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  • UC Santa Cruz research team sheds light on diet of early human ancestors

    UC Santa Cruz research team sheds light on diet of early human ancestors

    The diet of early human ancestors probably included bulbs and rhizomes, according to researchers at UC Santa Cruz who have shed new light on a conundrum that has puzzled anthropologists for eight years.

  • UC Santa Cruz anthropologist receives social sciences teaching award

    Melissa L. Caldwell, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, received the 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award today (Thursday, September 28) from the Division of Social Sciences. The award, known as the “Golden Apple Award,” was presented during the dean’s annual fall convocation. The award recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching in the…

  • Alison Galloway named vice provost of academic affairs at UC Santa Cruz

    Alison Galloway, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named vice provost of academic affairs at the Santa Cruz campus. Her appointment, approved by the UC Board of Regents in closed session on Wednesday, July 19, is effective immediately. Alison Galloway In the post, which Galloway has held on…

  • Three UCSC professors and two graduate students honored for teaching

    SANTA CRUZ, CA–Three professors and two graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were honored for their teaching today (Thursday, September 29). The Division of Social Sciences presented the division’s Distinguished Teaching Award, known as the “Golden Apple Award,” during the dean’s annual fall convocation. The awards recognize outstanding undergraduate teaching in the…

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