2008
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Biologist John Thompson honored for contributions to ecology
John Thompson, Distinguished Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will receive the 2009 Per Brinck Oikos Award for contributions to the science of ecology.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Frans Lanting’s Origins to be performed at inauguration of Large Hadron Collider
Origins, a new multimedia production by UCSC Foundation Trustee Frans Lanting, will be performed October 21 at the inauguration of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.
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International education brings EAP students together
More than 70 domestic and international UCSC Education Abroad Program students recently attended the second annual International Friends “Meet and Greet” event. Offered through the UCSC Office of International Education (OIE), this innovative program matches EAP alumni (domestic students returning from participating in EAP studies abroad) with EAP reciprocity students (incoming international students studying at…
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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.