Alumni
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Paul Whitworth to deliver 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture-Feb. 3
UC Santa Cruz professor of theater arts Paul Whitworth will deliver the 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture on Thursday, February 3, at 6 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater.
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Civil rights activist Terrence Roberts to address King Convocation Jan. 31
Civil rights activist Terrence Roberts will speak at UC Santa Cruz’s 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Monday, January 31.
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Slug swimmers triumph at Cal Lutheran
After a hard battle in the water, the UCSC women’s swimming team triumphed last week at the California Lutheran University Winter Invitational last Thursday.
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UCSC National Book Award Finalist to appear at Bookshop Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz literature professor and National Book Award Finalist Karen Tei Yamashita will discuss her acclaimed novel I Hotel at Bookshop Santa Cruz on January 25.She will also appear at UCSC on January 13 as part of the campus’s Winter 2011 Living Writer Series.
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Men’s hoops: Slugs take down Whittier Poets
After a tough defeat to Whitworth College, the UCSC men’s basketball team rallied back to defeat the Whittier Poets 53-47 on Saturday, December 11.
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History graduate heading to Scotland on prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Five months after she graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in history, Cynthia Thickpenny has won a Marshall Scholarship–one of the most prestigious awards that American undergraduates can receive.
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UCSC celebrates its 45th anniversary with 45+5 Prominent and Influential Alumni
In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the arrival of the first students at UC Santa Cruz, the campus is showcasing 45 highly accomplished graduates and five younger alumni of promise.
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Slug men’s water polo wins championship
UCSC’s men’s water polo team recently won the Division III National Collegiate Club Championship.
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United Way kicks off area fundraising campaign
UCSC faculty and staff are longtime supporters of United Way of Santa Cruz County, which has kicked off its 2010-11 fundraising drive.
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KZSC named one of the top college radio stations in the country
The Huffington Post, an enormously popular media blog, has just named KZSC one of the top five college radio stations in America.
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Ethics lecture examines moral boundaries of scientific research
“Advances in Biotechnology and Medicine: Stretching the Moral Boundaries” is just the beginning of a new series of ethics lectures that will be presented by the UCSC Humanities Division.
