Faculty
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Vice Chancellor of Research
In consultation with the search committee for the vice chancellor of research, I have decided to close the search, recraft the job description, and reopen the search in the fall.
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UCSC Spring Opera: Fidelity, love…and the Tour de France
Each spring, the UCSC Music Department offers up a major opera production–the only fully staged, live opera presentation in Santa Cruz County. This year it will present “Così fan tutte,” a story of love and jealously, featuring the music of Mozart and the comic libretto of Lorenzo da Ponte.
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Memorial events commemorate the life of Professor Aaronette White
Two events commemorating the life of UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Aaronette White are planned for Friday, May 31, and June 1, 2013 on the UCSC campus.
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UCSC film professor celebrates release of new book at Lincoln Center
Two decades ago, UCSC film professor B. Ruby Rich coined the term “New Queer Cinema” to describe a new type of film making its debut at film festivals featuring lesbian and gay protagonists. Her latest book offers new thoughts on the topic and also brings together the best of Rich’s writing on the genre.
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Puma capture demonstrates success of non-lethal intervention
The capture in downtown Santa Cruz and resettlement of a young male mountain lion is one of the first tests of a new state policy that calls for using non-lethal methods when mountain lions are discovered in populated areas.
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UCSC to host first annual Middle School Summit focusing on solving community challenges
UC Santa Cruz will pilot the first annual Middle School Summit on Tuesday, May 21, as part of the Santa Cruz County College Commitment–bringing up to 350 local students to the university campus.
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2013 Commencements and Graduation Celebrations
Commencements and other graduation celebrations for the Class of 2013 will begin on Thursday, June 13.
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Sharing a love of the outdoors
Staff member Kathy O’Hara Ferraro takes students on canoe and backpacking tours and also organizes an annual film festival that helps fund the Recreation Program and UCSC Wilderness Orientation scholarships.
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Dietary flexibility may have helped large predators survive after last ice age
A study of mammoth steppe predators suggests dietary flexibility gave wolves and bears an edge over saber-toothed cats and cave lions.