Alumni
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Men’s tennis team wins 6th national title
For the sixth time in school history, UCSC’s men’s tennis team has captured an NCAA national championship. The lastest jewel in the decorated team’s crown was added Thursday when the Slugs defeated Emory University of Atlanta 5-1. The 2007 NCAA Division III championships were played at Washington University in St. Louis. “They’re all different every…
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Phillip Berman appointed to Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering
UC Santa Cruz has appointed Phillip Berman, professor and chair of biomolecular engineering, to the Jack Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering.
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UCSC receives $157,000 to support open archive of congressional proceedings
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $157,000 grant from the Sunlight Foundation to support Metavid-an online, open-source archive of U.S. House and Senate proceedings created last year by two graduate students and hosted by the campus. The award was among a round of grants totaling $267,000 that the foundation has distributed to…
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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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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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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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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.