June 2008 News Archive

Staff tree trimmer wins tree-climbing championship

Staff tree trimmer Jessica Petrini won the women's division of the Western Chapter International Society of Arboriculture Tree Climbing Championships.

Staff and Academic Reduction in Time (START) Program

Gerhard Ringel, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at age 88

California Whistleblower Protection Act

UCSC Dining has the winning recipe

UC Santa Cruz Dining brought home first place honors from a national cooking competition focused on the best vegan recipes.

UCSC in the News

UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.

Health sciences grad awarded $10,000 scholarship for medical school

Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center has named Russell Witt, a June 2008 graduate of the Health Sciences Program at UCSC, as the recipient of this year's Primary Care Physician Award.

Reminder: Arboretum admission fee begins July 1; faculty, staff can join through July at discounted rate

In order to cover the costs of visitor services and maintaining its living collection of rare, special and endangered plants, the UCSC Arboretum will begin charging admission on Tuesday, July 1. Faculty and staff who visit the Arboretum frequently may wan

Moore Foundation awards $3.7 million in additional funding for UCSC ocean scientist Jonathan Zehr

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a four-year, $3.7 million grant to Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at UCSC.

Time reporting for recent Summit, Martin and Trabing Fires

Long Marine Lab's Whale of an Auction goes online

The Friends of Long Marine Lab will try a new approach for its annual "Whale of an Auction" fundraiser this year, offering online bidding for 26 spectacular auction packages.

Higher temperatures helped new strain of West Nile virus spread, study finds

Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a new study.

Evidence of massive asteroid impact on Mars supported by computer simulations

The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars are the result of a massive asteroid impact, according to studies by UCSC planetary scientists.

2008 Summer Conferences

Microchip developed by UCSC engineer is helping restore vision to the blind

Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering at UCSC, it was a major milestone in two decades of work on an artificial retina to restore vis

Dream lecture to air on Community TV

Research professor G. William Domhoff's recent campuswide lecture about dreaming will be broadcast on Community TV of Santa Cruz County several times in July and August.

Student Health Services - Summer Moves and Services 2008

South County fires

UCSC fire personnel have responded to fires that began this afternoon in the South County area, between Aptos and Watsonville.

June is National Internet Safety Month

Some important Internet safety tips from Information Technology Services.

Interim Leadership for the Arts Division

Free poetry reading at Chadwick Garden on June 28

Enjoy the beauty of early summer in the historic Alan Chadwick Garden on Saturday, June 28, when a bevy of accomplished poets will read their work at "A Garden of Poetry and Music."

UCSC biochemist Seth Rubin named Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences

The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Seth Rubin, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.

Psychology professor M. Brewster Smith receives 2008 award for professional contributions

M. Brewster Smith, professor emeritus of psychology, has received the 2008 award for Distinguished Theoretical and Philosophical Contributions to Psychology from a division of the American Psychological Association (APA).

New study raises concerns about proposed mitigation strategy for marine bycatch

A recent proposal would compensate for marine bycatch by reducing other impacts on affected species, but a new analysis suggests that this strategy could end up doing more harm than good.

Linguistics students give demo of spoken dialogue systems at NASA Ames

Linguistics merged with computer science last week at a hands-on demonstration of spoken dialogue systems by UCSC students at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.

UCSC Arboretum will institute admission fees starting July 1

The UCSC Arboretum will institute new admission fees effective July 1, 2008.

Message from President Yudof

Midwest factory tour brings learning to life for students of environmental policy

Educators who encourage their students to get out of the classroom don't typically direct them to steel mills, glass factories, and soda-pop bottling plants.

Time to Renew Parking Permits and Metro Bus Passes

UCSC in the News

UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.

Death of Kresge student Malcolm MacNaughton

Update regarding help for people affected by fire

Learn to make beautiful bouquets at the Farm & Garden June 21

Join flower expert Jude Moran as she walks you through the basic steps of creating beautiful bouquets at a workshop at the UCSC Farm on Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Campus provides information on Bonny Doon fire

EVC urged support for people affected by fire in Bonny Doon

Freshman 'SIR' numbers reflect UCSC's increasing popularity

OPERS Lockers Need to be Cleaned Out by June 12

Information on Bonny Doon fire

Class of 2008's commencement exercises, celebrations take place June 12-15

UC Santa Cruz awards $20,000 Pister scholarships to 11 community college transfer students

The University of California, Santa Cruz, has awarded scholarships to 11 community college transfer students who will enroll at UCSC this fall as recipients of Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards.

Study by UCSC undergrad shows a solar system gone wild

Research by a UCSC undergraduate has shown how the regular orbits of the planets could go haywire at some point in the far distant future.

UCSC Arboretum earns nonprofit of the year award

The Chuck Haugen Conservation Fund (CHCF) has selected the UCSC Arboretum for its 2008 Nonprofit of the Year Award.

Academic Senate presents 2007-08 Excellence in Teaching Awards

The Academic Senate Committee on Teaching has announced the recipients of the 2007-08 Excellence in Teaching Awards.

Undergraduate awards ceremony caps annual Student Achievement Week

Students, staff, faculty, family, and friends gathered on the East Field on Friday, June 6, as accomplishments in an array of disciplines were recognized at this year's Student Achievement Awards Ceremony. The ceremony capped Student Achievement Week, an

New dining hall open at Cultural Center at Merrill

UCSC has opened a new dining hall at the Cultural Center at Merrill.

George R. Blumenthal inaugurated as UCSC chancellor in campus ceremony

George R. Blumenthal was inaugurated as the 10th chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in a public ceremony on UCSC's East Field today (June 6, 2008).

Alumni talk on Community TV

A lecture by Joseph C. Berney, the 2008 Division of Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, will be broadcast on Community TV of Santa Cruz County several times in June.

Blumenthal lauded for 'visionary leadership,' deep knowledge of campus at inaugural ceremony

A heady feeling of optimism seemed to run as high as the ceiling of the enormous pavilion erected on UCSC's East Field for the inauguration of George Blumenthal as UCSC's 10th chancellor.

Students employees honored for service to the campus

Outstanding student employees were honored at a reception hosted by the Career Center May 20.

Time to Renew Wellness Cards for OPERS Facility Access

Parking permit courtesy void policy to change July 1

Starting July 1, staff and faculty who neglect to display a valid parking permit for the lot they're parked in, or display a permit improperly, will receive only one courtesy void per fiscal year and will have to pay a $10 administrative fee for the ticke

UCSC in the News

UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.

UC students travel to Denmark for renewable energy summer program

Faculty at UCSC have organized a renewable energy program that will bring together U.S. and Danish students for four weeks this summer in Lolland, Denmark.

Campus Elections Results

Professor Weisberg, Rev. Johnson deliver keynotes at Kresge Pride event

Campus provost gives early outline of budget cuts

UC Santa Cruz will need to cut between $7 million and $12.3 million from its 2008-2009 budget, Campus Provost and Executive Vice chancellor Dave Kliger told the Academic Senate Friday.

Non-strike activities this week