News Brief: Baskin School of Engineering names new Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Incoming AD prepares to take on role as “change agent” to enhance education for engineering students.
Computer Science and Engineering
Baskin Engineering alumnae earn patents for technology they developed as students
In 2012, seven female students from the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz were admitted to a unique scholarship program at eBay. Eight years later, four of these students can call themselves inventors.
Baskin Engineering appoints first program director for student excellence, engagement, and inclusion
Carmen Robinson will advance student excellence and achievement.
Fatemeh Mirzaei: Graduate Student
Degree Program: Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
Graduate Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Undergraduate Institution: Azad University
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown: Tehran, Iran
“We want to provide greater context around online content for consumers, and reduce the amount of time people have to devote to sorting through information.”
Four UCSC engineers awarded Google Faculty Research Awards
Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Matthew Guthaus, Professor Lise Getoor, Assistant Professor Lindsey Kuper, and Professor Jose Renau will receive funding and support, which includes tuition for a graduate student.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
UCSC students share how they got introduced to engineering, and what they love about it.
Prof. Lise Getoor honored with 5th annual Women in Science and Engineering Award
This year’s Women in Science and Engineering Award will be presented to Lise Getoor, director of the UCSC D3 Data Science research center and professor of computer science and engineering.
Veteran teacher shows how achievement gaps in STEM classes can be eliminated
For the first time in Professor Tracy Larrabee’s 29 years of teaching, after five quarters of steady improvement and constant experimentation with teaching methods, the gap between the grades of her underrepresented minority and first-generation college students and the rest of the class vanished.
Philanthropist Jack Baskin chosen for Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame
Jack Baskin, whose steadfast support led to the establishment and rapid growth of the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been selected for induction into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.
New Engineering 2 Building offers state-of-the-art facilities for research and teaching
Completion of the Engineering 2 Building this summer has added 150,000 square feet of new office, laboratory, and classroom space on campus, primarily for the Baskin School of Engineering.
UC Santa Cruz launches the Jack Baskin School of Engineering
Focus will be on the high-technology needs of the region and the state in the next century.