Awards & Honors

  • UCSC physicist Michael Dine awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

    Michael Dine, professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship. Dine plans to use the $32,000 fellowship to support his work during the 2006-07 academic year, when he will be on sabbatical leave. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past…

  • UCSC gene researcher Joshua Stuart awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

    The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected Joshua Stuart, an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as a Sloan Research Fellow. The prestigious two-year fellowship provides an award of $45,000 to support Stuart’s research, which focuses on the development of computational tools for studying how genes work and identifying…

  • California prison shakeup reveals urgent need for reform, expert says

    The recent shakeup in the troubled California Department of Corrections reveals the resistance to a badly needed overhaul of the nation’s largest prison system, says a leading expert on prisons and the psychology of incarceration. The resignation of Corrections chief Roderick Hickman, hired two years ago by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to overhaul the dysfunctional system,…

  • Friends of Long Marine Lab will honor Secretary of State Bruce McPherson with Global Oceans Award

    The Friends of Long Marine Lab will present a Global Oceans Award to California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson at the group’s annual Gourmet Dinner benefit event on Sunday, March 12. The award recognizes McPherson for his leadership in the Friends of Long Marine Lab and his commitment to the local coastal environment. Awards will…

  • Philanthropist Jack Baskin inducted into Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame

    Jack Baskin, whose steadfast support led to the establishment and rapid growth of the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame at a ceremony on Friday, February 24. The induction ceremony is part of the Silicon Valley Engineering Council’s annual…

  • Journalist who broke CIA prison story speaks March 6 at UC Santa Cruz

    Dana Priest, the award-winning Washington Post reporter who broke the story about the CIA’s secret overseas prisons, will give a free public lecture March 6 at UC Santa Cruz. Her talk, titled “The CIA’s Secret War,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room. Priest, who earned a bachelor’s degree…

  • Nathaniel Mackey to deliver annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture

    UC Santa Cruz professor of literature Nathaniel Mackey will deliver the 38th annual Faculty Research Lecture on Wednesday, February 15, at 8 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. His lecture is titled “Cante Moro.” The event is free and open to the public. Mackey was selected by UCSC faculty members for the prestigious honor…

  • Library ceremony honors UCSC faculty and the books that influenced them

    The Honored Faculty, Honored Books Program at UC Santa Cruz will hold a ceremony next week in celebration of the bond between the written word and the achievement of scholars. The event recognizes UCSC faculty who have attained tenure or received promotion and showcases the books that have influenced them. The faculty and their selected…

  • Three to receive top honors from UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association

    A senior writing lecturer, an epidemiologist in the international fight against AIDS, and a staff member who helps nontraditional students thrive have been selected to receive the UCSC Alumni Association’s highest honors for the 2005-06 year. Don Rothman will receive the Distinguished Teaching Award; Cheryl Scott, the Alumni Achievement Award; and Corinne Miller, the Outstanding…

  • Two UCSC engineering professors named IEEE Fellows

    Two faculty members of the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). They are J. J. García-Luna-Aceves, Baskin Professor of Computer Engineering, and Darrell Long, Malavalli Professor of Storage Systems Research. The IEEE Board of Directors confers this…

  • Philanthropist Jack Baskin chosen for Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame

    Jack Baskin, whose steadfast support led to the establishment and rapid growth of the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been selected for induction into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) announced the Hall of Fame winners last night during the group’s…

  • UCSC presents Jack Baskin with achievement award

    Santa Cruz philanthropist and community leader Jack Baskin was honored at the UC Santa Cruz annual Scholarships Benefit Dinner as the first recipient of UCSC’s Fiat Lux award. Chancellor Denice Denton and UC Santa Cruz Foundation President Anuradha Maitra Luther presented the award during the annual event that celebrates raising of funds for student support.…

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