Awards & Honors
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Astrophysicist Piero Madau inducted into Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars
Piero Madau, distinguished professor of astronomy and astrophysics, was honored for achieving marked distinction in the physical sciences.
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UC Santa Cruz history professor elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UC Santa Cruz history professor Gail Hershatter has joined Nobel Prize-winning chemist Brian Kobilka, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, singer-songwriter Judy Collins, novelist Tom Wolfe, and UC President Janet A. Napolitano as a newly elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Art professor’s documentary short wins at Full Frame film festival
An animated short by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones and artist Nomi Talisman won two awards at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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Nanopipette technique earns prize in NIH ‘Follow that Cell’ challenge
A proposal by UC Santa Cruz biomolecular engineer Nader Pourmand was one of five prize winners in an NIH challenge competition
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Astrophysicist Ken Chen wins award for high impact scientific achievement
Postdoctoral researcher Ken Chen was honored in the early career category of the 2015 High Performance Computing Achievement Awards.
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Two UC Santa Cruz professors elected Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology
Newly elected fellows Karen Ottemann and Fitnat Yildiz are both professors of microbiology and environmental toxicology.
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UC Santa Cruz psychology professor honored with ‘Best Paper’ award
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of psychology Shelly Grabe and social psychology graduate students Rose Grose and Anjali Dutt have been named winners of the 2015 Georgia Babladelis Award by the Society for the Psychology of Women.
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Genomics Institute director David Haussler awarded prestigious Dan David Prize
Haussler will share a $1 million prize with two other leaders in bioinformatics.
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State legislature commends economics chair Rob Fairlie for public service
Rob Fairlie, chair of the Economics Department at UC Santa Cruz, has been commended by the state legislature for service to California through his work to reduce poverty and inequality, improve education and human capital, and increase job opportunities and entrepreneurship.
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Friends of Long Marine Lab supports 17 student research projects
From sea otters to sea level rise, Student Research and Education Awards will support a wide range of student research projects.
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Game designer Brenda Romero honored with Game Developers Choice Award
Romero, director of the UC Santa Cruz Games and Playable Media master’s program, will receive the GDCA Ambassador Award
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Campus, city take home prestigious governor’s award
In 2011, the City and UCSC created the GreenWharf program to foster the development and incorporation of innovative technology into the structure and operations at the Santa Cruz Wharf.