http://news.ucsc.edu/rss/donors.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/rss/donors.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 21 May 2013 19:00:20 -0700Santa CruzThe 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=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=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=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=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=rssThree Environmental Studies doctoral students have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for 2013.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/nsf-fellowships.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 03 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/nsf-fellowships.html?utm_medium=rss“Symphony of the Soil,” a feature film that depicts the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource, will have its Santa Cruz premiere on Saturday, May 11th, 2013, at the Nickelodeon Theater.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/symphony-of-soil.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 02 May 2013 16:35:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/symphony-of-soil.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC's Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) has joined with Ecology Action to host the 26th Annual Santa Cruz County Bike Week, May 3 - 11, 2013. The Bike Week program aims to provide a safe, supportive and festive environment for local commuters to try traveling by bike.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/bike-week.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 02 May 2013 10:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/bike-week.html?utm_medium=rssWashington Post reporter Dana Priest (Merrill, '81, politics) has updated a television report on the national security industrial complex in light of the Boston Marathon bombings. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/priest-frontline.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/priest-frontline.html?utm_medium=rssA large group of returning Banana Slugs participated enthusiastically in all Alumni Weekend activities, while getting a chance to reconnect with old friends, visit faculty mentors, and ham it up with UCSC's mascot.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/alumni-reunion-highlights-feature-2013.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 30 Apr 2013 11:10:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/alumni-reunion-highlights-feature-2013.html?utm_medium=rssThey made a Britney Spears song sound hip. They sent machetes flying, flung yo-yos, and danced fingers over the keys of a grand piano. On a recent Friday night in the Stevenson Event Center, 20 of UC Santa Cruz's most creative student performers came together for the premiere of UCSC's Got Talent. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/ucsc-got-talent.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 29 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/ucsc-got-talent.html?utm_medium=rssThe astrophysics program is reaching out to community college students through a new summer internship program.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/astrophysics-internships.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 29 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/astrophysics-internships.html?utm_medium=rssThe Interactive Storytelling Symposium will bring together experts from academia and the computer game industry to explore the future of games.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/interactive-storytelling.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 25 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/interactive-storytelling.html?utm_medium=rssDolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th Annual César Chávez Convocation at UCSC Tuesday, May 7 at the College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., program begins at 7:30 p.m. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/chavez-convocation.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 24 Apr 2013 14:30:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/chavez-convocation.html?utm_medium=rssWhen David Sotelo graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1983 (Merrill, politics) he was older than most undergrads, married, and the father of two small boys. Today, Sotelo is a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and winner of the 2013 Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award at UCSC. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/sotelo.html?utm_medium=rssWed, 24 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/sotelo.html?utm_medium=rssYounger Lagoon Reserve is a postage-stamp-sized parcel of wilderness. Students sharpen their minds while they get their hands dirty: learning, researching, and making a difference too. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/younger-lagoon-reserve-living-classroom.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 23 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/younger-lagoon-reserve-living-classroom.html?utm_medium=rssLeading stem cell scientists from around the world will gather at UCSC May 30 and 31 for the Stem Cells and Aging Symposium. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/stem-cell-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 22 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/stem-cell-symposium.html?utm_medium=rssSatisfy your green thumb at the UCSC Farm and Garden’s spring plant sale, featuring the region’s largest collection of organically grown herb and flower starts, vegetables, and perennials Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/spring-plant-sale.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 19 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/spring-plant-sale.html?utm_medium=rssJuan Ledesma, the son of agriculture laborers, arrived in Santa Cruz from Hartnell Junior College with a $25,000 S-STEM scholarship from the National Science Foundation, and a love for physics and medicine. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/rev-spring-13-uncommon-ledesma.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 19 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/04/rev-spring-13-uncommon-ledesma.html?utm_medium=rss