Alumni
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UCSC Arboretum Music Series begins May 17
UC Santa Cruz will kick off its third annual Arboretum Music Series on Thursday, May 17, with a concert by Austin, Texas, singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, at the Arboretum Amphitheater, located off Empire Grade in Santa Cruz. The series will present folk, blues, and roots concerts on the third Thursdays of the month, from May through…
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Infectious disease expert to discuss deadly epidemics in public lecture at UCSC on Tuesday, May 22
Dr. Donald P. Francis, executive director and chief medical officer of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, will discuss “Confronting Deadly Epidemics Around the World” in a free public lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, May 22.
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UC Santa Cruz research team sheds light on diet of early human ancestors
The diet of early human ancestors probably included bulbs and rhizomes, according to researchers at UC Santa Cruz who have shed new light on a conundrum that has puzzled anthropologists for eight years.
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Music and stargazing entice summer visitors to Mt. Hamilton’s Lick Observatory
UC’s Lick Observatory offers its 27th season of evening programs for music lovers and astronomy buffs this summer, featuring concerts, lectures, and opportunities to view the night sky through the observatory’s history-making telescopes atop Mt. Hamilton.
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Faculty, staff, alumni reconnect at reunions
Sunny springtime weather and an array of reunion events enticed some 800 alumni and guests to Banana Slug Spring Fair campus reunions on Saturday, April 28, for a day reconnecting with one another, former faculty, and the campus.
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Alumnus shares his worldwide expertise on building memorials
When memorials celebrate a nation’s triumphs, they take a grand approach: classic columns, towering arches, soaring stairways. But how might people memorialize “a crime perpetrated in their name”? When the Berlin Senate commissioned a panel to select the
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G. William Domhoff, expert on dreams and power relations, receives UC-wide faculty emeriti award
G. William Domhoff says the best thing that ever happened to him professionally was being hired as a founding faculty member at UC Santa Cruz in 1965. The second-best thing was retiring early, which gave him the freedom to focus on his research.
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May 10 bell hooks event postponed
Acclaimed author, social critic, and UC Santa Cruz alumna bell hooks will speak on the topic “What’s Love Got To Do With It? Ending Domination,” on Thursday, May 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room at UC Santa Cruz. Admission is free and the public is invited. UPDATE:…
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Pioneering sociologist William Friedland receives emeriti faculty award from UC Santa Cruz
Sociologist William H. Friedland may be best known for his critique of mechanized tomato harvesting, but he’s been a thorn in the side of corporate agriculture for almost half a century.
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Award-winning filmmaker, Time correspondent, to headline UCSC series of screenings/talks on war
Who serves in our nation’s wars? Why did they serve? What is their experience? Those questions are the inspiration for “Personal Perspectives of the Iraq War and Past Wars,” a series of film screenings and talks by award-winning filmmakers and authors tha
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UCSC graduate student’s research leads to environmental victory in Coronado Islands
Graduate student Shaye Wolf’s findings have helped save endangered seabirds from the potentially devastating effects of a liquified natural gas facility planned for a site in Baja California.
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The Changing Face of the Humanities: A new dean, a new building, a new direction
The humanities at UC Santa Cruz are poised to meet the challenges of a global future.