https://news.ucsc.edu/rss/all_academics.html?utm_medium=rsshttps://news.ucsc.edu/rss/all_academics.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 02 Apr 2021 19:00:18 -0700Santa CruzAssistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maywa Montenegro de Wit is exploring how lessons from the abolition movement could help agroecology combat the agro-industrial complex to prevent future pandemics. https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/03/pandemic-food-systems.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 11 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/03/pandemic-food-systems.html?utm_medium=rssAward-winning novelist Tommy Orange will be featured in conversation with literature professor Micah Perks, director of UCSC’s Creative Writing Program, in a free virtual event on Wednesday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/tommy-orange-event.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 26 Feb 2021 03:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/tommy-orange-event.html?utm_medium=rssThe event will feature research presentations by Jasmine Alinder, Dean of the Humanities (“Representing Japanese American Incarceration”), and Katharyne Mitchell, Dean of the Social Sciences (“Sanctuary Space and Insurgent Memory”).https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/deans-laser-talks.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 22 Feb 2021 01:45:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/deans-laser-talks.html?utm_medium=rssThis year’s Helen Diller Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies will feature guest author and scholar Sarah Abrevaya Stein—in conversation with UCSC’s Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies, Alma Heckman—on Wednesday, February 17, at 5 p.m.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/diller-jewish-studies.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 11 Feb 2021 17:35:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/diller-jewish-studies.html?utm_medium=rssAaron Jones, interim Educational Opportunity Programs director, founded the orientation program Black Academy, which has dramatically increased African Black Caribbean students' retention rate at UCSC.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/jones-aaron-profile.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 11 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/jones-aaron-profile.html?utm_medium=rssThree academic support and mentoring programs at UC Santa Cruz have received funding from Genentech’s 2020 Diverse Future of STEM Fund.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/genentech-grants.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/genentech-grants.html?utm_medium=rssThree alumni from UCSC’s Film and Digital Media Department received nominations for this year's prestigious International Documentary Association Awards (IDA).https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/film-alumni-recognition.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 04 Feb 2021 01:10:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/02/film-alumni-recognition.html?utm_medium=rssAnthropology faculty member Savannah Shange received one of the most prestigious honors in the field when she was awarded the 2020 Gregory Bateson Book Prize from the Society for Cultural Anthropology.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/shange-book-award.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/shange-book-award.html?utm_medium=rssRobert Shepherd, a teaching professor emeritus from the UC Santa Cruz Economics Department, passed away at 82 years old. Shepherd taught at UC Santa Cruz for more than 30 years and was instrumental in the development of both the accounting path and the business management economics major.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/robert-shepherd.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/robert-shepherd.html?utm_medium=rssNew research shows that fear of humans causes mountain lions to increase their energy expenditures as they move through the landscape, and this can ultimately limit the size of the home ranges they’re able to maintain. https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/puma-ranges.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 25 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/puma-ranges.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC history of art and visual culture professor Derek Conrad Murray offers the first dedicated book-length critical study of Mapplethorpe's lesser-known still life flower photographs.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/murray-mapplethorpe-book.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 22 Jan 2021 00:10:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/murray-mapplethorpe-book.html?utm_medium=rssFollowing the success of last year’s Deep Read with guest author Margaret Atwood, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz has announced the second installment of its new program that invites the campus and community to think deeply about literature, art, and the most pressing issues of the day.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/deep-read-launch.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 14 Jan 2021 16:30:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/deep-read-launch.html?utm_medium=rssJudy Yung, a pioneering author and scholar of Chinese American and women's history, died on December 14, 2020.https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/judy-yung.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 04 Jan 2021 21:35:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/01/judy-yung.html?utm_medium=rssUC Santa Cruz professor Anne Kapuscinski chaired the committee that developed the report, and campus initiatives were highlighted within as examples of innovative sustainability education. https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/12/nasem-sustainability.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/12/nasem-sustainability.html?utm_medium=rssThe UC Santa Cruz Art Department is now accepting applications for a new M.F.A. degree program in Environmental Art and Social Practice (EASP), set to begin in fall quarter of 2021.https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/12/environmental-art-degree.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 02 Dec 2020 14:50:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/12/environmental-art-degree.html?utm_medium=rssCoates will be in conversation with Adam Serwer, staff writer at The Atlantic magazine, to discuss his acclaimed novel "The Water Dancer"—as well as the state of the country after the electionhttps://news.ucsc.edu/2020/11/ta-nehisi-rapp.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 12 Nov 2020 16:55:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/11/ta-nehisi-rapp.html?utm_medium=rssRemote learning has its challenges, but the newest class of Banana Slugs is making the most out of this uncharted experience.https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/11/the-2020-new-slug-experience.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 09 Nov 2020 16:00:00 -0800https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/11/the-2020-new-slug-experience.html?utm_medium=rssThe program aims to tackle barriers women face in education by recognizing recipients whose academic work and community projects empower women and girls.https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/10/underhill-women-fellowship.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 21 Oct 2020 19:05:00 -0700https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/10/underhill-women-fellowship.html?utm_medium=rss'We Are Not Free,' a work of historical fiction by UC Santa Cruz alumna Traci Chee, has been named a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/10/chee-national-book-award.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 21 Oct 2020 13:30:00 -0700https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/10/chee-national-book-award.html?utm_medium=rssThe grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help the campus increase the readiness of Latinx, low-income and students of color from UC Santa Cruz and CSU Monterey Bay to apply and succeed in graduate programs.https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/10/hsi-grant-graduate-students.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/10/hsi-grant-graduate-students.html?utm_medium=rss