http://engineering.ucsc.edu Academic News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz en-us Copyright 2008, UC Regents 2000-08-23T07:00+00:00 webmaster@soe.ucsc.edu webmaster@soe.ucsc.edu Academic News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 hourly http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/_images/slug-new.gif http://engineering.ucsc.edu/ webmaster@soe.ucsc.edu http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/faculty/2007/05/08/index.html The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Phillip Berman, professor and chair of biomolecular engineering, to the Jack Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering. Berman is the first faculty member to hold the endowed chair, established in 2003 with a gift of $500,000 from philanthropist Jack Baskin, a UCSC Foundation trustee and longtime supporter of the Baskin School of Engineering. Tim Stephens 2007-05-08T11:57:00 Faculty Recognition - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/academics/2007/03/15/index.html A gift from Microsoft to the University of California, Santa Cruz, will enable computer science students to spend more time on computer games--developing computer games, that is, not necessarily playing them. Tim Stephens 2007-03-15T12:42:00 Academic News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/faculty/2007/02/13/index.html The University of California, Santa Cruz, is offering a new general education course on universal access and assistive technology, enabling students from all majors to learn more about disability and the issues that surround it. Tim Stephens 2007-02-13T11:02:00 Faculty Recognition - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/academics/2007/02/02/index.html A survey of master's degrees awarded by U.S. engineering schools shows that the University of California, Santa Cruz, ranks third in the percentage of degrees awarded to women. Of the master's degrees awarded by UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering in 2004-05, 44.2 percent went to women. Tim Stephens 2007-02-02T12:20:00 Academic News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/2006/08/03/aids_vaccine_expert_phillip/index.html The University of California, Santa Cruz, has recruited Phillip Berman, a pioneer in the development of recombinant vaccines for AIDS and other infectious diseases, to serve as professor and chair of the Department of Biomolecular Engineering. Tim Stephens (831) 459-2495; stephens@ucsc.edu 2006-08-03T17:00:00 News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/2006/07/10/ucsc_creates_new_major/index.html The University of California, Santa Cruz, has approved a new major in computer game design, the first of its kind in the UC system. The new major, leading to a B.S. degree, provides students with a rigorous background in the technical, artistic, and narrative elements of creating interactive computer games. Tim Stephens (831) 459-2495; stephens@ucsc.edu 2006-07-10T17:00:00 News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/2006/06/20/honor_students_2006/index.html The following is a list of students who graduated in the 2005-2006 academic school year who received honors in the major: SoE Undergraduate Advising Office <advising@soe.ucsc.edu> 2006-06-20T11:15:00 News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/2006/06/07/academic_senate_announces_2005-06/index.html Seven faculty members and 10 teaching assistants have been honored with 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards for their exemplary and inspiring teaching. Louise Donahue, (831) 459-5312; ldonahue@ucsc.edu 2006-06-07T17:00:00 News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/academics/2005/10/19/index.html The Computer Science Department in the Baskin School of Engineering is working to create a new undergraduate degree program focused on the construction of interactive computer games, the Bachelor of Science in Computer Game Engineering. Reflecting both the growing cultural and economic importance of the computer gaming industry within California and the increasing complexity and specialization of computer gaming systems, the new program focuses on the technical, artistic, and narrative underpinnings of these games. The degree features a freshman year game design experience, and an intensive senior-year game design studio where students work in teams to develop a substantial video game. This four year interdisciplinary degree program provides a rigorous education in computer science, in concert with a broad introduction to those aspects of digital media, art, music, narrative, and computer engineering most relevant to games. Jim Whitehead 2005-10-19T04:41:00 Academic News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/news/academics/2005/03/22/uc_santa_cruz_to/index.html The development of interactive computer video games has become a multi-billion-dollar industry that caters to the legions of gaming enthusiasts with a steady output of new games featuring ever greater levels of technical sophistication. For students whose interest in games goes beyond merely playing them, the University of California, Santa Cruz, now offers the opportunity to specialize in computer game design through a new track in the computer science major. Tim Stephens (831) 459-2495; stephens@ucsc.edu 2005-03-22T16:00:00 Academic News - Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz