chancellor of UC Santa Cruz
George R. Blumenthal, a distinguished UC Santa Cruz professor of astronomy and astrophysics and former chair of the UC systemwide Academic Senate, was appointed chancellor of the University of California’s Santa Cruz campus today (Sept. 19).
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UCSC receives $367,000 gift to establish endowed chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a gift of $367,000 from Hardit and Harbhajan K. Singh, through the Sikh Foundation, to fund an endowed chair in Sikh and Punjabi studies in the History Department. The Sarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies, established in memory of the donors’ son, will…
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UC Santa Cruz names new director of Arts & Lectures
Jeanette Pilak has been selected to become the new director of the Arts & Lectures program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, effective October 1, 2007. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pilak has an extensive background in arts management that spans both coasts. She became the first festival manager at the John F. Kennedy…
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Statements concerning court ruling regarding LRDP EIR
Kelly Drumm of UC’s Office of General Counsel and UCSC Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal issued the following statements today concerning a Santa Cruz County Superior Court ruling regarding UC Santa Cruz’s Long-Range Development Plan EIR: From Kelly Drumm, University Counsel, Office of General Counsel, University of California Regents: While we are pleased that the court…
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UCSC students present research at World History Association conference
Under the direction of professor Edmund Burke III, director of the UC Santa Cruz Center for World History, seven UCSC current and past graduate students in history presented papers at the 16th annual
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Acting Chancellor Blumenthal’s statement about UC president’s decision to step down
UC Santa Cruz Acting Chancellor George R. Blumenthal issued the following statement today, following Robert C. Dynes
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Gurdon Woods, sculptor who helped establish UCSC Art Department, dies at 92
Gurdon Woods, a visionary arts educator who helped design and create UC Santa Cruz’s first curriculum and facilities in the arts, died July 31 at his Aptos home. He was 92.Woods served as
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Philip Bell, founding provost of UCSC’s Merrill College, dies at 82
Philip Wilkes Bell, founding provost of Merrill College at UC Santa Cruz, died August 1. Bell, who was 82, lived in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania at the time of his death. Named provost of “”College
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Arts & Lectures announces 2007-08 season of internationally acclaimed artists
Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, renowned Brazilian guitarist and songwriter Caetano Veloso, South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour, and National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon are just s