Academics & Research
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Honoring top educators
A few of the stellar SCU faculty recognized in 2012 for their scholarship, teaching, and leadership.
Winter 2013
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Innovation and Collaboration
A Fulbright to Colombia builds on years of Sara Garcia’s work here and in Mexico.
Summer 2012
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Truth, justice, and coping with atrocities
Legal scholar Beth Van Schaack is tapped for a State Department post tackling war crimes—from Cambodia to the former Yugoslavia.
Summer 2012
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Evidence of things unseen
Dark matter makes up 85 percent of the material in our universe. It envelops our galaxy—yet scientists have never seen it. That's why physicist Betty Young is looking—right here on Earth.
Spring 2012
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Here comes the sun ... and our solar decathletes
The 2013 Solar Decathlon is on! Santa Clara is competing for the third time, after third place wins in 2007 and 2009.
Spring 2012
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Harness the power
New programs prepare SCU students to work in the clean energy economy, to study environmental challenges, and to turn ideas into opportunities.
Spring 2012
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Honoring top educators
Recognizing exceptional members of the SCU community for their scholarship, teaching, and leadership in 2011.
Winter 2012 | FACULTY & STAFF
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How does Apple do it?
Assistant Professor of Psychology Katerina Bezrukova finds that work-related conflicts can help solidify a climate of creativity.
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Up, up, and away
Further nanosatellite adventures in the cosmos—with SCU students at Mission Control.
Fall 2011
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Faith seeking understanding
Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M, says the issue of the Resurrection is often skirted in theology, and yet it's arguably the most central tenet of the Christian faith.
Fall 2011
Winter 2013
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Features
To catch a thief
A young mathematician at SCU has helped equip police in Santa Cruz and L.A. with an algorithm that predicts where crimes might happen next. Is this the future of policing?
How to avoid a bonfire of the humanities
A veteran chronicler of Silicon Valley looks at why the high-tech industry needs—and wants—folks who know how to tell a story.
The play’s the thing
Kurds, Arabs, countrymen: Shakespeare Iraq brings the Bard to Ashland like you’ve never heard him.
Mission Matters
Heart of the matter
A statue that’s gazed on the Mission Gardens for 130 years gets a much-needed restoration. As layers of paint are peeled away, stories of the past emerge.
All work and all play
They make Erik Hurtado ’13 WCC player of the year and the No. 5 pick in pro soccer’s draft.
Got MOOC?
There’s global interest in a Massive Open Online Course in business ethics.
