She received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, a masters of science in archaeological materials at England's University of Nottingham in 2000, and a master of arts in anthropology at the University of California Santa Cruz in 2008. [115][116] Exhibits of Grateful Dead Archive materials are on display in the Brittingham Family Foundation's Dead Central Gallery on the 2nd Floor of McHenry Library. February 15, 2023. Andy Samberg is an American actor, comedian, musician, writer, and producer. In 2005, Saturday Night Live hired the trio, with Schaffer joining as a writer. He serves as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 3, and was elected President of the Board of Supervisors on January 9, 2023, after seventeen rounds of voting. This list of distinguished University of California, Santa Cruz alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended University of California, Santa Cruz are at the top of the list. Jonah H. Peretti is an Internet entrepreneur, a co-founder and the CEO of BuzzFeed, co-founder of The Huffington Post, and developer of reblogging under the project "Reblog". Omi has directed many short films and worked as a feature film editor. In 2008, the university, city, county and neighborhood organizations reached an agreement to set aside numerous lawsuits and allow the expansion to occur. Tashima directed, co-wrote, and starred in the 26-minute film Visas and Virtue for which he and producer Chris Donahue won the 1998 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. 5 in game/simulation development and No. [100] In 2012, UCSC was ranked No. The following tables show the ethnic and regional breakdown of the student body: UCSC students are known for political activism. "[26] The students then tried to award an honorary degree to Huey P. Newton (who was in jail at the time, although he went on to earn his bachelor's and doctorate degrees at Santa Cruz). Prominent graduates from University of California, Santa Cruz include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. Television producer, Fashion Model, Musician, Famous University Of California, Santa Cruz Alumni, Rebecca Alie Romijn ( roh-MAYN; Dutch: [romin]; born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former model. Build bridges to make the general UC Santa Cruz alumni programs and communications accessible, inviting, and engaging to alumni of all backgrounds. He has authored over 1,200 papers and in 2016 his h-index was 126. Some halls have coed floors where men and women share bathroom facilities, others have separate bathroom facilities for men and women. [44] A large and growing population of politically liberal UCSC alumni changed the electorate of the town from predominantly Republican[45] to markedly left-leaning, consistently voting against expansion measures on the part of both town and gown. Lisa Winter is an American engineer, roboticist, and television personality. 3 public university in the nation for "making an impact" and No.4 for promoting social mobility. With Brian Schmidt he founded the High-z Supernova Search Team, which was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 to Schmidt and Adam Riess. Samberg is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island alongside childhood friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Alumni Leslie Riehl (Cowell 78, Mathematics) and Pam Krone (Cowell 75) were the only women on UCSCs rugby club in 1974, making their stand as women in the sport years before the womens rugby club formed in 1979. CIRM, established in 2005 following the passage of Proposition 71, is charged with allocating US$3 billion to California universities and research institutions to support and advance stem cell research. Single-gender, gender-neutral and substance-free floors are also available. Weinstein has been criticized for making false statements about COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. The Alumni Council seeks to build a robust connection between students and alumni, connect alumni where their passions are the strongest, and to strengthen the alumni network throughout the UC Santa Cruz community for personal and professional advancement. Kent George Nagano GOQ, MSM is an American conductor and opera administrator. [63], There are a number of natural points of interest throughout the UCSC grounds. Alumni Engagement The Alumni Engagement unit oversees a comprehensive alumni engagement plan for UC Santa Cruz. George Kraw attributes his life successes to the education he received from UC Santa Cruz. Richard Wayne Bandler is an American consultant in the field of self-help. He has authored more than 280 research papers and published more than 135 books. Dedicating over two decades of service as an alumni volunteer, John Madrid (Oakes 98, language studies) will now step into the role of alumni council president. The two met at the Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary special in October 1991, and shortly after Valtierra joined his band. CAN enables students and alumni to search a database of advisors consisting of UCSC alumni from various fields. Louie Campos graduated from College Sevennow Oakes Collegewith a cohort of seven other students. [102] College resident populations vary from about 750 to 1,550 students, with roughly half of undergraduates living on campus within their college community or in smaller, intramural campus communities such as the