Alumni
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Marine scientist Adina Paytan receives prestigious international award
IMS researcher Adina Paytan has been awarded the Excellence Award of the Werner Petersen Foundation.
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UCSC and industry partners launch center for data storage research
The Center for Research in Storage Systems was established through NSF’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Program.
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Computer History Museum honors UCSC computer scientist Harry Huskey
Harry D. Huskey, professor emeritus of computer science at UCSC, will receive the 2013 Fellow Award from the Computer History Museum.
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Alumni Weekend: Reliving memories, making new ones
Excitement is building for UCSC’s premiere alumni event, April 26-28, which is packed with reunions, celebrations, receptions, and opportunities.
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Baskin School of Engineering hosts meeting on women in technology
Members of the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Pacesetters Program met at UCSC in February.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces lineup for 2013 season
Shakespeare Santa Cruz will open with the popular comedy, “The Taming of the Shrew,” and continue through Sept. 1 with “Henry V” and “Tom Jones.” For the first time, all shows will take place outdoors among the redwoods in the Sinsheimer-Stanley Festival Glen.
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Alumna Belle Yang contributes cover art to second issue of Catamaran
“Kite”–a 1997 painting by UC Santa Cruz alumna Belle Yang—is the featured art on the cover of the just released Spring 2013 issue of Catamaran Literary Reader.
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Historic Hay Barn to be reinvented as environmental center
Thanks to a $5 million gift, the historic Cowell Ranch Hay Barn at UC Santa Cruz will be reinvented as the centerpiece of a revived campus entrance and new home for many of UCSC’s innovative environmental sustainability programs.
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DNA study clarifies relationship between polar bears and brown bears
A new genetic study of polar bears and brown bears upends prevailing ideas about the evolutionary history of the two species.
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Works by UCSC music professor to be featured at Smithsonian
Thousand Gates, a concert featuring two new works by UC Santa Cruz professor of music Hi Kyung Kim, is set to be performed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., on April 7.
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International collaboration to investigate disappearing reptiles and amphibians
UCSC biologist Barry Sinervo leads NSF-funded project to study the effects of climate change on plants and animals around the world.
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Slug Stand-Up lets students express themselves through comedy
The four members of UCSC’s Slug Stand-Up comedy squad bare their souls while trying to keep stage-fright in check, but they say everything is worth it just to make people laugh.