2003
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UCSC Arboretum will hold Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16
Wonderful holiday decorations and gifts will be available from the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum at the annual Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 15 and 16. Exotic dried flower arrangements, living succulent wreaths, rare and unusual succulent plants, and materials for making your own gifts are among the offerings at…
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UC Santa Cruz receives gift of 2,700 classical CDs from late UC Berkeley professor
The University Library at UC Santa Cruz has received a gift of 2,700 classical CDs from the personal collection of the late Jesse C. Rabinowitz, a distinguished emeritus professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley, as well as an enthusiastic cellist and avid patron of the arts. “The Music Department is tremendously grateful…
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‘Out In the Redwoods’ history book published by UC Santa Cruz library
The University Library’s Regional History Project has announced the publication of Out in the Redwoods: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 1965-2003. This documentary oral history book is based on 27 interviews with UCSC students, alumni, and staff. The interviews were conducted by 11 UCSC students who were trained…
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Long Marine Lab research building named in honor of William T. Doyle, founding director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences
A monthlong celebration of the 25th anniversary of UC Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory culminated in a ceremony on Saturday, October 25, at which one of the lab’s original research buildings was dedicated in honor of William T. Doyle, professor emeritus of biology and founder and long-term director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS).…
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UC Santa Cruz now offers graduate degrees in bioinformatics
The University of California has given formal approval to UC Santa Cruz to begin offering graduate degrees in bioinformatics, an interdisciplinary field that uses information technology and computer science to solve complex problems in biology. UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering now has programs leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in bioinformatics, in addition to the…
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New evidence of global warming in Earth’s past supports current models for how climate responds to greenhouse gases
SANTA CRUZ, CA–Scientists have filled in a key piece of the global climate picture for a period 55 million years ago that is considered one of the most abrupt and extreme episodes of global warming in Earth’s history. The new results from an analysis of sediment cores from the ocean floor are consistent with theoretical…
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UC Santa Cruz social sciences dean named interim campus provost
Martin M. Chemers has accepted the position of interim campus provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Tapped by Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood to succeed John B. Simpson, he will step down as dean of the Division of Social Sciences to assume his new post effective December 1, 2003. The appointment…
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Bay Area recruitment consortium announces launch of first northern California web site for jobs in higher education
The search for a job in higher education at Bay Area universities, community colleges, and professional schools is now a lot less labor intensive due to the development of a new web site. The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)–a group of 18 Bay Area campuses founded in 2000 by UC Santa Cruz–announced today the launch…
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UCSC begins process of updating its long range development plan; first public workshop to take place November 5
UC Santa Cruz is beginning a multiyear effort to update its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), a revision that is expected to guide the campus’s physical development through the year 2020. The first in what is expected to be a series of public workshops on the LRDP process will be held on the evening of…
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UCSC will host a public forum on electronic voting on Sunday, October 26
Are election districts throughout the country adopting unreliable electronic voting technology in a misguided effort to upgrade their voting systems? This question will be addressed by a panel of speakers at a Forum on Electronic Voting on Sunday, October 26, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The forum will take place from 12:30 to…