Awards & Honors
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Feminist studies professor Karen Barad receives multiple honors in Europe
Karen Barad–professor of feminist studies, philosophy, and history of consciousness at UC Santa Cruz–also happens to have a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics and quantum field theory…
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Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt elected IEEE Fellow
Schmidt, the Kapany Professor of Optoelectronics, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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Marine scientist Adina Paytan named 2016 ASLO Fellow
Paytan will be honored as a fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).
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Chemistry professor Pradip Mascharak receives Outstanding Faculty Award
Mascharak received the 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
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Astronomer Sandra Faber awarded California Academy of Sciences Fellows Medal
The California Academy of Sciences has awarded its highest honor, the Fellows Medal, to Sandra Faber, professor emerita of astronomy and astrophysics, and elected professors Karen Holl and Erika Zavaleta as new Academy Fellows.
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Politics student named ‘Women in Green Forum Youth Trailblazer’
Maxine Jimenez (Kresge ’19, politics and community studies) is the 2016 recipient of the Women in Green Forum Youth Trailblazer Award.
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UC Santa Cruz advances in U.S. News and World Report’s global rankings
The campus has continued to increase its ranking, now tied at No. 27, even as the number of universities reviewed has expanded
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UC Santa Cruz student games win awards at IndieCade
Two games developed by UC Santa Cruz students won awards at the 2016 IndieCade International Festival of Independent Games.
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Theater Arts professor Ted Warburton wins national dance award
Edward (Ted) Warburton, professor of dance and associate dean of the arts at UC Santa Cruz, is the recipient of the National Dance Education Organization’s 2016 Outstanding Dance Researcher Award.
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Astronomer Ryan Foley wins prestigious Packard Fellowship
Foley is the 12th UCSC faculty member, and fifth UCSC astronomer, to receive a Packard Fellowship.
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Physicist Howard Haber wins Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Physics
Haber, a distinguished professor of physics at UCSC, was honored by the American Physical Society.
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Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz honored by American Physical Society
Ramirez-Ruiz, professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics, will receive the 2017 Edward A. Bouchet Award.