2008
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Remarks by Chancellor George Blumenthal Education Press Conference Cabrillo College – April 14, 2008
Chancellor George Blumenthal joined the presidents of Cabrillo College and California State University, Monterey Bay, and the Superintendent of the Santa Cruz County Office of Education in news conference at Cabrillo College April 14, calling for continu
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Arts Dean Finalists, Campus Visits
On behalf of the Arts Dean Search Committee, I am very happy to announce that the following individuals will be visiting our campus as finalists for the Arts Dean position. * Laurie Beth Clark, visiting April 21-22 Professor and Vice Provost, University of Wisconsin, Madison * David Yager, visiting April 23-24 Professor and Executive Director,…
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Alumnus-lecturer creates Renaissance-style paintings for Wisconsin church
For the past year, UCSC alumnus and Art Department lecturer Noah Buchanan has been working to create two larger-than-life paintings for a new Renaissance-style church recently built in Wisconsin. Next week, the 11-foot tall and 4.5-foot wide oil paintings will be carefully packed into a large wooden crate and shipped by truck to LaCrosse, Wisconsin,…
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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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Local chef to cater Retirees Association lunch May 6
Join the UCSC Retirees Association for lunch on May 6 catered by Chef Jozseph Schultz.
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Sci Comm director pens cover story for Smithsonian magazine
Robert Irion, director of the Science Communication Program, wrote the cover story in the April issue of Smithsonian magazine.
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University Cafe aims to spark ‘conversations that matter’
There were tea and cookies, but this was no ordinary cafe. Thursday afternoon, about 20 members of the campus community came together in the College 9/10 Multipurpose Room for University Cafe, a conversational process meant to bring various perspectives to the table, provoke thought, and create action in pursuit of common aims. The idea is…
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Digital Arts & New Media building taking shape
Iron workers at the Digital Arts/New Media building construction site perform structural welds on beam-to-column connections in mid-April.
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Recruitment Management System – Phase II Implementation
In September 2005 the Staff Human Resources implemented Phase I of the Recruitment Management System (RMS) which replaced the manual paper-based process utilized to facilitate Open and Campus-Only recruitments. Phase II implementation is scheduled to begin May 15, 2008. This roll out will include Non-Recruitment and Waiver of Recruitment processing capabilities as well as general…
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Go East, young man: Alumnus Mark Headley says UCSC prepared him for work he never dreamed of–investing in Asia
When he graduated from UCSC in 1983, Mark Headley (B.A. politics and economics, Stevenson College) had a mean fencing game and a deep understanding of the political and economic factors shaping Asia.
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Shopping Our Way to Safety: Sociology professor Andrew Szasz says ‘buying green’ may be lulling consumers into a false sense of security
Like a marketer’s dream come true, Americans have responded to environmental degradation by shopping, as if buying bottled water and organic vegetables will protect them from pollution.