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  • UC Santa Cruz celebrates the life of Lionel Cantu on May 30

    The sudden death last year of 36-year-old sociologist Lionel Cantú stunned his family, friends, and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who have established a memorial scholarship fund to honor Cantú’s life and work. The first scholarships will be presented during a celebration of Cantu’s life on Friday, May 30. Cantú, an assistant…

  • EDITOR’S ADVISORY: “The Global Information Technology Industry: The Future of China and India”

    Leaders of industry and academia will gather in Silicon Valley on Friday, May 30, to discuss the implications of the growing global movement of information technology. Reporters are invited to attend What:The workshop will focus on the roles of China, India, and Silicon Valley and the opportunities for competition and partnership that accompany global economic…

  • UCSC biologist receives lifetime achievement award

    Harry Noller, Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RNA Society. The award will be presented in July at the society’s annual meeting in Vienna. In a letter to Noller announcing the award, RNA Society president Anita Hopper wrote that…

  • EDITOR’S ADVISORY: Community gathers to celebrate new playground at UCSC Child Care Center

    Members of the campus community will join children, parents, volunteers, and staff to celebrate the dedication of a new playground at a UC Santa Cruz child-care center. What: Photo opportunity to celebrate the dedication of the new playground at the Granary Child Development Center at UC Santa Cruz When: 2:30 – 3 p.m.; Friday, May…

  • Santa Cruz Film Festival spotlights UCSC faculty on May 30

    The Santa Cruz Film Festival will spotlight works by faculty of the UC Santa Cruz Film and Digital Media Department on Friday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Media Theater on the campus. Admission is $8 general, $7 students. The program will include selected personal films by department chair Chip Lord, Associate Professor Lawrence…

  • UC Santa Cruz botanist explores the fascinating world of plant resins in a comprehensive new book

    From the Stone Age to the present day, people have found a wide range of uses for plant resins and have been fascinated by amber, which is fossilized resin. Plant resins–sticky plant secretions that harden when exposed to air–have been used as medicines, fuels, varnishes, adhesives, and perfume ingredients, to mention just a few examples.…

  • UCSC ranked first for impact of faculty research in space sciences

    In a new analysis of scholarly publications from top U.S. universities, the University of California, Santa Cruz, ranked first for the impact of its faculty in the field of space sciences. The findings reaffirm UCSC’s reputation as a center of excellence for research in astronomy and related fields. The analysis was conducted by ISI (founded…

  • UC Santa Cruz honors 2003 Irwin Scholars at Sesnon Art Gallery

    Julia DeGuzman decided to apply to UC Santa Cruz four years ago during a trip down from Oakland to visit friends on campus. “I saw the Art Department and I thought to myself, this is where I’d like to create my work,” the 21-year-old senior recalled. Apparently, she made the right decision. DeGuzman has been…

  • Chemistry students conduct research in Thailand through UC Santa Cruz program

    For the past 17 years, chemistry students from around the country have come to the University of California, Santa Cruz, for a summer of intensive research. Last year, the campus expanded its summer research program to another sun-kissed locale: Thailand. The National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsors UCSC’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, which gives…

  • UC Santa Cruz linguistics professor elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

    UC Santa Cruz linguistics professor Geoffrey K. Pullum has joined Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, journalist Walter Cronkite, philanthropist William Gates Sr., Nobel Prize-winning physicist Donald Glaser, recording industry pioneer Ray Dolby, and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, as a newly elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 2003…

  • New book on Silicon Valley achievers refutes myth of Superwoman

    For the past three decades, women have been told that they can have it all–a high-powered professional career, loving family, and satisfying personal relationship–if only they learn how to properly organize their time. But a new book, coauthored by UC Santa Cruz lecturer Peggy Downes Baskin, reveals that the lives of successful female executives contradict…

  • Spring celebration of the arts at UC Santa Cruz on May 18

    Jazz, opera, dance, sculpture, 3-D art, literary readings, Latin American songs, and Shakespearean theater will emanate from the tranquil gardens of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum on Sunday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s all part of “Art in the Arboretum,” the annual spring celebration of creativity held on the university campus.…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025