Campus News
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SocDoc student documents Myanmar’s young people
UC Santa Cruz social documentation graduate student Rian Dundon slipped into Myanmar last April, blending in with the backpack crowd. His photographs from his time there are now featured in a photo essay on Time.com.
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Appointment of Humanities Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Nirvikar Singh to the Sarbjit Singh Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies. The chair–established through the Sikh Foundation by Hardit and Harbhajan K. Singh in memory of their son, Sarbjit Singh Aurora–supports research and teaching in Sikh and Punjabi studies from a multicultural and global…
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Chancellor hosts founding employees at University House luncheon
As part of the campus’s 45th-anniversary celebration, Chancellor Blumenthal invited a dozen UCSC pioneers to a tribute luncheon.
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Honorable mentions for campus photographers
Staff members, students and faculty snapped hundreds of pictures of UC Santa Cruz and submitted them for a once-a-year contest sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office and the Arts Division. But these recepients of honorable mentions had very different visions of the campus. Some of the shots are moody, and others are wry and funny —…
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President Obama nominates alumna Kathryn Sullivan for commerce post
President Barack Obama has nominated UCSC alumna Kathryn Sullivan for the post of assistant secretary of commerce.
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Hope in the sky: rainbow image wins top honors in holiday photo contest
Annie Wang, a student photographer, beat out more than 200 other contestants with her vivid photo of a rainbow over Oakes College.
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Study predicts distribution of gravitational wave sources
A study led by a UCSC undergraduate predicts for the first time where detectable sources of gravitational waves are likely to occur in the local galactic neighborhood.
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Unauthorized sale of course notes – Faculty
The unauthorized sale of lecture notes is a violation of campus policies and state law and may constitute copyright infringement.
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History graduate heading to Scotland on prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Five months after she graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in history, Cynthia Thickpenny has won a Marshall Scholarship–one of the most prestigious awards that American undergraduates can receive.
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Genome 10K Project announces first 101 species for genome sequencing
The Genome 10K Community of Scientists and BGI (formerly the Beijing Genomics Institute) of Shenzhen, China, have announced a plan to sequence the genomes of 101 vertebrate species within the next two years.
