March 2008
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Jessica Fiske Bailey appointed assistant vice provost for Undergraduate Education
Jessica Fiske Bailey has now been given formally the title of assistant vice provost for Undergraduate Education, a role she has been filling unofficially since July 2007.
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Arboretum director Daniel Harder weighs in on LBAM controversy
Daniel Harder, director of the UCSC Arboretum, received a flurry of media attention after he weighed in on a controversial state plan to eradicate the light brown apple moth (LBAM) using aerial spraying of a pheromone treatment.
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Sign up for fresh, organic produce from the UCSC Farm
The UCSC Farm is enrolling members in this year’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. By purchasing a “share” of the season’s harvest, members receive a box of fresh-picked, organic fruits and vegetables every week for 22 weeks.
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Retired staff member Ray Marcus dies
Ray Marcus, who worked as property manager in Physical Plant and retired from UCSC in 1993, died February 29.
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New Associate Dean in the Graduate Studies Division
It is my pleasure to announce that Professor Tyrus Miller has accepted the position of Associate Dean in the Graduate Studies Division. Tyrus arrived in 1999 as a scholar of European modernisms and avant-garde movements. He earned his Ph.D. at Stanford and taught for four years at Yale University in the departments of English, Comparative…
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Court issues order on Science Hill protest
In a preliminary injunction issued yesterday, Santa Cruz County Superior Court enjoined seven defendants and others from lodging in trees occupied since November 7 on Science Hill. The court’s order affirms that this tree occupation was and is unlawful and not, as some have claimed, protected free speech. The injunction (http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/protest/biomedical/prelim-injunction_03-10-08.pdf) prohibits not only the…
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Save the date: Chancellor to be inaugurated Friday, June 6
The formal inauguration of George Blumenthal as UCSC’s 10th chancellor will take place on Friday, June 6.
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Felicia Rice honored with Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship
UCSC alumna Felicia Rice (Cowell ’78)–manager for the Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. program-has been awarded a $20,000 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship. Rice is one of four Santa Cruz County artists selected from a pool of 46 visual artists that will receive the grants to pursue their work. The Rydell fellowships were established by…
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Professor honored by Society for American Music
Professor of music Leta Miller has received the Lowens Award from The Society for American Music for the best article published on American music in 2006. Miller was honored for her article “Henry Cowell and John Cage: Intersections and Influences, 1933-1941,” published in the Journal of the American Musicological Society. The award was announced last…
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Telecommuting could help staff balance work, life
The Staff Advisory Board will host a panel discussion for all staff on telecommuting and alternative work schedules.
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Faculty debate the use of police force in campus demonstrations
A resolution proposed by a professor at Friday’s Academic Senate meeting prompted an emotional response from both supporters and opponents before being referred to committee for further study.
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Two UCSC scientists appointed to Ocean Protection Council advisory team
Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), and Mark Carr, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, have been appointed to the California Ocean Protection Council’s Science Advisory Team.