Alumni
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UC Santa Cruz to present New Directions in Contemporary Opera, a symposium of panels and performances-April 3-7
The UC Santa Cruz Music Department will present a week-long opera symposium titled New Directions in Contemporary Opera, April 3-7, on the university campus. Conceived and coordinated by music professor/conductor Nicole Paiement and UC Santa Cruz opera director Brian Staufenbiel, the series of panels and performances will bring together scholars, composers, and performers from the…
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UCSC lecturer Ryan Coonerty publishes Etched in Stone, a tribute to 50 memorials and monuments
Anyone who has ever gotten goose bumps visiting the Lincoln Memorial will be drawn to the new book Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation’s Monuments.
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Microsoft gift boosts computer science program at UCSC
A gift from Microsoft to UC Santa Cruz will enable computer science students to spend more time on computer games–developing computer games, that is, not necessarily playing them.
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HP joins UC Santa Cruz and NASA in groundbreaking collaborative venture
HP has joined UC Santa Cruz and NASA in a new venture focused on developing revolutionary science breakthroughs in the coming decades.
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City Folk reunion concert March 28 at The Attic will benefit the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden
The popular trio City Folk is coming together Wednesday, March 28, for a reunion concert at The Attic with special guest Alisa Fineman. The concert, a fundraiser for the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden, will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at The
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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