Alumni
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Archaeology course unlocks “silent history” of the slave trade in West Africa
Anthropologist J. Cameron Monroe led UCSC’s first undergraduate archaeological expedition to Benin this past summer.
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Founders Day Dinner honors outstanding contributions to society
The gala Founders Day Dinner was a sell-out as nearly 400 guests celebrated the theme of “Fulfilling the Promise” of UCSC’s founders more than four decades ago.
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Project YouCan: UC Santa Cruz joins other UC campuses by pledging to double fundraising goal for student financial support
University of California President Mark Yudof has announced that the system’s ten campuses have embarked on a four-year effort to raise $1 billion for student financial support programs.
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Friends group to unveil National Register of Historic Places plaque
A permanent National Register of Historic Places plaque will be placed near the Cook House to recognize the campus’s historic lime-producing district.
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Alum Sol Lipman popularizes 12-second “video tweets”
Alum Sol Lipman launched the popular 12mail app for iPhone, making it easier than ever to share short video clips on Facebook and Twitter.
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UC Santa Cruz to offer new Ph.D program in Film and Digital Media
UCSC announces a new graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media.
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UC Santa Cruz announces Shakespeare Santa Cruz will continue in 2010 with 29th season
UC Santa Cruz announced today that Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC)-the university’s nationally renowned theater company in residence at the campus-will continue in 2010 to present its annual season.
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Alumni notes
Cowell College ’80 Christine LANSDALE Willis exhibited her ceramics in Thessaloniki, Greece, in May. She is grateful both to her alma mater and to her teacher, Al Johnsen. ’85 Susan E. BRIGGS published her first novel, I Can See Heaven (Ex Machina Press), in March. Audrey HELLER has published her first book, Overlooked Undertakings, a…
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Theater Arts professor Mark Franko to moderate panel on choreographing human rights issues at Lincoln Center
UCSC Theater Arts professor Mark Franko will moderate a roundtable discussion titled “Rights to Move: Choreographing the Human Rights Struggle,” at Lincoln Center on October 10
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UCSC arts and science faculty collaborate for exhibition at Sesnon Gallery
“Full Disclosure”–an exhibition opening on October 7 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery-is built upon the idea of “failure” as a path to learning.
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‘The ground started moving all around me’
When the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck on October 17, 1989, the UCSC campus sustained some damage–but nothing like that of the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Santa Cruz County.
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Donors rally to support UC Santa Cruz, pushing annual fundraising to $30.5 million
Donors rallied to support UCSC last year, helping boost private fundraising to $30.5 million.