Awards & Honors
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UC Santa Cruz prof and grad student are among honorees at 2018 NEXTies
The local awards show will be held at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz on Friday, March 23.
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Ecologist Erika Zavaleta elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
Zavaleta was honored in recognition of her contributions to the science of ecology.
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CENIC recognizes UCSC’s Hyades supercomputer cluster connection
Project connecting Hyades to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s computing center earns CENIC Innovations Award.
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Judit Moschkovich named 2018 AERA Fellow
Judit Moschkovich, professor of education and chair of the Education Department, has been named a 2018 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
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UCSC astronomer Alexie Leauthaud wins Sloan Research Fellowship
The Sloan Research Fellowships honor early-career scholars whose achievements mark them as among the very best scientific minds working today.
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UC Santa Cruz named one of best colleges to study ‘Film, Video & Photographic Arts’
UC Santa Cruz has been ranked No. 6 in the country by College Factual for the best colleges and universities in the U.S. to study for a Film, Video & Photographic Arts degree.
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Computer science grad student wins Better Scientific Software Fellowship
Ivo Jimenez was recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project in its inaugural class of Better Scientific Software (BSSw) Fellows.
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Two UCSC professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler and computer scientist MartÃn Abadi have been recognized for their pioneering achievements.
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Economist’s book named an ‘Outstanding Academic Title’
Economics Professor Nirvikar Singh’s book, The Other One Percent: Indians in America, has been named an “Outstanding Academic Title” for 2017.
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Neutron star merger observations hailed as scientific breakthrough of the year
Both Science and Physics World noted the significance of the findings in which UC Santa Cruz astronomers played a key role.
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David Dunn awarded Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship
UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of music David Dunn has been selected for a Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship for 2019. He is one of four local artists who will receive $20,000 grants from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County in 2018-19.
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UC Santa Cruz ranks in top 50 of global research universities, 5th for space sciences
UC Santa Cruz ranks fifth in the world for space sciences and is one of six University of California campuses ranked among the top 50 research universities overall, according to a study by U.S. News and World Report.