News Article
-
UCSC humanities dean wins international award
Georges Van Den Abbeele, dean of humanities at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Social Sciences by the European Academy of Sciences.
-
UCSC receives NEA grant to celebrate poetry of environmental advocate Robinson Jeffers
UC Santa Cruz is one of three California organizations who received grants today from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to celebrate the poetry of Robinson Jeffers.
-
New edition of ‘Natural History’ is a love letter to campus
After nearly 25 years, a new edition of The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus was released this month. The book is lovingly assembled and packed with easily digestible information and more than 125 photos, drawings, diagrams, and maps.
-
VETS program aims to help veterans returning to the classroom
Veterans Education Team Support (VETS), a program launching this spring and run by Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS), is for veterans returning to school.
-
UC Santa Cruz awarded $700,000 challenge grant from Kresge Foundation for McHenry Library construction
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded a $700,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation toward the construction and modernization of McHenry Library.
-
UCSC grad students contribute ‘Bureau of Disruptions’ exhibit to San Jose global digital arts festival
Fourteen graduate students from UC Santa Cruz’s innovative Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program (DANM) will exhibit their work at the “2nd Biennial O1SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge,” June 4-8 in San Jose. UCSC’s “Bureau of Disruptions” exhibit will join more than 100 other projects on display throughout the parks, museums,…
-
Peregrine falcons at San Jose City Hall draw crowds online
Wildlife biologist Glenn Stewart is both pleased and amused at the huge popularity of the webcams he has helped set up to allow people to watch peregrine falcons in action.
-
UC Santa Cruz research team earns NASA award
The outstanding performance of the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) will soon be recognized with a prestigious NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award.
-
Week of events spotlights student achievement
Hundreds of UCSC students will be honored for their outstanding work in research and academic achievement during Student Achievement Week, taking place May 31-June 6.
-
Most teen girls still experience sexual harassment and sexism, according to new study
Nine of 10 teen girls report experiencing sexual harassment, and majorities also say they have received discouraging comments about their abilities in school and athletics, according to a new study that appears in the May/June issue of the journal Chil
-
Thirty-Meter Telescope focuses on two candidate sites
After completing a worldwide survey of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one in each hemisphere, for further consideration.
-
Moore Foundation renews support for marine microbiology research at UCSC
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a $4.8 million grant to UCSC to fund ongoing research in marine microbiology.