International Living Center, the Trailer Park, and the Village. and the radio show and podcast Bullseye. Paul Mayeda Berges is an American screenwriter and director, notably as co-writer of 2002's Bend It Like Beckham. Wendy L. Brown is an American political theorist. Return to the Redwoods Introducing a reimagined campus experience for UC Santa Cruz alumni. The most recent appointment was Ken Feingold, who served from 2012-2014. [79] UCSC administers the National Science Foundation's Center for Adaptive Optics. During this time, the missionaries of Mission Santa Cruz removed a part of the forest to build a vineyard on top of what is now the Great Meadow. The UC Santa Cruz Alumni community is a dynamic, innovative, successful, philanthropic, and world-changing network of individuals scattered around the world. UCSC politics faculty and students receive many distinguished awards, honors, and accolades. He was the tenth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2014 to 2017. Below we share profiles of alumni who embody the values and qualities that represent UC Santa Cruzsocial justice, public service, environmental stewardship, a dedication to exploring the human condition, and a determination to change the world. [38] On February 27, 2020, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara joined the strike. The residential college system consists of ten small colleges that were established as a variation of the Oxbridge collegiate university system.[9]. All of the colleges have both residence halls and apartments. Claire Pierangelo (Kresge College, History 82) will be sworn in as Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros on May 2. Ronald R. Gonzales is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose, California. Deborah Madison is an American chef, food writer and cooking teacher. [17], Construction started by 1964, and the university was able to accommodate its first students (albeit living in trailers on what is now the East Field athletic area) in 1965. Gillian Howard Welch is an American singer-songwriter. All Rights Reserved. [145], Student housing has become an issue on and off-campus with 9% of students in 2021 reporting that they lack stable housing. From September 2003 to July 2016, UCSC managed a University Affiliated Research System (UARC) for the NASA Ames Research Center under a task order contract valued at more than $330 million. The University of California - Santa Cruz is 374th in the world, 154th in North America, and 144th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. The 27th district included parts of Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County and Monterey County. She is known for her role as Mystique in the trilogy of the X-Men film series, and, Susannah Bright, also known as Susie Sexpert (born March 25, 1958), is an American feminist, author, journalist, critic, editor, publisher, producer, and performer, often on the subject of sexual. The Lonely Island has made albums such as Incredibad, Turtleneck & Chain, and The Wack Album. The list includes people like Maya Rudolph, Matthew Gray Gubler, Huey P. Newton, Jello Biafra & Akiva Schaffer. Early student and faculty activism at UCSC pioneered an approach to environmentalism that greatly impacted the industrial development of the surrounding area. Schaffer also produced a number of TV shows and movies, some of which include MacGruber, PEN15, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and Palm Springs. Campus Directory - Find contact information for UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, and students. This page was last edited on 28 June 2023, at 00:15. Sexual Violence Prevention & Response (Title IX). [32], By the early 1990s, the campus was still inefficient in that average teaching loads were still light compared to other UC campuses, but SAT scores had stopped falling, the faculty was performing good research, and the campus was beginning to rise in university rankings. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is an American director, writer, actor, and musician. UC Santa Cruz Alumni hopes this directory will help alumni reconnect with old friends and make new connections. Alumni; Emeriti Faculty; Areas of Emphasis. Arthur A. Torres is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Legislature. [49][50], In April 2010, UC Santa Cruz opened its new $35 million Digital Arts Research Center; a project in planning since 2004.[51]. There are cases where some students switch college affiliations as each college holds a different graduation ceremony. A large Douglas fir spanning approximately 103 feet (31m) tall, Tree Nine is located in the upper campus of UCSC behind College Nine. Newton crafted the Party's ten-point manifesto with Bobby Seale in 1966. [81], UC Santa Cruz was tied for 58th in the list of Best Global Universities and tied for 83th in the list of Best National Universities in the United States by U.S. News & World Report's 202 rankings. The residence halls, which include both shared and private rooms, typically house fifteen to twenty students per floor and have common bathrooms and lounge areas. According to the National Science Foundation, UC Santa Cruz spent $127.5 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 144th in the nation. VIEW RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Last modified: January 10, 2022 128.114.113.87, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, Ca 