January 2008
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Chancellor’s Undergradute Internship Program seeking applicants
The Chancellors Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) is now recruiting qualified student applicants for the 2008-09 academic year.
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Retirements
The following individuals retired during the period of September through December 2007. Retirees are listed with their positions prior to retirement and their length of service (rounded to the nearest year).
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Campus celebrates Black History Month with performances, film, concerts, more
Black History Month at UCSC will include a look at black slavery, history, and modern day professionals, courtesy of the African American Theater Arts Troupe. The troupe’s performances are just part of the celebration of Black History Month on campus, which included the Jan. 30 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation and will feature performances,…
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Winter-storm warning issued for Santa Cruz area
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter-storm warning for the Santa Cruz area through Saturday. Rainfall totals are predicted to be in the five- to six-inch range, and winds will gain in strength. This additional rain and wind, coupled with ground saturation from the previous storm systems this month, could potentially result in…
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Spoken-word festival at Porter College Feb. 3-7
The Kinetic Poetics Project will present five days of activities including free performances from award winning poets, poetry workshops, and a poetry slam competition at the Porter College Dining Hall February 3-7.
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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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Fiber-optic project to boost network speed for researchers
With the completion of a new fiber-optic project, researchers at UC Santa Cruz will be able to tap into an ultra-high-speed Internet network 10 times as fast as the campus’s current connection.
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Changing fashions govern mating success in lark buntings, study finds
A study of how female lark buntings choose their mates, published this week in Science, adds a surprising new twist to the evolutionary theory of sexual selection.
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Seventh Annual Campus Earth Summit focuses on local solutions to climate change
The Seventh Annual UC Santa Cruz Campus Earth Summit is set for Thursday, January 31, 2008, at the College Nine/Ten Multipurpose Room from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Earth Summit brings together students, staff, faculty, and administrators to challenge th
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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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LUNAFEST film festival comes to the Rio Theater Jan. 26
LUNAFEST, a fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers, and bringing women together in their communities, will take place at the Rio Theater on Saturday, January 26, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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UCSC ranks sixth for Peace Corps volunteers
UCSC has been ranked sixth among mid-sized institutions for the number of alumni in the Peace Corps in 2008, moving up two spots since last year on the organization’s top-25 list of medium-sized schools producing volunteers.