http://americanstudies.ucsc.edu News from American Studies at UC Santa Cruz - Headlines http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2188 Sam Laird--a 2007 UCSC graduate with a degree in American Studies--has been awarded the fifth annual "David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists" by the Chronicle of Higher Education. ... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2073 Jesse Thorn (B.A. American studies, Porter '03) has gone national with "The Sound of Young America," which first aired at UCSC in 1999.... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1779 Mark Twain is often referred to as America's favorite humorist. But a new book by American Studies professor Forrest Robinson sheds new light on the renowned author's tormented moral life. The... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1744 The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a gift of more than 1,000 photographs of renowned jazz and rock musicians from the late 1960s, taken by the late jazz scholar and historian,... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1725 The past and the present merged at McHenry Library last Tuesday when three emeritus professors and a founding librarian joined together to reflect on the 41-year history of the UCSC library.... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1661 How does a 2,000 year-old tree at Big Basin Redwoods State Park trace the history of imperialism? Who are the "Cave People" at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk? Why were two giant white stone cats erected by... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1555 UC Santa Cruz and Montalvo Arts Center will present the seventh annual Sidhartha Maitra Endowed Lecture--featuring global affairs expert and award-winning author Shashi Tharoor--on Friday, November... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1231 Acclaimed author, social critic, and UC Santa Cruz alumna bell hooks will speak on the topic ?What?s Love Got To Do With It? Ending Domination,? on Thursday, May 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Colleges... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1178 Who serves in our nation?s wars? Why did they serve? What is their experience? Those questions are the inspiration for "Personal Perspectives of the Iraq War and Past Wars," a series of film... http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=1108 UC Santa Cruz will celebrate its new Humanities Building with a reception and dedication ceremony on April 28 during the campus?s annual Banana Slug Spring Fair. The event is free and the public is...