Awards & Honors
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Student-led mock trial team makes it to nationals
In only its third year, the UCSC mock trial team made it to the semifinal round of the national college mock trial championship, facing off against powerhouse teams from Yale, the University of Pittsburgh, and Loyola University Chicago.
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Judge Kelvin Filer accepts Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award
Compton Superior Court Judge Kelvin Filer (B.A. politics, 1977) made a whirlwind visit to campus last week to accept the second Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award, meet with students, and field questions from aspiring attorneys during a legal stud
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Compton Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer speaks March 12 at UC Santa Cruz
As a Superior Court Judge in the Southern California city of Compton, Kelvin D. Filer sees more than his share of cases involving murder, drugs, and gang violence. As a product of the same neighborhood, Filer is a powerful role model who has devoted himse
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UCSC ranked first in nation for research impact in physics
In a new analysis of research publications from top U.S. universities, the University of California, Santa Cruz, ranked first for the impact of its faculty in the field of physics and fifth in the field of space sciences.
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UC Santa Cruz film scholar B. Ruby Rich chairs panel at Sundance Film Festival
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Film scholar B. Ruby Rich will chair a panel discussion at the Sundance Film Festival about how the counterculture has changed since the 1960s.
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UCSC engineering dean Steve Kang awarded Chang-Lin Tien Education Leadership Award
The Asian Pacific Fund today announced the recipients of its first annual Chang-Lin Tien Education Leadership Awards, recognizing Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Belle W. Y. W
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American Mathematical Society honors Harold Widom, professor emeritus of mathematics
Harold Widom, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will share the 2007 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics with UC Davis professor of mathematics Craig Tracy.
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UCSC biologist Harry Noller honored by Paul Ehrlich Foundation
The Paul Ehrlich Foundation of Germany has announced that it will award the 2007 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize to Harry Noller, Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Ada Yonath of the Weizm
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UCSC biochemist Olof Einarsdottir honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Olof Einarsdottir, professor and chair of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon members of AAAS by their peers. Einarsdottir is among 449 fellows elected…
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UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey wins National Book Award
UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey has received a 2006 National Book Award in the poetry category for his latest book, “Splay Anthem.” The winners were announced last night at a benefit ceremony hosted by writer Fran Lebowitz at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Nathaniel Mackey (Download photo) The awards are…