Alumni
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Chancellor comments at Regents meeting on proposed state funding cuts to UC
Chancellor Blumenthal and two other UC chancellors briefed the UC Board of Regents at its meeting in San Francisco today on the implications of reduced funding for their campuses.
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Campus wins accolades from green blog
UC Santa Cruz has been recognized in the Green College Spotlight section of green blog EarthFirst.
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King Convocation planned for February; nominations open for Tony Hill Award
The 25th annual UCSC Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation will be held in February at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Nominations for the Tony Hill Award can be submitted through December 12.
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Campus braces for more cuts
Mid-year budget cuts, recently announced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, will force UC Santa Cruz to make even more reductions in operations than it already had planned after lawmakers slashed spending for UC in the initial state budget.
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Newest Friends group wants you to be able to see, touch, smell history
UC Santa Cruz’s newest Friends group, Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District, aims to protect historical evidence and significant structures on campus dating from the 19th century.
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New Humanities building wins award
Hacker Associates AIA, the architectural firm UCSC collaborated with to create the Humanities buildings, was selected for a Merit Award by the Portland AIA for the campus’s Humanities building complex.
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Campus, community report on successes in reducing carbon footprint
UC Santa Cruz has made remarkable progress in reducing its carbon footprint, Chancellor Blumenthal said in his one-year Climate Action Compact report.
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San Francisco mayor urges UCSC students to vote
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made an appearance on campus Tuesday, drawing a crowd of approximately 300 students and others to the College 10 Multipurpose Room at lunchtime.
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Alumnus John Rickford explains how linguists are working to solve the black/white achievement gap in American schools
More than 100 people filled the Stevenson Fireside Lounge on October 22 to hear Stanford linguistics professor and UCSC alum John Rickford discuss his research on the persistent achievement gap between black and white students in reading and the language
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Founders Day dinner honors innovation, ideals, determination
The second annual UC Santa Cruz Founders Day gala dinner drew more than 350 people to the Cocoanut Grove Friday night to celebrate the founding ideals of the university and the outstanding accomplishments of three individuals with ties to UCSC.
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Next president must scrutinize counterterrorism initiatives, says alumna Dana Priest
Alumna Dana Priest discussed national security issues before a capacity crowd in the Namaste Lounge on Friday.
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Alumnus looks to expand support for innovative program
Victoria Wilder Eisenberg lived in more than 20 foster homes while she was growing up. Despite that formidable obstacle, last year Eisenberg reached a goal that only about 28 percent of Americans have attained: getting a bachelor’s degree.