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Scholarship Fund Established In Memory of Gary Lease, Former Chair and Professor of the Department of the History of Consciousness

A fellowship fund has been established in memory of History of Consciousness Professor Doctor Gary Lease, who died on January 4, after a long battle against cancer....[More]

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UCSC alumnus wins annual student-journalism award from Chronicle of Higher Education

Sam Laird--a 2007 UCSC graduate with a degree in American Studies--has been awarded the fifth annual "David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists" by the Chronicle of Higher Education....[More]

International Playhouse takes the stage May 15-18

International Playhouse brings multilingual theater to Stevenson Event Center May 15-18....[More]

Two UCSC humanities professors win President's Research Fellowships

Two UC Santa Cruz professors have won UC President's Research Fellowships in the Humanities. Noriko Aso, assistant professor of history, and John Bowin, assistant professor of philosophy, are among 15 fellows selected for 2008-2009....[More]

UCSC celebrates feminist scholarship with DVD release of lectures by Bettina Aptheker

Feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker has been teaching her acclaimed Introduction to Feminisms class at UCSC for the past 28 years. One of the most influential introductory courses in...[More]

Maximum Fun: Alum Jesse Thorn woos young listeners with a new brand of radio show

Jesse Thorn (B.A. American studies, Porter '03) has gone national with "The Sound of Young America," which first aired at UCSC in 1999....[More]