Awards & Honors
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Three UCSC graduate students win big grants for biotechnology research
Three UCSC graduate students have been selected to receive training grants intended to hasten innovations in a variety of biotechnology-related fields. The two-year grants provide $50,000 per year for each student.
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UCSC humanities dean wins international award
Georges Van Den Abbeele, dean of humanities at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Social Sciences by the European Academy of Sciences.
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Chancellor conveys awards for achievements in diversity
Four individuals and two campus units were honored for their efforts in supporting and increasing diversity at UC Santa Cruz. Chancellor George Blumenthal conveyed the awards during a luncheon May 21 at University House.
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UC Santa Cruz research team earns NASA award
The outstanding performance of the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) will soon be recognized with a prestigious NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award.
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UCSC alumnus wins annual student-journalism award from Chronicle of Higher Education
Sam Laird–a 2007 UCSC graduate with a degree in American Studies–has been awarded the fifth annual “David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists” by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Laird received the $2,500 prize for three articles he had pu
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Sharon Daniel honored by Tribeca Film Institute for artistic excellence
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of Film and Digital Media Sharon Daniel has been honored with a 2008 Media Arts Fellowship from the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI). She is one of 22 filmmakers and media artists who received a total of $715,000 from the organization in recognition of artistic excellence. The award is given to…
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EPA names UC Santa Cruz sixth-largest campus purchaser of ‘green power’ for second year in a row
For the second year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified the University of California, Santa Cruz, as the sixth-largest campus purchaser of “green power” in the country.
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Two UCSC humanities professors win President’s Research Fellowships
Two UC Santa Cruz professors have won UC President’s Research Fellowships in the Humanities. Noriko Aso, assistant professor of history, and John Bowin, assistant professor of philosophy, are among 15 fellows selected for 2008-2009.
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Two UCSC faculty members elected to prestigious academic societies
Faculty members Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, have been elected to internationally renowned academic societies. The announcements were made today. Max was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. She joins 12 other…
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Renee Tajima-Peña’s film wins documentary prize at film festival, premieres May 4
Renee Tajima-Peña’s film Calavera Highway, named the best television documentary by the San Francisco International Film Festival, will premiere during the festival on Sunday, May 4, at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.
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Three environmental studies graduate students win Fulbright Awards
Environmental studies graduate students Timothy Krupnik, Michelle Olsgard, and Anna Zivian have received 2008-2009 Fulbright Awards that will help fund their overseas research.
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Research on optical data transmission earns best paper award
A research project that grew out of an international exchange program at UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering won the Best Paper Award at a recent conference.