Faculty
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UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering celebrates 10 years of innovation
The Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is celebrating its 10th anniversary and its emergence as a vibrant and innovative center for research and education.
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UC Santa Cruz physicists tackle new challenges in neurobiology
UCSC physicists are using technology and expertise gleaned from the field of high-energy physics to address challenging problems in neurobiology.
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UCSC ranked first in nation for research impact in physics
In a new analysis of research publications from top U.S. universities, the University of California, Santa Cruz, ranked first for the impact of its faculty in the field of physics and fifth in the field of space sciences.
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UC Santa Cruz film grads shine again in major indie film awards
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Aaron Platt has been nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award in the category of “Best Cinematography” for his work on the feature film, Wild Tigers I Have Known–written and directed by fellow alum, Cam Archer. Executive-produced by Gus Van Sant, the film was an official selection at last year’s Sundance…
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UCSC recognized for high percentage of engineering master’s degrees awarded to women
A survey of master’s degrees awarded by U.S. engineering schools shows that UC Santa Cruz ranks third in the percentage of degrees awarded to women.
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New book explores the effects of whales and whaling on ocean ecosystems
Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems, a new book from the University of California Press (December 2006), explores an aspect of whale ecology that until now has received surprisingly little attention–the role of whales in ocean ecosystems.
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UC Santa Cruz film scholar B. Ruby Rich chairs panel at Sundance Film Festival
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Film scholar B. Ruby Rich will chair a panel discussion at the Sundance Film Festival about how the counterculture has changed since the 1960s.
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UC Santa Cruz assistant arts dean reports discovery of ancient ruin in Peru
UC Santa Cruz assistant dean of the arts Keith Muscutt reported the existence of a previously unknown pre-Columbian ruin in Peru at the annual Institute of Andean Studies conference held at UC Berkeley last week. Located in the remote and densely forested eastern slope of the Andes Mountains, the massive ruin is thought to be…
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UC Santa Cruz receives $350,000 to create global café and reading garden at University Library
Two gifts to UC Santa Cruz valued at $350,000 will work together to create an exciting new social and educational center at the University Library. Stephen Silberstein–cofounder and former president of Innovative Interfaces, a library software company in Emeryville, California-has donated $250,000 to create a global cyber café in the campus’s newly expanded and renovated…
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Richard Musgrave, renowned pioneer of public finance, dies at 96
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Richard A. Musgrave, widely regarded as the founder of modern public finance and an adviser on fiscal policy and taxation to governments from Washington to Bogota to Tokyo, died Monday, Jan. 15.
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DOE awards support UCSC research on dark matter and supernovae
The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded valuable computing time on one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to two research projects led by scientists at UCSC.