Awards & Honors
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Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall named president-elect of American Historical Association
Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall has been chosen as president-elect of the American Historical Association, the largest professional organization in the U.S. devoted to the study and promotion of history.
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Alumna Priya Ganguli wins GSA Outstanding Woman in Science Award
The Geological Society of America will award the 2015 Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award to Ganguli, who earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Earth sciences at UC Santa Cruz.
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Graduate student earns life sciences fellowship
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Jessica Perez-Cunningham was selected to receive a fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s newly expanded Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study Program.
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Arts Division emeriti faculty receive Dickson Emeriti Professorship Award
Two UC Santa Cruz arts professors received Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships for the 2014-15 academic year in recognition of their outstanding contributions and achievements in artistic scholarship and teaching.
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Astronomer Douglas N.C. Lin receives prestigious Bruce Gold Medal
Lin will receive the 2015 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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UC Santa Cruz grad River Charles earns Sutter scholarship for medical school
River Charles will receive the Primary Care Physician Award from Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center and the Central California Alliance for Health.
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Women’s basketball coach attends invite-only leadership program
UC Santa Cruz Head Women’s Basketball Coach Todd Kent was part of a select group of head coaches who attended The Center for Coaching Excellence held at Columbia University from June 8-10.
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Steck Award honoree delves into the trauma of civil war
The response has been overwhelmingly positive for Dominic Romano’s project, which examines physical and historical trauma.
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History professor Kate Jones receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
History professor Kate Jones was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Humanities Division’s 2015 Spring Awards celebration.
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Campus earns systemwide environmental health and safety award
The University of California President’s Award for Campus Excellence in Environmental Health and Safety is given to the UC campus with the greatest reduction of Cal/OSHA recordable cases (medical treatment beyond first aid) in the past year and the overall reduction in injury rate from previous years.
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Student entrepreneurs pitch business ideas at annual Silicon Valley event
The Center for Entrepreneurship held its third annual Business Design Showcase on Saturday, May 30, at the UCSC Silicon Valley Center.
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Accounting’s Bob Shepherd wins state CPA society outstanding educator award
Robert Shepherd, former director of the economics accounting track at UC Santa Cruz, has been named winner of the 2015 Outstanding Educator Award by the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA).