Faculty
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Commencement 2016 is about to begin
Continuing a tradition from last year, nine colleges and the graduate division have invited alumni to participate as keynote speakers as UC Santa Cruz holds commencement ceremonies Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 10-12.
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Two UC Santa Cruz film professors receive Fulbright Scholar Awards
Film and Digital Media professors Sharon Daniel and Irene Lusztig have been honored with Fulbright Awards for research during the 2016-17 academic year.
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Athletics opinion poll wins student support
63 percent of voting undergraduate students were in favor of establishing a new undergraduate fee that would be approximately $90 per student per quarter.
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Staff contributions recognized with campus, systemwide awards
In addition to the annual Outstanding Staff Award, two systemwide awards were given to UC Santa Cruz staff members.
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Biennial travel patterns survey
UCSC’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) is launching its biennial survey to collect data on the travel patterns of our students, faculty, and staff.
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History professor Greg O’Malley to create new public database about the slave trade
With the help of a $220,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, UC Santa Cruz history professor Gregory O’Malley plans to add his research to one of the most utilized resources in the digital humanities.
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Survey seeks ideas, comments about Cowell and Stevenson coffee shop operations
An advisory committee to help inform operations of the Stevenson and Cowell college coffee shops has created a survey to gauge campus-wide opinion.
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Economics professor outlines rapid success of America’s ‘other one percent’
Nirvikar Singh, UC Santa Cruz professor of economics and director of the Center for Analytical Finance, described the rapid economic success of Indians in the U.S. during a keynote address at TieCon 2016.
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Trans-identified students celebrate new, inclusive housing option
The new trans-inclusive housing option is the result of student activism that informed ongoing administrative discussions about how to better serve the trans community.
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Chancellor open to workable funding plans for NCAA program
Chancellor Blumenthal said that simply asking the campus to fully fund the program—which will cost more next year because of new federal labor laws—places it in direct competition with academic priorities.
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Smoke signals
Graduate student Eric Crosbie’s research delves into cigarette packaging and why some countries have been able to legislate tobacco warning labels while others haven’t.
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Campus recognized for sustainability efforts in education, practices
The campus earned awards from the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference for its lighting retrofit and optimization in the McHenry Library; its carbon neutrality roadmap; and its sustainability minor and Sustainability Living Undergraduate Research Program (SLURP).