Alumni
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New book dedicated to work of international literary scholar/founding UCSC faculty member
A Touch More Rare: Harry Berger, Jr. and the Art of Interpretation (Fordham University Press, 2009) celebrates more than four decades of groundbreaking work by UC Santa Cruz emeritus professor of literature and art history Harry Berger, Jr.
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Alum Michael Scherer covers the White House for Time magazine
UCSC grad Michael Scherer is covering the White House for Time magazine.
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Earth Summit celebrates progress, cultivates ideas
Thursday’s eighth annual Earth Summit advanced a dialogue among students, faculty, staff, administration, and the Santa Cruz community regarding the campus’s commitment to sustainability.
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Literary Studies book series co-founded at UCSC to benefit from $1.16 million Mellon Foundation grant
A UC Press book series in literary studies–founded by UC Santa Cruz literature professor Richard Terdiman in collaboration with his colleague Susan Gillman and faculty from UC Berkeley and Irvine-will share a $1.16 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon
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Haney praises court decision on prison overcrowding
Psychology professor Craig Haney was one of the main expert witnesses who testified in the case before the three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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UCSC alumna Marti Noxon wins Writers Guild TV Award for ‘Mad Men’
UCSC alumna Marti Noxon has won a Writers Guild of America award for best dramatic television series of 2008. Noxon received her award as part of the writing team for the hit TV show “Mad Men.”
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TOPP program gets ‘seal’ of approval from comedian Stephen Colbert
UCSC elephant seal researchers caught the attention of Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, making the February 5 episode of his show, the Colbert Report.
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I am elephant seals (and so can you!)
Want to know the truthiness about northern elephant seals? Become a Facebook friend of Stelephant Colbert.
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UCSC alumnus wins 2009 Sundance directing award for first feature film
First-time director and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Cary Joji Fukunaga received the award for “Best Director, U.S. Drama,” at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival for his film Sin Nombre.
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Food is the “front line of healing,” says author
Anthropologist Nancy Chen has a simple message for Americans who are obsessed with fad diets: Skip the gimmicks and listen to your grandmother.
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For second consecutive year, undergraduate applications to UC Santa Cruz exceed 30,000
For the second year in a row, more than 30,000 prospective undergraduates have applied to the University of California, Santa Cruz for admission in the upcoming fall quarter.
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Award-winning actress/UCSC alumna to perform “I Am That I Am: Woman, Black”-Jan. 28
Award-winning actress and UCSC alumna Adilah Barnes will perform her one woman show-I Am That I Am: Woman, Black-on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. in the College 9 & 10 Multipurpose Room. Admission is free and open to the public.