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  • Faye Crosby receives top honor in social psychology, becoming third UCSC professor to win prestigious Kurt Lewin Award

    SANTA CRUZ, CA–Faye J. Crosby, professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an expert on affirmative action, has received the Kurt Lewin Award, one of the most prestigious honors in social psychology. Crosby received the award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), also known as Division…

  • UCSC New Teacher Center director receives national education award

    Ellen Moir, executive director of the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, received the 2005 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education today (Tuesday, September 27) for her pioneering work in new teacher professional development. Also receiving the McGraw Prize this year were Barbara Taylor Bowman, cofounder of the Erikson Institute,…

  • UCSC Professor David Haussler to receive Carnegie Mellon’s Dickson Prize

    Carnegie Mellon University will award its prestigious Dickson Prize in Science to David Haussler, a leader in the field of bioinformatics and professor of biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Haussler will receive an award of $50,000 and will deliver a public lecture as part of the prize ceremony to be held…

  • Economics Department at UC Santa Cruz ranked ninth in world in international finance

    The Economics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was ranked ninth in the world in the field of international finance in a survey of more than 300 public and private research universities. The ranking is based on the research productivity of faculty as measured by scholarly publications in 63 academic journals from 1993…

  • UC Santa Cruz will get training grants from California stem cell institute

    The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) last week announced its first grant awards, including a $1.2 million training grant to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to establish a new training program in the systems biology of stem cells. The UCSC program will be part of a larger CIRM Training Program in Stem Cell…

  • UCSC Professor Emeritus William Friedland honored for lifetime achievement

    William Friedland, whose research revealed the “cozy” relationship between UC’s agricultural researchers and the state’s powerful farming interests, is being honored for his contributions during the Rural Sociological Society’s annual meeting August 8-12 in Tampa, Florida. “For me, the university has been a remarkable place–that’s the only way to describe it,” said Friedland, a professor…

  • UC Santa Cruz biologist receives Fulbright Scholar award

    Ingrid Parker, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and do research at the University of Panama during the 2005-06 academic year. The grant will support Parker’s work on a project titled “Applied plant ecology in Panama: Building intellectual…

  • UCSC engineering dean Steve Kang wins 2005 Van Valkenburg Award

    Steve Kang, dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2005 Mac Van Valkenburg Award from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Circuits and Systems Society (CAS). The Van Valkenburg Award is the CAS society’s highest honor and is given to a person…

  • STEPS Institute at UC Santa Cruz awards student fellowships and grants

    Five graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were selected last month to receive fellowships from the STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research at UC Santa Cruz. Three students received $20,000 fellowships for interdisciplinary environmental research, and two students received $9,000 fellowships for biodiversity conservation research. In addition to the graduate fellowships…

  • Week of celebration showcases student achievement at UC Santa Cruz

    Everything from opera to environmental research will be on display as UC Santa Cruz celebrates Student Achievement Week May 30-June 5 with live performances, exhibitions, symposia, and an awards ceremony. “Recognition of the outstanding achievements of our students is one of the ways in which UCSC demonstrates its commitment to excellence in teaching and research,”…

  • Twelve community college students receive $20,000 scholarships to UC Santa Cruz

    In a joyful rite of spring, the University of California, Santa Cruz, has selected 12 regional community college students who will receive $20,000 scholarships to enroll at the university this fall. This year’s recipients of the Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards include single parents, immigrants from Mexico and Vietnam, and re-entry students. The awards…

  • Astronomical Society of the Pacific awards highest honor to UC Santa Cruz astronomer Robert Kraft

    The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has awarded the 2005 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal to Robert P. Kraft, professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and former director of the UC Observatories/Lick Observatory (UCO/Lick). Kraft is the sixth astronomer associated with the Lick Observatory to receive this award,…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025