Awards & Honors
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Computer History Museum honors UCSC computer scientist Harry Huskey
Harry D. Huskey, professor emeritus of computer science at UCSC, will receive the 2013 Fellow Award from the Computer History Museum.
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UCSC Swim Team honors at Conference Championships
Congratulations are in order for the UCSC Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Team, who recently returned from the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference Championships at the Splash Regional Aquatics Center
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UCSC arts alumnus wins Academy Award
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Rick Carter won an Oscar Sunday for production design on Steven Speilberg’s acclaimed film, Lincoln. This marks the second academy award for the former UCSC art major.
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Alison Galloway wins forensic anthropology career achievement award
Alison Galloway, professor of anthropology and campus provost/executive vice chancellor at UC Santa Cruz, is winner of the highest honor offered by the Physical Anthropology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
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Astronomer Sandra Faber honored in White House ceremony
President Barack Obama presented astronomer Sandra Faber with the National Medal of Science in a White House ceremony on Friday.
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Astronomer Mark Krumholz awarded AAS Warner Prize
Astronomer Mark Krumholz has been chosen to receive the 2013 Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy.
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Monk seal book wins AAAS/Subaru prize for young adult science book
A book about Hawaiian monk seals by marine biologist Terrie Williams has received a prize for excellence in science books.
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Music professor Linda Burman-Hall to receive Gail Rich Award
UC Santa Cruz professor of music Linda Burman-Hall will be one of six community members honored at the 17th annual Gail Rich Awards, Wednesday, January 23 at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.
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UCSC astronomer Sandra Faber to receive the National Medal of Science
The White House announced Friday, December 21, that UC Santa Cruz faculty member Sandra Faber is one of a dozen eminent researchers selected to receive the National Medal of Science.
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Top physicists gather at UCSC to honor Michael Dine and Howard Haber
UCSC physicists Michael Dine and Howard Haber are being honored for their contributions to theoretical high-energy physics.
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Physicist Tesla Jeltema honored by Silicon Valley Business Journal
Physicist Tesla Jeltema is among 40 accomplished people under the age of 40 recognized this year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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UCSC alumna wins 2012 HBO/NALIP Documentary Filmmaker Award
Kimberly Bautista–a 2009 graduate of the Social Documentation Program at UC Santa Cruz–has been named the winner of the 2012 HBO and National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Documentary Film Award.