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UCSC professors to present New Orleans lecture on five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at SF Jazz Heritage Center

Aug 20, 2010 August 29 marks the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Crescent City. As part of a celebration of New Orleans at the San Francisco Jazz Heritage Center, UCSC professors Lewis...

Authors of new book about Grateful Dead's marketing approach to donate one fourth of advance and royalties to UC Santa Cruz

Aug 4, 2010 Inspired by a thought-provoking feature article by Joshua Green in the March issue of Atlantic magazine titled Management Secrets of the Grateful Dead, Boston writers David Meerman...

UC Santa Cruz professor co-authors landmark book to commemorate 100th anniversary of Angel Island Immigration Station

Jul 13, 2010 A new book co-authored by UC Santa Cruz professor emerita of American Studies Judy Yung provides the first comprehensive history of the Angel Island Immigration station in San Francisco Bay--known as...

Shakespeare Santa Cruz kicks off 2010 summer festival July 20

Jul 9, 2010 The 29th season of Shakespeare Santa Cruz opens July 20 with James Goldman's The Lion In Winter, directed by Richard E.T. White and starring SSC artistic director Marco Barricelli. ...

UC Santa Cruz approves new major in Jewish Studies

Jun 24, 2010 Jewish Studies at UCSC had its origins in the mid-1980s after a campus visit by Schindler's List survivor Leopold Page--nearly a decade before Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning film....

Students celebrate and remember during 2010 commencement exercises

Jun 14, 2010 Friday's commencement ceremonies at East Field were a blend of jubilation, reflection, and relief as hundreds of scholars posed for photographs and capped off their studies at UC Santa Cruz. ...

Health sciences major awarded Sutter scholarship for medical school

Jun 9, 2010 Max Caccese, 23, was chosen to receive this year's Primary Care Physician Award. Caccese will receive a $10,000 scholarship....

Student Achievement Week honors outstanding scholars

Jun 8, 2010 The campus capped off its annual Student Achievement Week with a prestigious award ceremony recognizing the outstanding achievements of students and instructors....

Theater arts professor receives NEH fellowship plus UC President's grant for book on dance legend Martha Graham

May 28, 2010 UC Santa Cruz theater arts professor Mark Franko has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to complete a book on legendary dancer, choreographer, and modern dance pioneer Martha...

UCSC Opera Theater offers 'The Elixir of Love,' June 3-6

May 28, 2010 L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) will performed in the original Italian by a delightful student cast and the full UCSC Orchestra, June 3-6 at the Music Center Recital Hall. ...