October 2008
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Secretary of State adds her support to student voter-registration drive
California’s chief elections officer Secretary of State Debra Bowen visited campus Tuesday to add her support for a student voter-registration drive.
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Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz wins prestigious Packard Fellowship
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, an assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics, is the ninth young scientist at UCSC to receive a prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
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Chancellor discusses goals, budget at staff forum
Chancellor Blumenthal outlined six goals for the coming academic year and discussed the budget and recent campus events during an hour-long staff forum Tuesday.
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Study finds high mortality of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Baja California
A new study underscores the enormous impact of bycatch (marine life accidentally killed by fishing operations) on sea turtles.
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UCSC in the News
Astronomer Gregory Laughlin is featured in a Discover magazine article about the search for Earth-like planets.
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Register to vote by October 20
Monday, October 20 is the deadline to complete a voter registration card and return it to the Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Department.
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In Memoriam: Bruce Lane
With grieving and sorrow, I write to inform the UC Santa Cruz campus community of the passing of my father, Bruce Lane. Dad worked for UC Santa Cruz for 27 years as a Project Architect, Educational Facilities Planner, and Director of Capital Planning. He was 82 and passed away on October 4, 2008. Dad would…
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Physicists Sriram Shastry and Peter Young honored by American Physical Society
The American Physical Society has awarded two of its annual prizes to physics professors at UC Santa Cruz.
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How children learn to ‘think like scientists’ is focus of prof’s work at Children’s Discovery Museum
Psychology professor Maureen Callanan is partnering with Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose to explore the ways kids learn to “think like scientists.”
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UCOP releases 2009 health insurance rates
2009 health insurance rates have been released by the UC Office of the President.
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The $700,000 challenge
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded a $700,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation toward the construction and modernization of McHenry Library. In order to receive the funds, however, the library must raise $3.5 million by October 1, 2009.
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The Dead live on at UCSC
This past April, the Grateful Dead announced that it would donate its vast and colorful archives to a campus that opened the same year the collection was started.