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CAMPUS UPDATE Tt fi Matt Dana Priest, Receives Counterterrorism Campaign.” the Prize Includes a $10,000 Pulitzer Prize Award prisons and other controversial Another UCSC grad, features of the government’s CAMPUS UPDATE tt fi matt Dana Priest, receives counterterrorism campaign.” The prize includes a $10,000 Pulitzer Prize award. ana priest, who visited Priest is the fifth UCSC George Blumenthal named acting chancellor of UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz in graduate to receive a Pulitzer, over that period of D March to accept the following Hector Tobar (1992), time. Acting Chancellor outlines his priorities Division of Social paul schraub paul “George is Sciences’ first respected through- On his fi rst day working in the Offi ce of the Chancellor in Distinguished jon kersey out the university, mid-July, George Blumenthal issued the following statement: Alumni Award, has and he has more even faculty members and 10 graduate teaching assistants received a 2006 than 30 years of who have demonstrated “exemplary and inspiring teaching” Pulitzer Prize. deep working Our primary mission as an institution is to serve the state Shave received top honors from UCSC’s Academic Senate. The Priest, who grad- knowledge of the of California through teaching, research, and public service. 2005–06 Excellence in Teaching Awards were presented by the late uated from UCSC Santa Cruz cam- Therefore, the priorities on which I will focus include: chancellor Denice D. Denton (fourth from right) and Committee on (Merrill College) in pus,” Dynes said. Teaching chair Charles McDowell (far left) at University Center at 1981 with a bache- Blumenthal, 60, R Recruiting and retaining the outstanding faculty, staff, and the end of the academic year. Also pictured are the faculty winners lor’s in politics, has been a mem- students that characterize our campus; (l–r): Ruth Hoffman, Kenneth Pedrotti, Hilde Schwartz, Ana Maria received journalism’s ber of the UCSC Seara, John Isbister, Dean Mathiowetz, and Martin Berger. highest honor in the R Building on our academic strengths as we refi ne and faculty since 1972. category of “beat implement our academic plan; He has chaired reporting.” Dana Priest lectured on “The CIA’s Secret War” the Astronomy R Expanding graduate programs and enrollments, and Prestigious academies Science and Engineering at A Washington during her visit to UCSC in March. and Astrophysics considering the creation of additional professional schools; UCSC and is scientific codirec- Post reporter, Priest Department and select UCSC faculty tor of the California Institute was recognized Laurie Garrett (1996), Annie the Santa Cruz R Maintaining our distinction and achievements as an for Quantitative Biomedical “for her persistent, painstaking Wells (1997), and Martha Division of the outstanding undergraduate institution; wo ucsc faculty Research. reports on secret ‘black site’ Mendoza (2000). Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal Academic Senate. members were elected to Woosley, a theoretical astro- R Ensuring diversity among all segments of the university; In 2004–05 he T the National Academy of physicist, is a leading authority Appointee has been on served as chair of the UC sys- R Building positive relationships with the local community Sciences, and three are among on supernovae and gamma-ray Economics undergrad Bihar region of India. temwide Academic Senate, and and community leaders; and the new fellows of the American bursts, the most violent explo- Mishra’s work builds on UCSC faculty since 1972 he was faculty representative Academy of Arts and Sciences. sions in the universe. He directs wins scholarship to the legacy of his grandfather, c santa cruz professor to the Board of Regents for R Spreading the word about our campus’s distinctions to David Haussler (biomolecu- the UCSC-based Center for who opened a TB sanatorium George R. Blumenthal has the years 2003–05. various groups around the state and the country. lar engineering) and Stan Supernova Research, funded by fight TB in India in 1951. To date, the 100- been appointed the cam- “This appointment is Woosley (astronomy and astro- the Department of Energy. bed facility has treated more U George Blumenthal, Acting Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz pus’s acting chan- diffi cult because physics) are among 72 new Berger was recognized for ike his grandfather, than 80,000 people. cellor, assuming UC Santa Cruz has been it has come members elected to the National his contributions to literary criti- Saurabh Mishra is a “In 1950, my grandfather the responsibilities on a positive trajectory, about through Academy of Sciences. cism. A UCSC founding faculty L visionary. Mishra, left the luxuries of the United of Denice Denton, moving upward among such a tragic tory, moving upward among galaxies and other large The three faculty members member, he is known for an in- a senior in economics, wants States for one of the poorest who died in June. the top tier of our circumstance,” the top tier of our nation’s