95064. [131] All the residential colleges and six ethnic and gender-based organizations send delegates to SUA. The Washington Post won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, citing the work of reporters Priest and Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille "exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.". He is best known for winning an Academy Award for his editing of the film Traffic (2000). Debra Frances "Camryn" Manheim is an American actress known for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's The Practice, Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer, Gladys Presley in the 2005 miniseries Elvis, and "Control" on Person of Interest. In Fall 2022, its ten residential colleges enroll some 17,500 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students. How lucky we are to have so many intelligent, articulate and engaging UCSC professors close by to learn from!" . The "3+3 BA/JD" Program between UC Santa Cruz and UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco accepted its first applicants in fall 2014. Aside from social fraternities and sororities on campus, there are also a number of professional organizations as well. Due to mounting debt resulting from UCSC's athletic program, UCSC polled its students in 2016 on whether they would consider approving a quarterly fee that would support athletic operations. Chela Sandoval, associate professor of Chicana Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, is a noted theorist of postcolonial feminism and third world feminism. Stevenson Event Center. In 2004, the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices was released, stating that the University of California Office of the President was committed to minimizing its impact on the environment and reducing its dependence on non-renewable energy. The University of California - Santa Cruz is 374th in the world, 154th in North America, and 144th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. John Taylor Doolittle, is an attorney and an American politician. [13] In December 1959, the Regents voted to focus their site selection process on the Almaden Valley in San Jose (i.e., within the Santa Clara Valley and the larger region now known as Silicon Valley), but the public announcement of the Regents' decision immediately caused property values throughout that area to increase to the extent that the Regents could no longer afford to buy the necessary land. He is best known for his gaming and IRL live streams on Twitch. [11] The university is also a member of the Association of American Universities. Below we share profiles of alumni who embody the values and qualities that represent UC Santa Cruzsocial justice, public service, environmental stewardship, a dedication to exploring the human condition, and a determination to change the world. UCSC maintains a number of club teams. Her primary research interests include the Cold War and the Middle East. His book Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English, which he wrote together with his son, Russell J. Rickford, won the American Book Award in 2000. [1] The Baskin School of Engineering, founded in 1997, is UCSC's first and only professional school[citation needed]. Apartments are generally reserved for students above the freshman level. Gershom Gorenberg is an American-born Israeli journalist, and blogger, specializing in Middle Eastern politics and the interaction of religion and politics. After polling showed support for a potential fee, a measure to introduce a quarterly fee passed in 2017 with 79% of voting students in favor.[155]. Students and others openly smoked marijuana while campus police stood by. In the overall rankings we add non-academic prominence and alumni popularity indicators. Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, Jonah Peretti, founder of Huffington Post and BuzzFeed, Cary Fukunaga, film director, writer, and cinematographer, Reyna Grande, award-winning Mexican author, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Astronaut and former NOAA Administrator, Stefano Bloch, academic, graffiti artist, and author, bell hooks, critically acclaimed author and cultural theorist, David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering and director of the Genomics Institute at UC Santa Cruz, Angela Davis, distinguished professor emerita of History of Consciousness, Kenneth V. Thimann, plant physiologist and microbiologist. She taught at both universities and art schools, and is known for initiating projects linking Internet activism and sailing with the Sailing for Geeks project. Currently he is the joint Scientific Managing Director of the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) and the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) and Professor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Technische Universitt Darmstadt. Eight years after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Xiomara Lopez is the Director of Chicanx/Latinx resource center, El Centro, coming full circle to the center that transformed her undergraduate experience. Gorenberg self-identifies as "a left-wing, skeptical Orthodox Zionist Jew". . Register as a visiting student (open April 1) Marcy was a co-investigator on the NASA Kepler mission. Konstantin Batygin is an American astronomer and Professor of Planetary Sciences at Caltech. She was part of the team to discover