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STEM Diversity Programs honored by ‘Insight into Diversity’ magazine
‘Insight into Diversity’ magazine has recognized the STEM Diversity Programs at UC Santa Cruz with its 2020 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award.
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Karen Yamashita offers dazzling short stories about growing up in Japanese America
Sansei and Sensibility, the latest book by UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of literature Karen Tei Yamashita is a dazzling collection of short stories about growing up and living in Japanese America.
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Connecting on campus
Social psychologist Rebecca Covarrubias documents the experiences of students who are the first in their family to attend college.
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UCSC’s SocDoc graduate documentary films to be screened online June 15 to August 31
UC Santa Cruz will present the premiere of thesis films by nine graduating M.F.A. students in the field of social documentation this year—in a special online presentation from June 15 to August 31.
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THI presents acclaimed writer Pico Iyer in conversation with history professor Alan Christy
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and Bookshop Santa Cruz will present an online event featuring bestselling author Pico Iyer in conversation with UCSC history professor Alan Christy.
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Historian Greg O’Malley awarded ACLS grant to expand Intra-American Slave Trade Database
UC Santa Cruz associate history professor Gregory O’Malley has received a 2020 Digital Extension Grant from The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to expand coverage of the Intra-American Slave Trade Database.
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Physicist Tesla Jeltema wins Mentorship Award from American Physical Society
An accomplished astrophysicist, Jeltema is also a champion for diversity and a dedicated supporter of students at all levels.
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Questions That Matter: Reporting the Middle East and the future of investigative journalism
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz will present “Reporting the Middle East and the Future of Investigative Journalism”—the sixth installment of its Questions That Matter series—on Feb. 4 at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz.
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$2.6 million grant funds program to increase diversity of conservation leaders
New funding for the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at UC Santa Cruz builds on the program’s successes in training the next generation of diverse conservation leaders.
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‘We The Enemy’ solo show by artist Carlos Motta explores the politics of borders
‘We the Enemy,’ the first West Coast solo exhibition of artworks by internationally acclaimed artist Carlos Motta, opens at the Sesnon Gallery on Jan. 23. It will be accompanied by ‘Bodies on the Border,’ a symposium at UCSC and SFMOMA, organized by the artist in collaboration with UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor to kick off ‘Beyond the End of the World’ lecture series
The Humanities Institute and the Center for Creative Ecologies at UC Santa Cruz will launch the “Beyond the End of the World” lecture series with award-winning author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, on January 23, at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Arts professor’s anthology named one of ‘Best Art Books of the Decade’
‘Chicano and Chicana Art: A Critical Anthology’–a diverse collection of essays edited by UCSC history of art and visual culture professor Jennifer González–has been named one of the “Best Art Books of the Decade” by ArtNews.