{"id":4944,"date":"2025-04-02T16:25:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T23:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/?page_id=4944"},"modified":"2025-05-28T09:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T16:37:37","slug":"honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Prestigious Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, and students drive pioneering research, service, and scholarship, earning top honors. These awards reflect their commitment to bold ideas, social and environmental justice, and transformative innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024 fellows: American Association for the Advancement of Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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David Deamer, emeritus professor of biomolecular engineering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Theodore \u201cTed\u201d Holman, professor of chemistry and biochemistry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Raphael \u201cRaphe\u201d Kudela, distinguished professor of ocean sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recently elected members: American Academy of Arts and Sciences <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Donald L. Brenneis, distinguished professor emeritus of anthropology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lise Getoor, distinguished professor of computer science and Jack Baskin Chair of Computer Engineering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karen Tei Yamashita, professor emerita of literature and creative Writing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Patricia Zavella, professor emerita of Latin American and Latino studies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recently elected members: National Academy of Sciences <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, distinguished research professor emerita of anthropology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emily Brodsky, professor of Earth and planetary sciences <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pulitzer Prize recipients<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eleven UC Santa Cruz alumni have won a total of 13 Pulitzer Prizes. Their writing has given voice to victims and changemakers alike, covered corruption and disease, and told tales of the sea with creativity and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Endowed chairs<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Endowed chairs, funded by donors, support distinguished scholars in teaching, research, and service. This prestigious honor helps attract top faculty and academic talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, and students drive pioneering research, service, and scholarship, earning top honors. These awards reflect their commitment to bold ideas, social and environmental justice, and transformative innovation. 2024 fellows: American Association for the Advancement of Science David Deamer, emeritus professor of biomolecular engineering Theodore \u201cTed\u201d Holman, professor of chemistry and biochemistry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4944","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4944"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5408,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4944\/revisions\/5408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}