the first known multiple-planet system. Although some of the original founders had already outlined plans for an institution like UCSC as early as the 1930s, the opportunity to realize their vision did not present itself until the City of Santa Cruz made a bid to the UC Board of Regents in the mid-1950s to build a campus just outside town, in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. UCSC agreed to local government scrutiny of its north campus expansion plans, to provide housing for 67 percent of the additional students on campus, and to pay municipal development and water fees. The campus is bounded on the south by the city's upper-west-side neighborhoods, on the east by Harvey West Park[53] and the Pogonip open space preserve,[54] on the north by Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park[55] near the town of Felton, and on the west by Gray Whale Ranch, a portion of Wilder Ranch State Park. Brannon Braga is an American television producer, director and screenwriter. There are fifteen varsity sports men's and women's basketball, tennis, soccer, volleyball, swimming, cross country and diving, and women's golf. Third World Feminism: The Theory and Method of Oppositional Consciousness in the Postmodern World', Sandoval emerged as a significant voice for women of color and decolonial feminism. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. UCSC Alum Nick Yarborough's Script Takes a Starring Role. He is also best known as the founder of WhoWhere?, an internet search engine he sold to Lycos in 1998. During the Obama Administration, Cokley served as the executive director of the National Council on Disability. Shakina Nayfack is an American actress and transgender activist. In addition to the residential colleges, housing is available at the Village on the lower quarry, populated by continuing students; the Redwood Grove Apartments, which is available to incoming transfer students over 23 years of age; and the University Town Center, located downtown, that serves both continuing and transfer students. The campus was intended to be a showcase for contemporary architecture, progressive teaching methods, and undergraduate research. Schaffer began his career with The Lonely Island making videos for Channel 101. UC Santa Cruz's brand of education is all about creating and imparting new knowledge, collaboration as opposed to individual competition, and student success. Other Directories: Individual Home Page Directory - Links to student, faculty, and staff web pages. [72] In addition, the colleges host smaller libraries, which serve as quiet places to study. [99] In 2011, The Princeton Review and GamePro Media ranked UC Santa Cruz's graduate programs in Game Design as seventh in the nation. January 26, 2015 By Scott Rappaport Share this story: Vincent Mendez "Sesnon Family, 1958" Mixed Media by Molly Cliff Hilts Ceramic artist Ramah Commanday UC Santa Cruz alumni from across the country are contributing their works to 50/50 a new art exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the campus that opens on February 5. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, one WSOP bracelet and the 2007 Aussie Millions main event, and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. Additionally, Krantz has edited journals such as the Notices of the American Mathematical Society and The Journal of Geometric Analysis. The University of California, Santa Cruz ( UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. Ezra Klein is an American journalist, political analyst, New York Times columnist, and the host of The Ezra Klein Show podcast. Campus was bustling with current and admitted students and their families for Cowell and Stevenson Family Day and Banana Slug Day. He is a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island along with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. Alumni Achievement Award Outstanding Recent Alumni Award UCSC Ethos Award Nominations open May 19, 2023 and close June 12, 2023. [30], In 2019, the University of California, Santa Cruz was elected to the Association of American Universities (AAU), the most prestigious alliance of American research universities. Prominent graduates from University of California, Santa Cruz include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. List of famous alumni from University of California, Santa Cruz, with photos when available. We are asking for your help to find . She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in Newsday that chronicled the Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire. The alumni network supports students and alumni through the pivotal moments in life. Sisters Julie and Kristen Gautier-Downes Turn Loss Into an Art. The UC Santa Cruz Alumni community is a dynamic, innovative, successful, philanthropic, and world-changing network of individuals spread around the world. He has held editorial positions at The Washington Post and The American Prospect, and was a regular contributor to Bloomberg News and MSNBC. In their time at SNL, The Lonely Island pioneered the digital short format, creating some of the most popular sketches of all time, including "Lazy Sunday", "I Just Had Sex", "I'm on a Boat", and "Dick in a Box". Anton Alexander Peterlin is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder, having previously played for San Francisco Seals, Ventura County Fusion, Everton, Plymouth Argyle and Walsall. Plans for