2008
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Opinion: Toward A New Fee Advocacy Strategy
Student Regent D’Artagnan Scorza speaks out against student fee increases and reports on the efforts of the UC Funding Task Force on behalf of students.
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Educational Partnership Center offers array of summer programs
This summer, many middle and high school students took advantage of a wide variety of academic enrichment programs offered by the UCSC Educational Partnership Center.
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Potential state pay cuts
President Yudof responds a proposal from the governor to reduce pay of state workers to the federal minimum wage until a state budget is approved.
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White Mountain Research Station to hold open house August 3
UC faculty, staff, students, and friends are invited to a day of hiking and educational activities in the White Mountains on Sunday, August 3.
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Summer programs bring academics, athletes, cheerleaders to campus
Not long after UCSC students head off for their summer adventures, a new batch of residents begins arriving on campus. Summer is conference season, and from June 22 to August 30, the campus will roll out the welcome mat for approximately 10,000 visitors. The guests will attend 70 different conferences or camps, learning about everything…
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In Memoriam for Michael Hite
I write with great sadness about the death of Michael William Hite, animal technician in Physical & Biological Sciences. Mike passed away on July 7 after a courageous battle with lung disease. He was 63. Mike dedicated his life to the care of animals. Before coming to the university he was, for many years, an…
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Lower Bike Path Closure beginning July 21
Beginning Monday July 21, the campus bike path will be closed along the eastern side of the Farm/CASFS from Lower Quarry Road to Coolidge Drive near the Blacksmith Shop. The Bike Path detour route for uphill bicyclists is Coolidge Drive to Hagar Drive to The Village Road; in the downhill direction, bicyclists will need to…
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Two UCSC professors receive prestigious Humboldt Research Awards
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has chosen Robert Coe and James Zachos, both professors of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, to receive Humboldt Research Awards this year.
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Images from the AFSCME strike, July 14
Monday morning, July 14, picketers gathered at the campus entrances.
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Workplace Safety During a Strike
Everyone in our campus community may potentially be impacted by a strike and we want to emphasize that attention to personal safety and the safety of your fellow workers is of paramount importance. Injury prevention and safety is something that each individual must assume ownership for if we are to get through a strike day…
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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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Letters to the Editor
Currents welcomes letters and publishes them in its online and print editions.