Alumni
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UC Santa Cruz students see stars, thanks to local company
UC Santa Cruz students will have more time with the stars, thanks to a generous donation from a local company. Watsonville-based Orion Telescopes has made a gift of 10 portable telescopes for field use by students, creating greatly enhanced opportunities for observing in introductory courses. “This gift means many more possibilities for students to have…
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UCSC hosts conference to keep young girls interested in science
An event at UCSC on Saturday, March 3, will help middle and high school girls from the Monterey Bay region prepare for their future through a program called “Expanding Your Horizons” designed to inspire girls’ enthusiasm for math and science.
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Compton Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer speaks March 12 at UC Santa Cruz
As a Superior Court Judge in the Southern California city of Compton, Kelvin D. Filer sees more than his share of cases involving murder, drugs, and gang violence. As a product of the same neighborhood, Filer is a powerful role model who has devoted himse
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UCSC economics grad reconnects with campus to help others
Santa Cruz native Stephen Bruce recently reconnected with UCSC, where he is opening doors for students by funding a fellowship for aspiring high school math and science teachers, and creating a fellowship for graduate students in politics.
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$1 million gift from Jack Baskin establishes endowed chairs in engineering and humanities at UCSC
Philanthropist Jack Baskin has continued his remarkable record of support for the University of California, Santa Cruz, with two $500,000 gifts establishing endowed chairs, one in the Humanities Division that honors his wife, Peggy Downes Baskin, and anot
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SF Bay Area’s poor and minorities face disproportionate burden of exposure to environmental hazards
From African American residents of West Oakland’s diesel-choked neighborhoods to Latinos in San Francisco’s traffic-snarled Mission District, poor and minority residents of the San Francisco Bay Area get more than their share of exposure to air pollution
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UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering celebrates 10 years of innovation
The Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and its emergence as a vibrant and innovative center for research and education.
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UC Santa Cruz film grads shine again in major indie film awards
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Aaron Platt has been nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award in the category of “Best Cinematography” for his work on the feature film, Wild Tigers I Have Known–written and directed by fellow alum, Cam Archer. Executive-produced by Gus Van Sant, the film was an official selection at last year’s Sundance…
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Geoffrey Pullum to deliver 40th annual Faculty Research Lecture at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz professor of linguistics Geoffrey K. Pullum will deliver the 40th annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, February 13, at 8 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. His lecture is titled “Who Pays Any Attention to the Syntax of Things.” The event is free and open to the public. Pullum was selected…
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UC Santa Cruz assistant arts dean reports discovery of ancient ruin in Peru
UC Santa Cruz assistant dean of the arts Keith Muscutt reported the existence of a previously unknown pre-Columbian ruin in Peru at the annual Institute of Andean Studies conference held at UC Berkeley last week. Located in the remote and densely forested eastern slope of the Andes Mountains, the massive ruin is thought to be…
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UC Santa Cruz receives $350,000 to create global café and reading garden at University Library
Two gifts to UC Santa Cruz valued at $350,000 will work together to create an exciting new social and educational center at the University Library. Stephen Silberstein–cofounder and former president of Innovative Interfaces, a library software company in Emeryville, California-has donated $250,000 to create a global cyber café in the campus’s newly expanded and renovated…