Awards & Honors
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B. Ruby Rich invited to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
UC Santa Cruz arts dean’s eminent professor of film and digital media B. Ruby Rich has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year. The world’s preeminent film organization, it is best known for presenting the annual Academy Awards.
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ISEE receives presidential award for excellence in STEM mentoring
The UC Santa Cruz Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).
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Astronomer Alexie Leauthaud wins DOE Early Career Award
The award from DOE’s Early Career Research Program supports Leauthaud’s research on dark energy.
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Linguistics professor Jim McCloskey receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
Linguistics professor Jim McCloskey was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Humanities Division’s 2018 Spring Awards celebration held at the Cowell Provost House.
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Biomolecular engineer Angela Brooks named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
Brooks will receive a $300,000 award over four years to support her research on how mutations associated with cancer cause changes in gene expression.
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Biochemist Carrie Partch honored for research on biological clocks
The latest findings from Partch’s lab have resolved a longstanding question about how the timing of our biological clocks is regulated.
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‘First-gen’ student pays it forward
The University of California is honoring Valeria Jacqueline Alonso Blanco with a prestigious award recognizing the impact of her leadership, advocacy and activism.
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Awards luncheon celebrates excellence in student scholarship
Students in the Division of Social Sciences gathered with friends, family members, faculty, staff, and donors on Thursday, May 24, to celebrate excellence in student scholarship and creativity.
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Educational Partnership Center executive director honored with Winston Doby Impact Award
Maria Rocha-Ruiz, executive director of the UC Santa Cruz Educational Partnership Center, is this year’s recipient of the Dr. Winston Doby Impact Award, which recognizes her commitment to improving educational opportunities for California students.
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Biologist Beth Shapiro selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
Shapiro’s Paleogenomics Lab at UC Santa Cruz uses ancient DNA to study evolutionary history and the effects of environmental change on species and ecosystems.
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Racism expert Tom Pettigrew shares award for impactful scholarship
Tom Pettigrew, research professor of social psychology at UC Santa Cruz, is being recognized by the Society for Experimental Social Psychology for the impact of his scholarship.
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Computer scientist Owen Arden wins NSF CAREER Award
Owen Arden, assistant professor of computer science in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).