Faculty
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In Memoriam – Karen Turinia
With much sadness, I share news of the death of a member of our community, Karen Turinia. With her sister and her daughter by her side, Karen peacefully passed away at home on Thursday, January 19.
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UCSC to host ‘What is a Reader?’ day of events, Jan. 26
On Jan. 26, UC Santa Cruz will host a full day of “What Is A Reader?” events, with workshops plus a free public lecture by novelist, essayist, and book historian Alberto Manguel
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Scholarship Benefit Dinner to be held on February 25
Please join us for UCSC’s ninth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. Proceeds from the event go toward scholarships that provide opportunity and empower our students to take on the future.
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Iraqi-born Israeli bringing Jewish Mid-East music to UCSC
Yair Dalal–who creates music that bridges both Arab and Israeli cultures–is coming to campus for both an academic lecture and a public concert, presented by Jewish Studies in collaboration with the Music Department.
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Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams honored by Chopra Foundation
Physicist Joel Primack and his wife Nancy Abrams have been chosen to receive the 2012 Spirit of Rustum Roy Award from the Chopra Foundation.
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UCSC receives more than 40,000 undergraduate applications for fall 2012
More than 40,000 prospective undergraduates – the most ever – have applied for admission to UC Santa Cruz for the fall 2012 quarter. California residents submitted 90 percent of UCSC’s freshman applications for fall 2012 – 29,639 – a 13.4 percent increase over 2011, the highest in the UC system.
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‘Open-source’ robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs
Robotics experts at UCSC and UW have built seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories.
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2012-13 UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program
Time for faculty to submit applications for the UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. with acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, will speak at UC Santa Cruz’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on February 2.
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Plant scientist Jean Langenheim honored by Graduate Women in Science
The Graduate Women in Science organization Sigma Delta Epsilon has awarded its highest honor to botanist Jean Langenheim.