May 2005
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Internationally renowned Dickens Project celebrates 25th year at UCSC
San Francisco Chronicle book critic David Kipen recently observed that the Dickens Project at UC Santa Cruz “may just be literary California’s best-kept secret.” The project is nationally and internationally recognized as the premier center for Dickens studies in the world and is one of the leading sites for research on 19th-century British culture. A…
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UCSC engineering dean Steve Kang wins 2005 Van Valkenburg Award
Steve Kang, dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2005 Mac Van Valkenburg Award from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Circuits and Systems Society (CAS). The Van Valkenburg Award is the CAS society’s highest honor and is given to a person…
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Class of 2005’s commencement exercises begin Friday, June 10
Commencement exercises at UC Santa Cruz will be held this year on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 10-12. A total of 2,346 students are candidates for bachelor of arts, music, or science degrees. Also this spring, 215 students are eligible to receive master of arts or science degrees (of these students, 112 will complete UCSC’s…
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Week of celebration showcases student achievement at UC Santa Cruz
Everything from opera to environmental research will be on display as UC Santa Cruz celebrates Student Achievement Week May 30-June 5 with live performances, exhibitions, symposia, and an awards ceremony. “Recognition of the outstanding achievements of our students is one of the ways in which UCSC demonstrates its commitment to excellence in teaching and research,”…
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UC Santa Cruz engineering students develop a coral reef monitoring system
Five senior engineering students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are trying to push the limits of low-power wireless transmission to facilitate the monitoring of remote natural environments. The apparatus they are building will track conditions on coral reefs in distant locations and beam information back in real time to a land-based station. The…
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Seismologists publish detailed analysis of the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake
The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004, was an event of stunning proportions, both in its human dimensions–nearly 300,000 lives lost–and as a geological phenomenon. The sudden rupture of a huge fault beneath the Indian Ocean unleashed a devastating tsunami. It was the largest earthquake in the past 40 years and was followed by…
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Twelve community college students receive $20,000 scholarships to UC Santa Cruz
In a joyful rite of spring, the University of California, Santa Cruz, has selected 12 regional community college students who will receive $20,000 scholarships to enroll at the university this fall. This year’s recipients of the Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards include single parents, immigrants from Mexico and Vietnam, and re-entry students. The awards…
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UC Santa Cruz dedicates new Laboratory for Adaptive Optics facilities
Scientists in the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing extraordinarily precise optical systems that will enable astronomers to capture images of planets far beyond our solar system and build the next generation of giant telescopes. On Tuesday, May 17, campus officials and distinguished visitors are dedicating new facilities…
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific awards highest honor to UC Santa Cruz astronomer Robert Kraft
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has awarded the 2005 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal to Robert P. Kraft, professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and former director of the UC Observatories/Lick Observatory (UCO/Lick). Kraft is the sixth astronomer associated with the Lick Observatory to receive this award,…