Donor News
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Arts Dean to launch new ‘Creativity and Innovation’ lecture series
The UCSC Arts Division will debut a new series of free public lectures titled “Creativity and Innovation.” Dean David Yager has selected nine speakers—all noted for their unique ability to bridge innovation and creativity within their professional career paths.
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Tsunami puts boating program on hiatus: community reaches out to help
Last week’s tsunami wrecked nine boats belonging to the UCSC Boating Program, putting a damper on a 40-year-old Santa Cruz tradition.
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Nominations sought for 2011 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity
You are invited to submit nominations for the 2011 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity. These awards will honor and showcase people and programs that have made outstanding contributions to furthering diversity, inclusion and excellence at UC Santa Cruz. Eligible recipients include undergraduate and graduate students, student organizations, faculty, non-senate academics, and staff employees, campus units…
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Honoring Gabe Zimmerman: UCSC nears endowment goal
Donors are closing in on their goal to establish the Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship, honoring the hard-working, socially conscious UCSC grad who died in the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Arizona.
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UCSC economist testifies on widening wealth gap and barriers to financing
UC Santa Cruz economics professor Rob Fairlie told a U.S. Senate committee Thursday that significant financial barriers are keeping minority businesses from opening and expanding even in a recovering economy.
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UCSC announces Baskins’ $1 million engineering gift at Scholarship Benefit Dinner
Chancellor George Blumenthal announced a special $1 million gift from Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin for engineering graduate fellowships at UCSC’s eighth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner.
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Alums Dana Priest, Richard Harris win prestigious journalism awards
Two UC Santa Cruz alums, Richard Harris (Crown, 1980) and Dana Priest, (Merrill, 1981) have won prestigious journalism awards for their reporting last year on the Gulf oil spill and the national security complex.
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UCSC scientist uses storm-chasing weather radar to track bats
Storm chasers have become bat counters. A UC Santa Cruz scientist, working with meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma, is using mobile storm-chasing radars to follow swarms of bats as they emerge from their caves each night to forage on insects.
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Sports roundup: Men’s hoops, rugby, lacrosse
In early February competition, Slug men’s basketball, rugby, and lacrosse came up with mixed results–but one Slug athlete hit a milestone.
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Honoring King’s legacy: Terrence Roberts fires up crowd in Santa Cruz
Terrence Roberts, civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, and the Rev. Deborah Johnson of Inner Light Ministries, spoke of perseverance and commitment at UCSC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation.
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Men’s hoops: Half and half in Texas
The men’s basketball team recently traveled to Irving, Texas, for a two-game tournament, with split results.