![UC Santa Cruz's Ruby Rich receives San Francisco Film Society honor](/2014/12/images/rich-thumb.jpg) | UC Santa Cruz's Ruby Rich receives San Francisco Film Society honor Arts professor B. Ruby Rich was honored at the San Francisco Film Society’s fifth annual Essential SF event. |
![Lick Observatory plans major upgrade for Shane Telescope](/2014/12/images/kast-spec-thumb.jpg) | Lick Observatory plans major upgrade for Shane Telescope UC Santa Cruz received $350,000 in grant and donor funds for an upgrade of the Kast Spectrograph, a crucial instrument for UC astronomers. |
![New fiction by alumna author featured in 'The New Yorker'](/2014/12/images/mckenzie-thumb.jpg) | New fiction by alumna author featured in 'The New Yorker' Writer Elizabeth McKenzie received her B.A. in Literature from UC Santa Cruz in 1981 and taught as a Kresge lecturer from 2008 to 2010. |
![Student robotics competition Friday features 'Game of Drones' theme](/2014/12/images/clashofslugs-thumb.jpg) | Student robotics competition Friday features 'Game of Drones' theme Small autonomous robots built by UC Santa Cruz engineering students will face off in "Game of Drones" competition. |