http://news.ucsc.edu/rss/all_activities.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/rss/all_activities.html?utm_medium=rssSat, 18 May 2013 19:00:13 -0700Santa CruzAn educational forum on academic free speech is scheduled for Thursday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room on the UC Santa Cruz campus. It is free and open to the public. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/free-speech-forum.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/free-speech-forum.html?utm_medium=rssThe capture in downtown Santa Cruz and resettlement of a young male mountain lion is one of the first tests of a new state policy that calls for using non-lethal methods when mountain lions are discovered in populated areas. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/puma-capture.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 17 May 2013 13:15:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/puma-capture.html?utm_medium=rssChancellor Blumenthal and EVC Galloway write to the campus, saying the UC system has been informed that strike activities are planned at UC Medical Centers and, possibly, on campuses on May 21-22.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/strike-activity/message-to-campus.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 17 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/strike-activity/message-to-campus.html?utm_medium=rssPacific Gas & Electric teamed up with UC Santa Cruz to help design energy-efficient labs in the new BioMedical Building. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/pge-biomedical-savings.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 16 May 2013 13:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/pge-biomedical-savings.html?utm_medium=rssThe California Higher Education Sustainability Conference will honor the campus next month with a 2013 Best Practice Award for improving energy efficiency at the Earth and Marine Sciences building on campus. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/building-retrofits-earth-marine.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 15 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/building-retrofits-earth-marine.html?utm_medium=rssUC Santa Cruz will pilot the first annual Middle School Summit on Tuesday, May 21, as part of the Santa Cruz County College Commitment--bringing up to 350 local students to the university campus.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/whittingham-school-summit.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 15 May 2013 13:20:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/whittingham-school-summit.html?utm_medium=rssOutstanding presentations at the Graduate Research Symposium were honored at the Awards Reception.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-awards.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 14 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/graduate-research-awards.html?utm_medium=rssCommencements and other graduation celebrations for the Class of 2013 will begin on Thursday, June 13.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/commencement-2013.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/commencement-2013.html?utm_medium=rssA major power outage on campus began early in the morning of Sunday, May 12.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/power-outage.html?utm_medium=rssSun, 12 May 2013 09:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/power-outage.html?utm_medium=rssMembership signups are now open for the UCSC Farm’s 2013 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/csa-2013.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 10 May 2013 15:38:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/csa-2013.html?utm_medium=rssStaff member Kathy O'Hara Ferraro takes students on canoe and backpacking tours and also organizes an annual film festival that helps fund the Recreation Program and UCSC Wilderness Orientation scholarships.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/kathy-ferraro.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/kathy-ferraro.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC's Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center is sponsoring three public events in the month of May, including a performance co-sponsored by the campus's Rainbow Theater.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/rainbow-theater.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 09 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/rainbow-theater.html?utm_medium=rssLauren Brande, (Porter, '11, psychology) won a best abstract award May 3 at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association in Reno.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/brande-research-award.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 16:27:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/brande-research-award.html?utm_medium=rssPhillip Hammack, UC Santa Cruz associate professor of psychology, is one of five young professors in the U.S. selected for five-year $350,000 research grants from the William T. Grant Scholars program. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/hammack-grant.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/hammack-grant.html?utm_medium=rssThe era is long gone when a romantic breakup meant ripped-up photos and burned love letters. Digital photos and emails can be deleted but what about digital records of a beloved that lurk on Facebook, tumblr, and flicker? http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/digital-breakup.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 12:15:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/digital-breakup.html?utm_medium=rssA memorial service will be held May 28 for Larry Maxcy, former Assistant Dean of Natural Scienceshttp://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/larry-maxcy.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/larry-maxcy.html?utm_medium=rssA study of mammoth steppe predators suggests dietary flexibility gave wolves and bears an edge over saber-toothed cats and cave lions.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/mammoth-steppe.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/mammoth-steppe.html?utm_medium=rssMichael Nauenberg, professor emeritus of physics at UC Santa Cruz, has been honored with the 2013 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/nauenberg-award.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/nauenberg-award.html?utm_medium=rssJuly 1, 2013 ushers in several changes to retiree benefits.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/retiree-benefit-changes.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 08 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/retiree-benefit-changes.html?utm_medium=rssIt is with sadness and respect that we announce the loss of our colleague, friend, and mentor Fredric Lieberman, professor of music, who passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/in-memorium-lieberman.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 07 May 2013 11:45:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/in-memorium-lieberman.html?utm_medium=rss