Campus News
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State of the Union: ice cream makers rub elbows with Michelle Obama
The co-owners of the Penny Ice Creamery sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address.
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In Memoriam—Rahsheka Keith
UCSC’s Rainbow Theater is hosting a special event on Wednesday, February 2, for Rahsheka Keith, a former College Ten student who died in a snowboarding accident this past weekend.
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UCSC Foundation trustee to offer business success tips
UCSC Foundation trustee Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur, will give a talk at the Commonwealth Club on Feb. 8 entitled “Successful Strategies for Products that Win.”
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Arboretum propagates cuttings from the last wild S.F. manzanita
Arboretum staff propagated cuttings from the last known San Francisco manzanita in the wild.
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Nominations sought for UCSC’s Outstanding Staff Award
Please help us honor UCSC’s outstanding staff by nominating a colleague who goes”above and beyond” to provide distinguished service to students or colleagues; works to grow and improve programs on campus; and contributes to UCSC’s unique intellectual and physical environment.
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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.
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UCSC wins prestigious “gold” recognition for green building
UC Santa Cruz is getting high honors for “going green.” The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the campus its first “Gold” sustainability and innovation prize in recognition of the newly retrofitted and expanded Cowell Student Health Center.
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Reception for Chip Lord’s ‘Public Spaces’ exhibit at Sesnon Gallery on Feb. 2
Emeritus film and digital media professor Chip Lord has dedicated much of his art practice of the last 20 years to the changing landscape of urban and public space. His new exhibition “Public Spaces” is a survey of photographic and video projects including Movie Map, 2003; Awakening from the 20th Century, 1994; and In Transit,…
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UCSC astronomers find most distant galaxy candidate yet seen
Astronomers have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen, about 13.2 billion light-years away.
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Library wins prestigious award for promotion of Grateful Dead Archive
The University Library is one of five libraries nationwide that has received the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award—which “recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations.”
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UCSC in the News
The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed emerita humanities professor Judy Yung for an article about Asian Americans’ political rise after Ed Lee was sworn in as new mayor of San Francisco.