http://news.ucsc.edu/rss/faculty.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/rss/faculty.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 21 May 2013 19:00:30 -0700Santa CruzTwo decades ago, UCSC film professor B. Ruby Rich coined the term “New Queer Cinema” to describe a new type of film making its debut at film festivals featuring lesbian and gay protagonists. Her latest book offers new thoughts on the topic and also brings together the best of Rich’s writing on the genre.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/rich-lincoln-center.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 21 May 2013 16:20:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/rich-lincoln-center.html?utm_medium=rssIt is time for staff and faculty to renew or purchase parking permits and Metro bus passes for 2013-14. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/renew-parking-permits.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 21 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/renew-parking-permits.html?utm_medium=rssAn 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=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=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=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=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=rssPlease be aware that spring is the prime birthing season for a wide variety of campus wildlife, including deer.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/deer-fawning-season.html?utm_medium=rssTue, 07 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/deer-fawning-season.html?utm_medium=rssAnnual Halliday Lecture addresses the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover and the prospects for finding life on other planetshttp://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/halliday-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssMon, 06 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/halliday-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssUCSC history professor and alumna Dana Frank (American Studies, ’78) will speak about human rights in Honduras on May 8 as part of the Stevenson College Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/dana-frank-lecture.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 03 May 2013 17:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/dana-frank-lecture.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=rssThe UC Santa Cruz Good Neighbor Initiative Program will present a free Community Arts Festival at Abbott Square--outside the Museum of Art & History in downtown Santa Cruz--on Saturday, May 11, from 12 to 3 p.m. http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/neighbor-arts-festival.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 02 May 2013 14:15:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/neighbor-arts-festival.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=rssThe UC Policy on Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect (Policy) is being provided for a final informational notice to the University’s academic and staff employees.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/reporting-child-abuse.html?utm_medium=rssThu, 02 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/reporting-child-abuse.html?utm_medium=rss