http://news.ucsc.edu/rss/staff.html?utm_medium=rsshttp://news.ucsc.edu/rss/staff.html?utm_medium=rssSun, 19 May 2013 19:00:31 -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=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=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=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=rssPlease join the Staff Advisory Board, along with Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) Chair, Steve Garber and Executive Director of System-wide Employee Relations, Joe Epperson, to learn about the UC system-wide and local campus results of the May 2012 staff engagement survey.http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/cucsa-survey.html?utm_medium=rssFri, 03 May 2013 01:00:00 -0700http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/05/cucsa-survey.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