Colleagues choose Nathaniel Mackey to present Faculty Research Lecture

Professor of literature Nathaniel Mackey has been selected by his fellow faculty members to deliver the annual Faculty Research Lecture on February 15. A poet, literary critic, fiction writer, and journal editor, Mackey has earned national and international recognition. [More]

Increased number of qualified math, science teachers goal of program

UCSC has launched the California Teach program, part of a UC-wide effort to ease a critical shortage of highly qualified math and science teachers in the state's secondary school classrooms. "Our goal is to widen the pathways available for science and math undergraduates to go into teaching," said Stephen Thorsett, interim dean of physical and biological sciences. [More]