Donor News
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UCSC receives $247,000 gift to support Sikh and Punjabi Studies program
UC Santa Cruz has received $247,000 to establish an endowed fund in support of the Humanities Division’s Sikh and Punjabi Studies program.
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Michael McCawley appointed director of admissions at UC Santa Cruz
I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Michael McCawley as director of admissions at UC Santa Cruz. Michael, who most recently served as associate director of admissions, has worked at UCSC for 30 years. He started as a frontline advisor then moved on to the application processing coordinator position in the Admissions Office. …
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Astronomers’ pristine gas discovery among top scientific breakthroughs of 2011
Lists from Science and Physics World of the top scientific breakthroughs of the year include the discovery of primordial gas clouds by UCSC astronomers.
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UC Santa Cruz astronomer Jerry Nelson to receive 2012 Franklin Medal
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia has announced that Jerry Nelson, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, will receive the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering.
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Do you use “vocal fry?” It’s the most popular story on ScienceNOW, ever
Science communication student Marissa Fessenden’s article about “vocal fry” is the most popular story ever published on Science magazine’s online news site.
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UCSC community again embracing holiday opportunities to give
The UCSC community once again pooled its resources to support a number of holiday giving drives aimed at providing food, gifts, and basic necessities to needy children and families in Santa Cruz County.
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Still time to make a year-end gift to UC Santa Cruz
As the calendar year draws quickly to a close, potential donors still have time to make a tax-deductible gift to UC Santa Cruz and receive credit for it on their fiscal year 2011 tax statements. There are many ways to support the campus by the last day of 2011 on December 31: You may give…
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Environmental Studies faculty stands up for experiential education
Faculty in UCSC’s Environmental Studies program have teamed up to launch a fundraiser to protect the future of its experiential education courses.
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Education researchers win $2 million grant to prepare teachers who help English learners
Education researchers at UC Santa Cruz have received nearly $2 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education to develop methods of training prospective elementary school teachers how to best teach English to English learners while also teaching grade-level content.
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Free computers help community college students improve skills
In the first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use, UC Santa Cruz economics professor Rob Fairlie found that when students had access to a computer at home their grades went up along with — not surprisingly — their computer skills.
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Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz named to Silicon Valley’s ’40 Under 40′
Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is among 40 “rising stars” in Silicon Valley recognized by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.