2004
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Santa Cruz and community colleges will launch new program for engineering students with a reception at NASA Ames on May 5
The Collaborative for Higher Education, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Foothill-De Anza Community College District will hold a reception to celebrate the launch of their new program to help students prepare for careers in engineering. Reporters are invited to attend this event Funded by a $2 million grant from the National Science…
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Understanding the UC undergraduate experience: UCSC students asked to complete online survey to improve academic, cultural life
A team of researchers based at UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education has just launched the third University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES). The survey will be sent to undergraduates at all eight undergraduate campuses. In total, up to 160,000 undergraduates in the UC system will be invited to complete the online…
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Haussler honored by computer science group as an innovator who changed the scientific world
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named David Haussler, professor of computer science at UC Santa Cruz and director of UCSC’s Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering (CBSE), a corecipient of the 2003 Allen Newell Award. Haussler was recognized along with UCLA computer scientist Judea Pearl for separate groundbreaking contributions that have changed the…
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UC President Dynes names search committee for new UC Santa Cruz chancellor
University of California President Robert C. Dynes has named a 15-member committee to advise him in the search for the next chancellor of the UC Santa Cruz campus, it was announced today (April 28, 2004). For more information, please go to the Chancellor’s Search page on the UCSC web site. On April 1, M.R.C. Greenwood,…
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UC Santa Cruz to co-host conference on Mark Twain with Stanford University on May 14-15
UC Santa Cruz will co-host a conference on legendary American writer Mark Twain with Stanford University on the weekend of May 14-15. Titled “Mark Twain at the Century’s End: 1890-1910,” the conference will take place on Friday, May 14, at Stanford’s Margaret Jacks Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Saturday, May 15,…
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UCSC student forum on LRDP planned for May 11; student representatives also plan meeting on Friday, April 30
A student forum on the effort under way to update the campus’s Long Range Development Plan has been organized for Tuesday, May 11. The meeting will take place from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Student Union (former bookstore). Additional meeting: LRDP Strategic Student Involvement Friday, April 30 2:00-4:00pm Bay Tree Conference Room #C 3rd…
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National Public Radio’s European correspondent Sylvia Poggioli to give free public lecture in Santa Cruz
As senior European correspondent for National Public Radio’s Foreign Desk, Sylvia Poggioli has covered news from hot spots around the globe for more than two decades. Whether reporting from Rome, the Balkans, or the Middle East, Poggioli provides expert analysis on NPR’s award-winning programs Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. On Wednesday, May…
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$2 million grant funds joint effort by UCSC and Silicon Valley community colleges to support engineering students
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has joined with two prominent Silicon Valley community colleges–Foothill College and De Anza College–to launch a new program that will help students prepare for careers in engineering. Funded by a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Developing Effective Engineering Pathways (DEEP) program gives community college…
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UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division launches new Distinguished Professors program; five faculty honored
The Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz celebrated the launch of a new program to recognize the academic achievement of its faculty at an awards reception held on April 15 at the University Center. Dean of Humanities Wlad Godzich announced the appointment of Professors James Clifford (History of Consciousness), Carla Freccero (Literature), Gail Hershatter (History),…
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UCSC biologist tells a story of adventure and discovery in Antarctica in her new book, The Hunter’s Breath
In six trips to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams endured brutal conditions on the coldest, driest, windiest continent on Earth in order to learn the secrets of the mysterious Weddell seals, the only wild mammals capable of surviving Antarctic winters. In her new book, The Hunter’s Breath, Williams interweaves two amazing stories from those expeditions: One…
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UC Santa Cruz fall 2004 freshman admissions: Campus becomes more competitive as ‘admit’ rate declines dramatically
The University of California today (April 20, 2004) released information about freshman admissions for fall 2004. The data indicates that UC Santa Cruz received a record number (23,122) of freshman applications for 2004. UCSC’s 7.4 percent one-year increase in applications contrasts with a 4.1 percent decline in freshman applications to all UC campuses. MEDIA ADVISORY…