Memoriam
Memoriam
March 4, 2025
Memoriam
March 4, 2025
Memoriam
March 4, 2025
Young workers in Santa Cruz County may be poised to lead a ‘union boom’
February 13, 2025
Santa Cruz County has already been gaining national attention for groundbreaking unionization efforts led by young workers, including at local Starbucks and REI locations. Now, new survey data show why that trend is likely to continue.
The Sociologist and the Critic: Remembering Michael Burawoy
February 12, 2025
UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Michael Burawoy was killed the evening of February 3, 2025 when he was hit by a car while walking near his home in Oakland. We remember him.
UCHRI grants advance Humanities research on campus
January 17, 2025
This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power, with critical funding from the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI).
Honoring UCSC’s 2024 Alumni Awards recipients
January 13, 2025
Six alumni were honored on Oct. 25 at the Alumni Awards Celebration dinner. Learn more about each recipient and watch their video feature.
New data shows how ‘rage giving’ boosted immigrant-serving nonprofits during the first Trump Administration
January 13, 2025
Nonprofits that provide legal services for immigrants ended up receiving increases in public contributions in the wake of Trump's attacks on immigrants, demonstrating a backlash effect that's sometimes called “rage giving.”
UC Santa Cruz innovators recognized for impact at 2024 Santa Cruz Works Titans Awards
December 4, 2024
Two UC Santa Cruz faculty members, Richard (Ed) Green and Chris Benner, have been selected as awardees for the eighth annual Santa Cruz Works Titans Awards
Imperial Valley’s lithium reserves could power a global energy transition. But will they also fuel local economies?
November 18, 2024
Professor Chris Benner's latest book with coauthor Manuel Pastor, a professor at the University of Southern California, explores economic and environmental possibilities for a lithium boom in California's Imperial Valley.
Social Sciences Division welcomes new faculty
October 7, 2024
UC Santa Cruz’s Social Sciences Division is welcoming 10 outstanding new faculty members this academic year.
Leading by listening: Marianas Fernandez’s journey to becoming a student leader
September 23, 2024
UCSC student Marianas Fernandez excels in academics, activism, and athletics, earning recognition and awards for her leadership and contributions.
Famed economist and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz speaks out against right-wing notions of economic freedom
September 19, 2024
On Tuesday night, famed progressive economist Joseph Stiglitz drew a large and enthusiastic crowd to downtown Santa Cruz, where he took aim at neoliberal economics and called for more equitable alternatives. The event was co-sponsored by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.
New book explores the limits of technology in addressing food system problems
September 10, 2024
A new book from UC Santa Cruz Professor Julie Guthman warns that technological solutions are no match for structural problems in our food system. She hopes the book will help more people realize that we need to respond to these problems with social action.
An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters
July 29, 2024
In a new article for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of California may be driving increased development in and near wildlands, leading to more severe climate change impacts.
The Humanities Institute receives Global Public Humanities Award
July 17, 2024
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz was honored as one of the two inaugural winners of the “Public Humanities Award for Leadership in Practice and Community” at the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes annual meeting in May 2024.
G. William Domhoff and Catherine Cooper receive Dickson Emeriti Professorships
June 18, 2024
Distinguished Professor Emeritus G. William Domhoff, who was a member of both the psychology and sociology departments at UC Santa Cruz, and Professor Emerita of Psychology Catherine Cooper recently won Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships.
Compassion in action: Alumna Diane N. Nguyen leads with love through her philanthropic firm
May 16, 2024
From a young age, UCSC alumna and alumni councilor Diane Nguyen felt the desire to help others. Now as the founder of her own philanthropic firm, Lead with Love Consulting (LwL Consulting), Nguyen is at the forefront of impactful change.
New research center studies interconnections between urbanism and the environment, with a focus on lessons from the Santa Cruz region
April 22, 2024
The Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies tackles converging 21st Century urban and environmental crises—like climate change and housing affordability—to show how the pursuit of sustainability and social justice are often intertwined.
Santa Cruz County youth aim to improve community mental health through better support for immigrants
April 4, 2024
A three-year partnership between UC Santa Cruz and United Way to empower young change-makers is wrapping up this spring, with youth leaders from across Santa Cruz County preparing to distribute resource kits for local immigrants.
In Memoriam: David Wellman
March 31, 2022
David was a member of the Community Studies Faculty for twenty-seven years. He was hired in 1983 as Chair of the Department. David received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley and taught at the University of Oregon before arriving in Santa Cruz. David made major contributions to the sociology of race and racism in America.
In Memoriam: Hardy Frye
August 16, 2021
Professor Emeritus of Sociology Hardy T. Frye passed away in June. He was a lifelong proponent for diversity in education, a steadfast civil rights advocate, and a renowned scholar of political organizing.
In Memoriam: Sociology Professor Ben Crow dies at 71
April 23, 2019
Sociology Professor Ben Crow died Tuesday, April 9, following a serious illness.
Community Studies founder William H. Friedland dies at 94
February 28, 2018
William H. “Bill” Friedland, professor emeritus of community studies and sociology at UC Santa Cruz, whose life and career encompassed the major social movements of the 20th century, from labor struggles during and after World War II, to farm worker and youth movements of the 1960s, to the agriculture-food awareness of today, died at his Santa Cruz home Feb. 20 at age 94.
Memorial service for Walter Goldfrank scheduled for Nov. 4
September 25, 2017
The campus community is invited to a celebration of the life of Walter Goldfrank, professor emeritus of sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies, on Nov. 4.
In Memoriam: Dane Archer
January 09, 2017
Professor Dane Archer joined the UCSC faculty in 1972, and was an expert in verbal and nonverbal communication; violence, war, and peace; social psychology; cross-national research; and crime and law
UC Santa Cruz grieves death of sociologist Lionel Cantú Jr., 36
May 29, 2002
