January 2008
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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
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EEO/AA offering workshops for supervisors, assistants
The Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Office is sponsoring two training series over the winter and spring quarters.
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Grounds crews clean up tons of storm debris
Campus grounds crews worked throughout the emergency campus closure January 4 and over the weekend, sweeping, scooping and cutting up approximately 80 cubic yards of accumulated material shaken loose by 60- to 80- mile-an-hour winds that buffeted the regi
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New national historic area helps reveal clues about a bygone era
Long understood locally to be an important historical resource, the former lime operations area near the base of campus at UCSC is now recognized nationally. Dubbed the Cowell Lime Works Historic District, in December the site was added to the National Re
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In Memoriam: Gary Lease
The following obituary was submitted to Currents by the family and friends of Gary Lease. Professor Doctor Gary Lease (Doctor of Theology, University of Munich), former Chair and Professor of the Department of the History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz, died on January 4, after a long battle against cancer. During his travail,…
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History of Consciousness Professor Gary Lease dies
I am saddened to inform you of the death of Gary Lease, professor and former chair of the History of Consciousness Department and former dean of the Humanities Division. Professor Lease died on Friday in Santa Cruz after a lengthy illness; he was 67. Professor Lease was an internationally recognized expert across a remarkable range…
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Campus Elections – Mandatory Orientation for Student Fee Referendum
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming orientations for those interested in authoring a student fee referendum or opinion poll on the 2008 Campus Elections ballot. It is mandatory to attend one of these two sessions if you plan to author a referendum or opinion poll. The orientation session will provide an overview of the…
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Chancellor, provost provide update on campus actions related to protest
UCSC’s chancellor and campus provost provide an update on campus actions that occurred during campus closure related to the illegal actions at the site of the proposed Biomedical Sciences building on Science Hill.
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New nanostructured thin film shows promise for efficient solar energy conversion
Combining two nanotech methods for engineering solar cell materials appears to yield better results than either one alone does, according to UCSC chemist Jin Zhang.
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Recreation registration begins January 15
Sign up for surfing, skiing, holistic health, kayaking, rock climbing, dance, music, meditation, wine tasting, day trips, camping, spring-break trips, wilderness first aid, and more.
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UCSC, Extension partner to sponsor U.S. Particle Accelerator School
In a joint effort, UCSC and UCSC Extension this month are sponsoring the U.S. Particle Accelerator School, a national graduate program held at leading universities across the country that provides courses in the field of beams and their associated acceler