Campus News
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Lasting friendship, enduring inspiration: J. Herman Blake and Don Rothman move crowd at forum
On Friday night, when emeritus writing lecturer Don Rothman and Oakes College founding provost J. Herman Blake sat down to talk about the transformative power of education, they made than 40 years of UCSC history feel intimate, personal and immediate.
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Teaching luminaries share classroom secrets at Academic Forum
The large crowd that attended the Academic Forum at the Humanities Lecture Hall —one of the cornerstones of the UCSC Alumni Reunion Weekend—had a rare opportunity to hear these and other teaching secrets of renowned educators, ranging from social psychologist Elliot Aronson to noted feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker.
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Registration open for spring and summer 3-day ‘Garden Cruz’ classes
Intensive class will provide a solid foundation to further the lifelong study, enjoyment, and practice of organic gardening. Class instructors include Orin Martin, manager of UCSC’s Alan Chadwick Garden, and local organic farmers Zoe Hitchner and Sky DeMuro of Everett Family Farm.
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Walking and talking: Learning outside the classroom door
In her essay, UCSC lecturer Candace Calsoyas discusses the Aristotelian method of conversation and learning while on foot, a practice she introduced in Albania and brings to the College Eight core course.
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Women of Influence awards recognize six with UCSC connections
Faculty, staff, and alumni of UCSC accounted for six of the 100 women recognized by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as 2012 Women of Influence.
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Family Member Verification Project Reminder
If you do not respond by May 17th, you may risk your own de-enrollment from UC insurance as well as de-enrollment of your family members.
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Irena Polic helps connect Humanities to the lives of everyday folks
In her role at the Institute for Humanities Research, Irena Polic’s mission is to help the great thinkers in the UC system connect their ideas to the lives of everyday folks.
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Alumna Fernanda Coppel is taking New York theater world by storm
When Fernanda Coppel came to the hilly UC Santa Cruz campus, her plan was to become a lawyer. Born in Mazatlan, she grew up in an all-female household in San Diego, working since she was 16 to support herself. The law, she believed, would provide a stable life. A campus play put on by Don Williams’s Rainbow…
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Forensic anthropologist Lauren Zephro is a voice for victims of crime
The girl’s decomposed body was found in 1994 in the shadowed woods of Pogonip, not far from downtown Santa Cruz. She was petite, with short-cropped dark hair and a small heart tattooed on her hand. She had been brutally beaten. At the time, police estimated the girl to be in her 20s but had little…
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Alumni Regent Kenneth Feingold to bring ‘Slug perspective’ to board
Editor’s note: In December, Los Angeles attorney Kenneth A. Feingold (Cowell ‘71, history) was named an alumni Regent. He is the fourth UCSC alumnus to represent the campus on the UC Board of Regents. Two voting Regent positions rotate among the system’s 10 campuses. UC’s alumni Regents are selected for two-year terms. UCSC last selected the alumni…
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The Real Deal
Malia Bradley is working on a plan to harvest rainwater and use non-potable water for things like irrigation and toilet flushing on campus. Soraya Danesh is helping students prepare for natural disasters and also make sure their residences are fire-safe. While these tasks may seem administrator-worthy, UCSC undergrads are actually carrying them out as part…