Campus News
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Astronomer Claire Max elected to National Academy of Sciences
Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Business-related use of Zipcar Car Sharing program
As many of you are aware, TAPS recently contracted with a company called Zipcar to introduce a new sustainable transportation program on campus called “car sharing”. Car sharing is essentially a membership-based car rental program that allows members access to vehicles without the need for car ownership. UCSC has seven Zipcar vehicles conveniently located both…
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Seismologist Thorne Lay elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
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Innovation seen emerging from new ‘smooshes’
John Kao is a fan of mashing things up to create “new smooshes.” “That’s where real innovation comes from,” says Kao, defining a “smoosh” as new collaborations or combinations. “New knowledge begins to emerge at the margins of traditional disciplines,
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Renee Tajima-Peña’s film wins documentary prize at film festival, premieres May 4
Renee Tajima-Peña’s film Calavera Highway, named the best television documentary by the San Francisco International Film Festival, will premiere during the festival on Sunday, May 4, at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.
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Alumni flock to campus for Reunion Weekend 2008
The mood was as sunny as the skies on Saturday, when hundreds of alumni returned to campus for Reunion Weekend 2008.
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Success for senior Shewit Tekeste was inspired by African upbringing and fostered at UCSC
At UCSC, senior Shewit Tekeste has developed a fascination with biology and a commitment to biomedical research. But her interests and her passion for learning have their roots in Kenya, where she was born and raised.
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Grateful Dead Archive gift to UCSC generates widespread news coverage, interest
Yesterday morning in San Francisco, two former Grateful Dead band members announced a gift of their extensive archival memorabilia to UCSC’s McHenry Library Special Collections.
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Staff advisors to the Regents to meet with UCSC staff May 5
The two UC staff advisors to the Regents will hold an open staff forum at UCSC on May 5 from noon to 1:15 p.m.
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Films by four UC Santa Cruz students featured during Reel Work Film Festival
Films about the immigrant experience and last fall’s writers’ strike are among the works by four UC Santa Cruz students that will be screened during the seventh annual Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival, which takes place April 25-May 11.
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Economist contributes to report on business startups
Entrepreneurial activity among women dropped sharply last year, while the rate of activity among men and immigrants surged, according to a national index developed by UCSC professor of economics Robert Fairlie, and published in a report by the Ewing Mario