Student Profile
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Student refines skin-care product plan to win business design competition
Winner of the 2012 Business Design Competition at UC Santa Cruz is “Refine for Men,” a complexion enhancer developed by sophomore Edgar Osorio who was a runner up last year.
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Anthropology Ph.D. student wins Newcombe Fellowship
Adding to the awards for her innovative research into religious minorities, UC Santa Cruz anthropology Ph.D. candidate Sarah Bakker is one of 21 national winners of a coveted fellowship for scholars working on dissertations that involve religious themes.
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Five UCSC students win Fulbright scholarships
Five UC Santa Cruz students in four disciplines are winners of Fulbright scholarships for a year of research and study abroad. They will travel to China, Germany, Italy, and Mexico for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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Education graduate student wins grant for dissertation research in India
A UC Santa Cruz graduate student in education has won a grant from the Rotary Foundation to help fund her dissertation research in India.
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Scholarship winner reports from National Conference for Media Reform
Corinne Warnshuis, a fourth-year sociology major at UC Santa Cruz, reports from the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston after winning a scholarship to attend.
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UC Santa Cruz graduate student’s research focuses on Japan’s quake response
Carla Takaki Richardson has been intently watching Twitter feeds and social media posts from Japan after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the country’s northeastern coast. She returned in January after 18 months in Kobe, Japan researching the country’s disaster management information systems.
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Anthropology graduate student wins prestigious Paper Prize
Sarah Bakker, a graduate student in anthropology, is the first UC Santa Cruz student to win the prestigious Paper Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.
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Six UCSC students win Fulbrights
Six UC Santa Cruz students – five in anthropology, one in environmental studies – have been awarded Fulbright scholarships for a year’s study and research abroad. Five doctoral degree candidates and one 2010 graduate will travel to China, the Krygyz Republic, Korea, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela to conduct their research projects.
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Sophomore Gemma Givens will attend U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen
Sophomore Gemma Givens will attend the United Nations international conference on climate change in December.
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Students experience the power of the written word
This spring, students in Sarah Rabkin’s Environmental Action Through Writing class tried their hand at producing works powerful enough to change hearts and minds.