uni- structures in the universe, and elected to the American terdisciplinary approach extend- to raise public awareness areas in India because he had Blumenthal is Blumenthal said. versities. I am determined to the structure of active galactic Academy of Arts and Sciences ing past academic boundaries. about tuberculosis this vision 50 expected to serve nation’s universities. “But I have enor- continue that momentum.” nuclei such as quasars. are Haussler, Harry Berger Jr. Widom has made contribu- (TB) and provide years ago of eradi- as acting chancel- I am determined to mous respect for Blumenthal received a (English literature/history of art tions in an area of math called treatment to at cating tuberculo- lor for much or all continue that momentum. the faculty, staff, B.S. degree from the University The new chancellor meets with staff and visual culture), and Harold random matrix theory. His work least 10,000 suffer- jennifer mcnulty sis,” said Mishra. of the 2006–07 —Acting Chancellor and students of of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and faculty (below); he has also met Widom (mathematics). with Craig Tracy of UC Davis ers in his native “But TB is still a academic year, UC George Blumenthal UC Santa Cruz, and a Ph.D. in physics from with members of the local community. Haussler, a Howard Hughes led to the discovery of a new India. problem. It is in- President Robert C. and I am honored UC San Diego. Medical Institute Investigator, di- class of functions called Tracy- With a $10,000 spiring to me to Dynes said. A national search to assume this responsibility. The research of rects the Center for Biomolecular Widom distributions. scholarship from see all his work for the late chancellor’s perma- “Over the past decade, UCSC Blumenthal, a theo- the Donald A. and to try to nent successor will be conducted has been on a positive trajec- retical astrophysicist, Honored: David Haussler, Stan Woosley, Harry Berger Jr., and Harold Widom Strauss Public complete his encompasses several Service Scholar- Saurabh Mishra vision.” broad areas, includ- ann gibb ship Foundation, Each year, tim stephens More information about Acting Chancellor Blumenthal can be schraub paul ing the nature of schiffrin victor Mishra is organizing a fund- the Strauss Scholarships fund found on his web page: chancellor.ucsc.edu. The page also the dark matter that raising drive that will help at least 14 public-service provides a link enabling members of the UCSC community to constitutes most of him launch a major public projects proposed by share an idea, concern, or suggestion with the acting chancellor. the mass in the uni- health campaign in the California college juniors. verse, the origin of donahue louise 2 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2006 UC Santa Cruz Review / Fall 2006 3 program, which will also involve fessor of film and digital media. Still teaching, UCSC’s nologies. An important goal for UCSC creates new New deans lead three uc davis faculty in the Department of A highlight of the major is a me will be to better connect our / jim mackenzie jim mackenzie major in computer Film and Digital Media in yearlong game design project in pioneers honored academic divisions programs to partners both inside donahue louise UCSC’s Arts Division. Students which students work in teams to and outside our local region who game design for their service higgins karen are able to enroll in the new develop and polish a substantial csc has appointed three share our interest in these soci- CSC has approved a major beginning this fall. video game. The campus is cre- radition was heralded new deans of academic etally important research areas.” new major in computer “Millions now play massively ating a new instructional labora- with fond recollections at a U divisions: Stephen Thorsett Van Den Abbeele comes to U game design, the first of multiplayer online games, tory for computer game design T May 19 Academic Senate (physical and biological sciences), the Humanities Division from its kind in the UC system. The which constitute a new cultural to support these projects. celebration honoring 22 cam- Georges Van Den Abbeele UC Davis, where he was a pro- new major, leading to a B.S. force—a new pus pioneers. (humanities), and Sheldon fessor of French and Italian and degree, provides students with medium. The pioneers—professors Kamieniecki (social sciences). held a number of significant New deans: Stephen Thorsett, Georges Van Den Abbeele, and Sheldon Kamieniecki a rigorous background in the Digital media who are still teaching today Thorsett, a professor of administrative appointments technical, artistic, and narrative courses will and who were hired before July astronomy and astrophysics, has overseeing academic departments um on learning for its own sake, ronmental policy, elections, elements of creating interactive provide stu- 1, 1970—recalled a smaller, served as physical and biological and directing local and regional whether through classroom voting behavior, and public computer games.
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