2007
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Announcing UC Open Enrollment for 2008
The University of California Office of the President has released information regarding Open Enrollment for 2008. This information may be found on the At Your Service website: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/health/08oestart.html Open Enrollment for UC health and welfare benefits plans runs from November 1 to November 27. At the Open Enrollment website (http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/open_enrollment/index.html), you’ll be able to review…
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Information about moth spraying
As you may already know, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is planning pheromone applications for the Santa Cruz area as part of a program to eradicate the light brown apple moth, a pest that damages crops and other plants. Insects use pheromones to attract mating partners, and the spraying is intended to…
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Helping the ocean, one bite at a time
With the growth of an innovative program created by a pair of UC Santa Cruz graduate students, colored signs on the offerings at the fish counter are helping food shoppers combat what scientists say is one of the world’s most pressing issues: the decline
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Founders Day dinner last week
As many of you know, UC Santa Cruz hosted its inaugural Founders Day Dinner this past Thursday night. The event, which drew a capacity crowd to the Cocoanut Grove, was absolutely splendid. It brought together people, from on and off campus, for an evening that truly underscored UCSC’s 42 years of outstanding service to its…
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New annual tradition launched with Founders Day
More than 350 people celebrated the founding principles of UC Santa Cruz and the achievements of four outstanding individuals at a gala dinner October 18 at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz.
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Salaries, parking, child care are topics for Blumenthal at fall staff brown bag
Chancellor George Blumenthal updated staff on a number of ongoing campus issues and answered questions about salaries and benefits, parking costs, and child care in his first staff brown bag forum as permanent chancellor October 17.
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Researchers cite limitations of genetic ancestry tests, urge consumers to use caution
Even as consumers embrace commercial genetic ancestry tests to trace ancestral roots or fill in gaps in the family tree, a team of researchers today (Oct. 19) is urging buyers to use caution when interpreting test results.
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Resource centers join forces to build bridges
The “Building a Culture of Collaboration” resource centers cluster fair on October 17 featured speakers including Chancellor George Blumenthal and Paul Ortiz, associate professor of community studies; skits; roundtable discussions; and workshops.
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Small-scale fishing in Mexico rivals industrial fisheries in accidental turtle deaths
New research shows that a small-scale Mexican fishery–operated by hand from small open boats–can kill as many critically endangered loggerhead sea turtles as all of the industrial fishing fleets in the North Pacific Ocean put together.
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Arboretum director Daniel Harder advises Vietnam on plans for natural history museum
Daniel Harder, director of the UCSC Arboretum, traveled to Vietnam in September to take part in an international conference to discuss the development and planning of a museum of natural history in Ho Chi Minh City.