January 2008
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Field or classroom, Soccer Slugs are on the ball
Slug soccer has scored goals on and off the field recently with recognition and honors bestowed by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
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Undergraduate offers empowerment classes for girls at three Santa Cruz middle schools
In a unique town-gown collaboration, a UCSC undergraduate has teamed up with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education to offer empowerment classes to girls at three local middle schools.
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Assistant Chancellor to become interim EEO/AA Office director
Assistant Chancellor/Chief of Staff Ashish Sahni will serve as interim director of the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) Office when current Director Patti Hiramoto leaves to join CSU Monterey Bay later this month.
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Arts Dean Search – Town Hall Meeting
I invite you to join me at the upcoming Arts Dean Search Town Hall Meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 24; 12-1:00 p.m. in the Arts Seminar Conference Room, Baskin Visual Arts Room D101. The Arts Dean Search Committee is hosting this meeting to gather feedback from the campus community regarding the search. The appointment of…
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Staff Advisor to the Regents – Call for applications: 2008-2010
The University is pleased to announce the application period for selection of the 2008-2010 Staff Advisor to the UC Board of Regents. The application period will begin on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 and end Friday, February 29, 2008 at 5:00pm. All interested UC staff and non-Senate academic employees are encouraged to visit the Staff Advisors’…
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Early Education Services names Emili Willet as new director
Emili Willet has been appointed as UCSC’s director for Early Education Services, starting work January 8.
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Online auction aims to help fund scholarships
Scholarship Benefit Dinner organizers have added an online auction to the event, with all proceeds benefiting scholarships. Auction items include private tours, a VIP dinner and celebrity poker with Emmy Award-winning actress and UCSC alumna Camryn Manhei
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UC Santa Cruz professor investigates the extraordinary power of insults
What kind of injury is an insult? Is its infliction determined by the insulter or the insulted? What does it reveal about the character of both parties, as well as the character of society and its conventions? What is its role in social and legal life? How ready should we be to forgive? Those questions…
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UCSC stands out in survey of high-impact research in molecular biology and genetics
UCSC is among the leading institutions in a recent analysis of the hottest papers in molecular biology and genetics, standing at the top of the field by one measure used in the survey.
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Hot exhibits for a cold January at Smith Gallery
The Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at Cowell College will show works by Claire Lerner and Jimmy Chen beginning January 20.
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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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Sea otter study reveals striking variability in diets and feeding strategies
Scientists studying southern sea otters at different sites in California’s coastal waters were not surprised to find that the dietary diversity of the population is higher where food is limited. But this diversity was not reflected in the diets of individ