increasing enrollment to 19,500 students and adding 1,500 faculty and staff by 2020, and the anticipated environmental impacts of such action, encountered opposition from the city, the local community, and the student body. After the California Gold Rush, many mining firms came to the area. John Russell Rickford is a GuyaneseAmerican academic and author. Although experiencing little mainstream success himself, Schwarzenbach and groups he has been a member of have influenced a variety of musical groups. This page lists notable alumni and faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz; alumni may have attended without graduating. Apartments are typically shared by four to eight students, have common living/dining rooms, kitchens and bathrooms, and a combination of shared and private bedrooms. Established in 1981, Saintsbury is famous for its distinctive Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810ha) of rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The CatConLA Interview With Jenny Parks", "Spinoffs and Startups | Jack Baskin School of Engineering", "International economics graduate named deputy managing director of the IMF | UCSC", https://medium.com/@carolizumikawa/mayor-for-a-minute-9d5e133a835d, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz_people&oldid=1162482616, Andra M. Maechler, PhD - Swiss Economist. [148] Theta Chi is now on the list of banned Greek-letter organizations.[149]. Guillermo Anderson was one of the best known Honduran musicians. The heavily forested area has allowed UC Santa Cruz to operate a recreational vehicle park as a form of student housing. The $72 million Coastal Biology Building officially opened on 21 October 2017 on the Coastal Science Campus. Although a USCS spokesperson could not confirm the exact weight of the joint possessed by Tsarinsky, it was estimated to be nearly three pounds. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS. We use a proprietary database with an index of 44,909,300 scientific publications and 1,237,541,960 citations to rank universities across 246 research topics. He is also a lifetime member of the UCSC alumni association and part of UC Santa Cruz 50th Anniversary Leadership Committee, UC Santa Cruz Social Science Board. In Jan. 2023, Nguyen announced her run for Congress. The original 144,000-square-foot (13,400m2) library reopened on June 22, 2011 after seismic upgrades and other renovations. Torres s erved as a UC Santa Cruz Foundation Trustee from 2014-2018. The caves wind through a set of caverns, some of which are challenging, narrow passages. "[27], According to Kerr's account, during the 1970s, the quality of UC Santa Cruz's incoming freshman classes deteriorated as Me generation students increasingly chose to matriculate at less experimental UC campuses in order to major in subjects such as engineering and business administration (both absent from Santa Cruz). A singer-songwriter, his lyrics often touch upon themes of ecology (including exaltation of Honduras' natural landscapes) and social problems. 17 students were arrested, and several were injured, but UCSC denied the claims of police brutality and excessive force. The facility, equipped with teaching classrooms, labs and greenhouses, is located on McAllister Way. Now in its seventh year, the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award welcomes its 2023 cohort. [110] Students can still elect to receive a "pass/no pass" grade, but many academic programs limit or even forbid pass/no pass grading. 2023 Regents of the University of California. In the beginning, fraternities like Theta Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon were met with strong opposition from the student body. Amy Ruth Tan is an American author known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name, as well as other novels, short story collections, and children's books. Formerly an assistant professor of American Culture and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Smith serves as a professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at University of California, Riverside. [68] She published numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures. J. Doyne Farmer is an American complex systems scientist and entrepreneur with interests in chaos theory, complexity and econophysics. Nathalie Magnan was a media theoretician and activist, a cyber-feminist, and a film director. John Laird, an American politician, is the California State Senator for District 17, since 7 December 2020, and was Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency from 2011-2019 and a former legislator who represented the 27th district in the California State Assembly until 2008. Martha Mills Noxon is an American television and film writer, director, and producer. Rachel Eva Goslins is an American arts administrator and documentary film director and producer. Andrea Lee Smith is an American academic, feminist, and activist. Beginning with her 1991 pioneering essay 'U.S. Prior to joining Ford, Cokley was the founding director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. This is the weekend's main event where alumni from graduating classes 1965 to 1973 will gather together to celebrate their milestone reunion. Between 1990 and 1998 he was the 2nd highest cited psychiatrist, and for the 1997-2007 decade he was ranked 4th by Thomson Reuters' Science Watch.
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