2008
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Gymnastics Club hosts first meet
The College Gymnastics Club hosted its first at-home meet in April. Called “The Banana Slug Salto,” the event brought gymnasts from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Oregon State, and SF City College to compete in Santa Cruz.
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RSVP for Staff Barbecue by Wednesday, May 20
The deadline to RSVP for the staff barbecue lunch is Wednesday, May 20.
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Symposium lets grad students put their research on display
On May 16, the University Center’s dining room will be transformed from a place of tablecloths and silver into an innovation arena as graduate students share their research in the form of posters and oral presentations.
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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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Bike Week pushes pedal power
With the 21st annual Santa Cruz County Bike Week happening May 10-17, more county residents and UCSC staff, faculty, and students may be finding alternate ways of getting around town.
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Offensive Graffiti found on Campus
Recently, unfortunate incidents have occurred on our UCSC campus. Two acts of offensive graffiti were found, one at Oakes and the other at Porter College. Sadly, this often occurs in our society and serves only to fuel tensions concerning issues of difference. It is especially upsetting when incidents like these happen within our own campus…
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Sharon Daniel honored by Tribeca Film Institute for artistic excellence
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of Film and Digital Media Sharon Daniel has been honored with a 2008 Media Arts Fellowship from the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI). She is one of 22 filmmakers and media artists who received a total of $715,000 from the organization in recognition of artistic excellence. The award is given to…
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UCSC alumnus wins annual student-journalism award from Chronicle of Higher Education
Sam Laird–a 2007 UCSC graduate with a degree in American Studies–has been awarded the fifth annual “David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists” by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Laird received the $2,500 prize for three articles he had pu
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Salaries, budget, ‘green’ updates, Grateful Dead are topics for Blumenthal at Spring Open Forum
UCSC aims to be a leader in “green” energy and sustainable practices, according to Chancellor George Blumenthal. The chancellor listed several ways the campus is working to accomplish that goal at last week’s Spring Open Forum, in addition to answering questions from staff about contracts, salaries, the state budget, long-term plans, and more. On the…
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Formal Review: Proposal to Renew Policy on Supplement to Military Pay
The University invites your comments on the proposed two-year renewal of the Policy on Supplement to Military Pay, which is scheduled to end on June 30, 2008. Under this policy, the University compensates eligible employees for the difference between their University base pay and military pay and allowances until the end of the employee’s active…
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UC Santa Cruz awarded $7.2 million grant for stem cell research center
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a $7.2 million grant to fund a new stem cell research center at UCSC.
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McHenry Library Addition Now Open
After a successful move over Spring Break, McHenry Library reopened for business as planned on March 31st and is back on its normal school session schedule. The addition will be McHenry Library for the next phase, while the old building is renovated. During this period, while we are squeezed into half of our normal space…