March 2007 News Archive

Student-led mock trial team makes it to nationals

In only its third year, the UCSC mock trial team made it to the semifinal round of the national college mock trial championship, facing off against powerhouse teams from Yale, the University of Pittsburgh, and Loyola University Chicago.

Senior Design Contest features interdisciplinary student projects

Undergraduate students in computer engineering and electrical engineering presented their senior design projects before a panel of judges in the Baskin School of Engineering's Senior Design Contest.

Wildlife photographer Kennan Ward branches out with feature-length documentary about grizzly cubs

Kennan Ward, who earned a B.A. in environmental studies and wildlife biology from UC Santa Cruz in 1980, has spent three decades crisscrossing the globe to photograph animals in the wild.

Physicist Bruce Rosenblum to speak at UCSC on Monday, April 9

Physicist Bruce Rosenblum will give an Emeriti Faculty Lecture on the topic of "The Quantum Enigma: Has Physics Encountered Consciousness?"

Lecture at UCSC to address engineering and national priorities on Thursday, April 12

Richard Buckius, assistant director for engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will speak at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, April 12, on the topic of "Engineering and National Priorities."

UCSC lecture series spotlights coastal policy challenges

A ten-week lecture series at UC Santa Cruz on "Coastal Policy Challenges of the 21st Century" will be held on Wednesdays at 2 p.m., starting April 4.

Judge Kelvin Filer accepts Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award

Compton Superior Court Judge Kelvin Filer (B.A. politics, 1977) made a whirlwind visit to campus last week to accept the second Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award, meet with students, and field questions from aspiring attorneys during a legal stud

Technology maintenance may affect work during week of March 26

Wage increases for lower-wage employees

UC Santa Cruz to collaborate with three universities for live online concert

Learn how to select and care for roses at a free workshop March 31

UCSC rose expert Orin Martin will share his techniques for choosing and growing roses organically at a free workshop on Saturday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to noon at The Garden Company on Mission Street in Santa Cruz.

MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSC Arts & Lectures partners with South County businesses to present Romeo and Juliet for Watsonville students--Friday, March 23--at the Mello Center

UCSC lecturer Ryan Coonerty publishes Etched in Stone, a tribute to 50 memorials and monuments

Anyone who has ever gotten goose bumps visiting the Lincoln Memorial will be drawn to the new book <i>Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation's Monuments</i>.

UC Santa Cruz to present New Directions in Contemporary Opera, a symposium of panels and performances-April 3-7

Hate/Bias Incident on Campus

UARC researcher dies

Microsoft gift boosts computer science program at UCSC

A gift from Microsoft to UC Santa Cruz will enable computer science students to spend more time on computer games--developing computer games, that is, not necessarily playing them.

RNA enzyme structure offers a glimpse into the origins of life

UCSC researchers have determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme, or "ribozyme," that carries out a fundamental reaction required to make new RNA molecules. Their results provide insight into what may have been the first self-replicating

Longtime staff member dies

Internet pioneer Larry Smarr to speak at UCSC on Thursday, March 22

Larry Smarr, director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), will speak at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 22.

Student Employee Recognition Award Program (SERAP) 2007

New technology shows old faults are smoother than young ones

A new study by UCSC geologists finds old earthquake faults are smoother than young ones, worn smooth over time by friction like the brake pads of an old car.

First systematic test finds plant pathogens spread to distant relatives far more readily than thought

SANTA CRUZ, CA--The first systematic test of how widely pathogens can spread among distantly related plants reveals far greater range than conventional wisdom would suggest, raising questions about the adequacy of current regulatory approaches for plant q

ITS Service Announcement For CruzTime Users

UC Santa Cruz, City of Santa Cruz establish 'Santa Cruz Tickets'

In a unique collaboration, UC Santa Cruz and the City of Santa Cruz have created a joint ticketing system to sell tickets for events taking place on campus, at the Civic Auditorium and throughout the community.

HP joins UC Santa Cruz and NASA in groundbreaking collaborative venture

HP has joined UC Santa Cruz and NASA in a new venture focused on developing revolutionary science breakthroughs in the coming decades.

Third annual 'Writing Matters' conference for community educators to be offered by UC Santa Cruz Writing Project on March 24

CruzMail e-mail maintenance

Ground broken for new Ranch View Terrace housing project at UC Santa Cruz

Efforts by UC Santa Cruz to build more on-campus housing for faculty and staff got a significant boost when ground was broken March 5 on the first phase of the Ranch View Terrace project.

AEGIS survey reveals new principle governing galaxy formation and evolution

Faced with the bewildering array of galaxies in the universe, from orderly spirals to chaotic mergers, it is hard to imagine a unifying principle that describes them all with mathematical precision. But that is just what astronomers have now discovered.

Visitors to UC Santa Cruz This Spring

MEDIA ADVISORY: Symposium on Electric Vehicles at UCSC on Saturday, March 10

A special event to showcase the emerging electric vehicles technologies, hosted by UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering and CITRIS, will take place on Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

City Folk reunion concert March 28 at The Attic will benefit the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden

The popular trio City Folk is coming together Wednesday, March 28, for a reunion concert at The Attic with special guest Alisa Fineman. The concert, a fundraiser for the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden, will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at The

Daylight Savings Time Changes

UC Santa Cruz receives $1 million in grants for stem cell research

Sun Microsystems creates OpenSPARC Center of Excellence at UCSC

Sun Microsystems has established a Center of Excellence at UCSC that will focus on the OpenSPARC initiative, a true "open-source" approach to high-speed microprocessor technology.

UC Santa Cruz students see stars, thanks to local company

CruzTime and CruzMail Maintenance

Addition of Domestic Partner to Staff Personnel Policies