Campus News
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UCSC senior named women’s rugby All-American
UCSC senior Amara Reddick has been named a Women’s Collegiate All-American for the 2006-07 academic year by USA Rugby.
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New Asian American Writers Series kicks off this month
Authors Justin Chin, Alvin Lu, and Jeffery Paul Chan will read and discuss their writing at three separate events in October as part of a new Asian American Writers Series, sponsored by the UCSC Living Writers Reading Series. Organized by Karen Tei Yamashita, UCSC associate professor of literature/creative writing, the series is designed to honor…
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Francis Nimmo receives Urey Prize in Planetary Science
The Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society will award the 2007 Harold C. Urey Prize in Planetary Science this week to Francis Nimmo, associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz names new artistic director
Marco Barricelli, an acclaimed actor with a national reputation for performances in both Shakespearean and modern roles, has been named as the new Artistic Director of Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Originally from Boston, Barricelli is a graduate of The Juilliard School and has been an actor, director and educator since 1982. He spent eight seasons with…
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Merrill College to host ‘devastating’ film on Darfur
Merrill College will host Brian Steidle, former U.S. Marine captain and author of The Devil Came on Horseback – Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur.
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Getting to Know You: A UCSC computer scientist’s research is laying the foundation for the next generation of personalized search engines
In October 2006, the movie rental company Netflix announced a $1 million competition to develop a better movie recommendation system. Within a week, a team led by UC Santa Cruz computer scientist Yi Zhang had already developed a computer algorithm that pe
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We Are What They Ate
Nathaniel Dominy calls himself a “food guy,” because he explores the diet of hominins–the early human ancestors who lived 2 million years ago.
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UCSC professor’s documentary to premiere at Mill Valley Film Festival
Que Viva la Lucha (Wrestling in Tijuana)–a documentary by UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of film and digital media Gustavo Vazquez–will make its premiere at the 30th annual Mill Valley Film Festival on Saturday, October 13, at 2:30 p.m. Simultaneously, the film will also be screened outdoors in a colonial plaza at the Festival Internacional…
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Scientists study tiny galaxy halfway across the universe
A tiny galaxy nearly halfway across the universe, the smallest in size and mass known to exist at that distance, has been identified and studied by an international team of over a dozen scientists, including four at UCSC.
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Bright idea: Campus to give away energy-efficient lightbulbs
UCSC and PG&E are partnering to join the Energy Star Change a Light, Change the World Campaign, a movement to encourage people to help make a difference one energy-saving step at a time.
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Saving Endangered Languages
On a planet that seems to be growing smaller by the day, it’s surprising to discover that people still use approximately 6,500 languages for their day-to-day communication. But linguists estimate that nearly half of these will be gone within the next hund
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Fall Open Staff Forum with Chancellor Blumenthal
The Staff Advisory Board will host the fall-quarter Staff “Brown Bag” Open Forum with Chancellor George Blumenthal on Wednesday, October 17, from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m., in the Stevenson Event Center. This is the first Open Forum since the appointment of George Blumenthal as our new Chancellor. Please bring your questions and participate in the…