News
30 May 2017 / 22 December 2017 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Peggy Townsend As an Internet meme, Grumpy Cat is famous for her perpetual frown and seemingly cranky outlook on life. But felines similar to Grumpy Cat, a breed called […]
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Event Recaps
24 May 2017 / 21 May 2020 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
On May 24, 2017, A capacity crowd filled the atrium floor and lined the balcony stairs of the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz for the latest […]
Fellows News
22 May 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Ian Frazier Patricia Limerick gave a talk in Burns, Oregon, near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, to both supporters and opponents of last year’s takeover. Patricia Limerick, well-known […]
18 May 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | 1 Comment on Outstanding Staff Award: Lived Experience Brings Need for Humanities into Sharp Focus
By Dan White Irena Polić was just a normal teenager, enjoying “a very nice life” in Croatia, when she walked to high school and saw a tank lurking on a […]
News Projects
15 May 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Scott Rappaport UC Santa Cruz has received a $500,000 gift from the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation, plus matching funds from the UC Regents, to establish the $1 million […]
10 May 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
As President Donald Trump approached his 100th day in office, TIME History asked a variety of experts, including UCSC's own Alice S. Yang, to weigh in.
8 May 2017 / 22 December 2017 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Nicole Freeling, UC Newsroom Non-academic jobs were once considered Plan B for students like Nicole Robinson. As a UCLA graduate student in Italian literature, Robinson studied the writings of […]
11 April 2017 / 8 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Scott Rappaport The Institute for Humanities Research at UC Santa Cruz will present the inaugural event of its new research group, The Language of Conservation, on Friday afternoon, April […]
11 April 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Sonya Newlyn The UC Santa Cruz Division of Graduate Studies and the divisions of the Arts, Engineering, Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences will honor five distinguished graduate student […]
5 April 2017 / 22 December 2017 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Peggy Townsend What happens when you mix geekery with scholarship? The answer just might be a fascinating UC Santa Cruz Special Collections exhibit that takes a look at […]
4 April 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Scott Rappaport UC Santa Cruz alumnus Warren Hoffman has been named the next Executive Director of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS), the largest international society of students and […]
10 March 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
NPR Morning Edition hosted by David Greene. The leader of the United Auto Workers is encouraging people to buy cars built in the U.S. The slogan “Buy American” has […]
10 March 2017 / 22 December 2017 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Elizabeth Limbach at The Atlantic. Why have many of the president’s critics taken to talking about him without using the words “Donald Trump”? Last fall, after America learned about […]
Grants SSRC
17 February 2017 / 7 March 2019 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
UC Santa Cruz is one of five universities nationwide selected by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) to be part of its new University Initiative program. The goal of the […]
Events News
17 February 2017 / 21 February 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Scott Rappaport. UC Santa Cruz will present a film screening of I Am Not Your Negro–an award-winning documentary on the life and work of writer James Baldwin, followed by […]
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17 February 2017 / 22 December 2017 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Scott Rappaport. Michael Berenbaum (project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) and Angel Nieves (consultant for the “Power of Place” exhibit at the new Smithsonian National Museum […]
Events
6 February 2017 / 21 February 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
Acclaimed writer and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Lawrence Weschler will join Academy Award-winning sound and film editor Walter Murch, and noted campus astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, for Waves Passing in the Night: Astrophysics, Harmony, and Boundaries.
1 February 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
Heard on: All Things Considered Jonathan Ellis, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, talks about confirmation bias and its impact on our daily lives. MICHEL […]
By Dana Frank Dana Frank is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the author of “Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism.” “We will […]
1 February 2017 / 8 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Scott Rappaport UC Santa Cruz professor of linguistics Sandra Chung will deliver the 51st annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, February 7, at 7 p.m. at the Music Recital […]
23 January 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
Over 150 donors commit nearly $1 million to support research, teaching, and public events By Scott Rappaport UC Santa Cruz has established an endowed chair to honor the person most responsible […]
20 January 2017 / 9 May 2018 by Jessica Guild | Leave a Comment
By Colleen Flaherty Historians are often asked to make sense of the present using their knowledge of the past. So it’s no surprise that Donald Trump was discussed at numerous […]
