March 2008
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Update regarding campus emergency power outage
This is to provide an update and additional information regarding today’s power outage. The problem was successfully fixed at approximately 1:00 pm and power has been restored to affected areas. The outage this morning was due to an unexpected equipment failure on the 21,000-volt (21kv) electrical system that powers the upper campus. A failing underground…
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Action Required: Business Travel Accident Insurance for Faculty & Staff
The University of California has upgraded its Business Travel Accident Insurance coverage to an improved policy thru ACE USA. When traveling on official University business, faculty and staff (henceforth, employees) will now be covered worldwide, 24 hours a day, for a wide variety of accidents and incidents. The new coverage is broader and more generous…
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Campus Emergency Power Outage
We write to inform you that campus power will undergo an unscheduled interruption this morning at 9 a.m. Power will be out while emergency repairs are conducted to the 21kv system. This interruption is expected to impact the upper campus area only, and is likely to last 2-hours or longer. Physical Plant is working to…
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UCSC spotlights new music with month-long festival in April
Composers from California, New York, Korea, and Indonesia will be featured in UCSC’s annual celebration of new music, April 5 to 29 at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Eighteen talented undergraduates travel to Costa Rica with anthropology class
Imagine slogging through humid rainforests so dense your pace slows to a crawl, encountering spiders as big as your hand, plants that burn your skin, and mud so deep you sink up to your knees. And loving it.
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Counseling and psychological services available during spring break
During the week of March 24 through March 27, CPS will be providing crisis assessment and referral as well as crisis consultation with university staff and faculty during the daytime hours of 8:30am to 5:00pm. The Residential Crisis Program (RCP) will be available to provide regular crisis consultation services to the UCSC residential staff during…
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New students introduced to UCSC with Spring Spotlight
UC Santa Cruz–Spring Spotlight is an event for admitted students for fall 2008 that provides an overview of the academic, residential, and student-life experience at UCSC. This year’s event is April 5-19. The program includes daily student-led walking tours, information sessions, campus resource fairs, visits to the residential colleges, departmental presentations and advising hours, and…
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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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Innovation, education to be focus of Intellectual Forum and Alumni Vintners Wine Reception
Innovation guru John Kao, Silicon Valley leader Shellye Archambeau, historian and political pundit Victor Davis Hanson (Cowell ’75), and New York Times senior editor Katy Roberts (Kresge ’74) will participate in the Intellectual Forum and Alumni Vi
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Mark G. Yudof recommended for position of UC president
The committee conducting the search for the next University of California president is recommending to the Board of Regents that Mark G. Yudof, currently head of the University of Texas system, be appointed to lead the UC system.
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Recognize outstanding student employees with a SERAP award
The Career Center is pleased to announce that campus supervisors will once again have an opportunity to publicly reward and recognize their outstanding student employees who continue to dedicate their abundant talent and skills to UCSC. The purpose of the award is to provide UCSC’s top student workers with a cash award that may range…
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Alumni Reunion Weekend aims to inspire, educate, reunite
In April, alumni will get a chance to learn about the broader landscape of the emerging green business field, as well as have the opportunity to take part in fun activities such as touring secret sites on campus, tasting wine, attending panel discussions,