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December 13, 2011
Environmental Studies faculty stands up for experiential education
Faculty in UCSC's Environmental Studies program have teamed up to launch a fundraiser to protect the future of its experiential education courses.
November 28, 2011
Writing instructor's essay included in natural history anthology
An essay by Sarah Juniper Rabkin, a lecturer and researcher in the UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies Department is included in "The Way of Natural History" (Trinity University Press, 2011), an anthology in which more than 20 writers argue that attention to nature is a key pathway to nurturing our humanity.
November 07, 2011
UCSC wins $2.6 million grant for organic farming research
UC Santa Cruz will continue and expand its leading role in sustainable agriculture research with a $2.6 million federal grant to strengthen collaboration with Central Coast farmers to promote organic production in the region.
November 03, 2011
UCSC's Museum of Natural History holds open house and fundraiser
Two master naturalists will share their wisdom with the community when the UC Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History Collections (MNHC) holds its third annual open house and fundraiser Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Science and Engineering Library periodicals room on the UCSC campus.
September 30, 2011
Five UCSC students win Fulbright scholarships
Five UC Santa Cruz students in four disciplines are winners of Fulbright scholarships for a year of research and study abroad. They will travel to China, Germany, Italy, and Mexico for the 2011-2012 academic year.
September 09, 2011
UCSC hosts fall harvest festival on September 25
Celebrate the bounty of fall at the 17th annual Fall Harvest Festival, Sunday, September 25 at UC Santa Cruz’s 25-acre organic farm with live music, food, apple tasting, apple pie bake-off, garden talks, hay rides, events for kids, and tours.
July 27, 2011
New organic gardening course offered at UCSC Farm and Garden
A new, comprehensive organic gardening course is being offered at UC Santa Cruz this summer, starting September 7 and running for nine weeks on Saturdays and Wednesday evenings.
July 22, 2011
UCSC moves forward with ecological horticulture apprenticeship program
The pioneering Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture program at the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden will continue to offer hands-on training in small-scale organic agriculture despite a significant loss of state and federal funding to the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS).
June 23, 2011
Researchers win $2 million grant to study spread of bat-killing fungus
Two UC Santa Cruz researchers, Winifred F. Frick and A. Marm Kilpatrick, have won a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to study the spread of a fungus that is decimating bat populations in the northeastern United States.
June 16, 2011
Free poetry reading and music at UCSC's Alan Chadwick Garden June 25
On Saturday, June 25, from noon until 2 p.m., a bevy of award-winning poets will read from their work at “A Garden of Poetry and Music,” with music by guitarist Bruce Abrams and piper Jay Salter. The event is free and open to the public
May 19, 2011
UC Santa Cruz students reap the benefits of Measure 43
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of Measure 43, the student-funded Sustainable Food, Health, and Wellness Initiative at UC Santa Cruz that has treated thousands of students to a broad menu of ways to learn about food, including workshops, campus conferences, events, and classes.
May 10, 2011
Clarity and vision: scholars impress judges at Graduate Research Symposium
The 7th annual Graduate Research Symposium on Friday, May 6, gave graduate students a chance to show off their projects and highlight their far-ranging achievements.
May 03, 2011
New endowment supports teaching and research at the Arboretum
A gift from botanist Jean Langenheim has established a new endowment in support of the UCSC Arboretum.
May 02, 2011
Strawberry & Justice Festival Takes Place at CASFS Farm on May 5
This year the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS), UCSC’s Food Systems Working Group, and University Café are hosting a free, campus-oriented event on the theme of strawberries and social justice. The event will take place at the CASFS farm on Thursday, May 5 from 4 pm to 7 pm.
April 15, 2011
UCSC Farm & Garden’s Annual Spring Plant Sale slated for April 30 and May 1
The UCSC Farm & Garden’s Spring Plant Sale takes place Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1, in the Barn Theater parking lot at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus, near the intersection of Bay and High streets in Santa Cruz. The sale will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Saturday, members of the Friends of the Farm & Garden enjoy priority early entry starting at 9 a.m.
April 12, 2011
Nuclear policy expert to discuss implications of Fukushima nuclear plant disaster April 19
Daniel Hirsch, a UC Santa Cruz lecturer on nuclear policy, will give a free, public lecture Tuesday, April 19 on the aftermath of the current nuclear plant disaster in Japan.
March 21, 2011
Social Sciences announces winners of distinguished alumni and emeriti awards
The UC Santa Cruz Social Sciences Division has named Peter R. Stein, (College Eight, '75) as winner of the 2011 Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award. Education professor emeritus Art Pearl has been selected to receive the 2011 Distinguished Social Sciences Emeriti Faculty Award.
February 18, 2011
UCSC scientist uses storm-chasing weather radar to track bats
Storm chasers have become bat counters. A UC Santa Cruz scientist, working with meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma, is using mobile storm-chasing radars to follow swarms of bats as they emerge from their caves each night to forage on insects.
January 10, 2011
John Laird named secretary of California Resources Agency
John Laird ('72, Stevenson, politics) is the new secretary of the California Resources Agency, appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown, a key position overseeing the state's environment.