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  • February 16, 2012Yethzéll Díaz

    Winner selected for first Gabe Zimmerman scholarship

    Yethzéll Díaz, a senior majoring in Latin American and Latino studies and sociology, is the recipient of the first Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship at UC Santa Cruz named for the UCSC alumnus and slain congressional aide.

  • February 1, 2012

    Lecturer's book named Outstanding Scholarship in Medical Anthropology

    A book co-written by Barbara Rose Johnston, an occasional lecturer at UC Santa Cruz, has been selected for Outstanding Scholarship in Medical Anthropology by the Society for Medical Anthropology, a division of the American Anthropological Association.

  • January 20, 2012No Image Alternative Tag Provided

    UCSC's Paul Lubeck provides analysis on insurgency in Nigeria's north

    Bombings Friday (January 20) struck the northern Nigerian city of Kano where UCSC sociology professor Paul Lubeck conducted research last summer and where many UCSC students have worked as interns as part of the Global Information Internship Program (GIIP).

  • January 17, 2012Farm field worker graphic

    Conference focuses attention on Labor Across the Food System

    A free public conference at UC Santa Cruz February 3 and 4 will address the question of "Labor Across the Food System." Scholars, researchers, and activists from California and beyond will gather to discuss the role of labor and social justice in reshaping the contemporary global food system.

  • December 1, 2011No Image Alternative Tag Provided

    House names Capitol meeting room in honor of Gabe Zimmerman

    The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously to name a room in the Capitol for UC Santa Cruz alumnus Gabe Zimmerman (Stevenson, '02, sociology), the Congressional community outreach director who was killed in the January shooting rampage in Tucson.

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