2008
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Alumna Dana Priest wins major journalism award for Walter Reed exposé
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Dana Priest (B.A. politics, 1981) and her colleague Anne Hull have won the prestigious 2008 Selden Ring award for their exposé of deplorable conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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Staff invited to a panel discussion on work/life balance
The Staff Advisory Board is hosting a panel discussion for all staff on work/life balance on Wednesday, March 12, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 71 of Social Sciences 2.
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Summer Orientation for 2008
Each year the campus officially welcomes new students and their families and guests during Summer Orientation. Summer Orientation represents the first step toward a student’s academic and social transition into university life, eventually leading to graduation and becoming a UC Santa Cruz alumnus! Mark your calendar now for the Summer 2008 Orientation dates: Frosh: July…
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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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Academic Senate to meet March 7
The UCSC Academic Senate will hold its winter quarter meeting on Friday, March 7, at 2:30 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room.
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Soccer star Brandi Chastain headlines Girls and Women in Sports Day at UCSC
Soccer star Brandi Chastain, one of the best-known women athletes in the world and a role model for a generation of girls, will headline the March 8 celebration at UC Santa Cruz of National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
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UCSC Natural Reserve System appoints new directors
Gage Dayton is the new administrative director of the Natural Reserve System, and Mark Readdie has been appointed as resident director of Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve.
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Chancellor pledges support for researcher at staff forum
Chancellor George Blumenthal opened his remarks at the winter-quarter taff Brown Bag Open Forum by addressing the Feb. 24 confrontation at the Westside home of a UCSC researcher.
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Chancellor’s forum with staff covers a number of topics, including state budget
In his winter-quarter “brown bag” lunch meeting with UCSC staff, Chancellor George Blumenthal progress the campus has made on a number of fronts, included continued efforts toward campus sustainability, the record number and increased diversity of freshma
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Financial management seminar offered for retirees, those retiring soon
Reserve your spot now for a financial management seminar for retirees on Wednesday, March 26, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Porter College.
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UCSC holding its own in recycling challenge
Week four of the nationwide RecycleMania competition is now in the can, and UCSC is reducing, reusing, and recycling its way to some impressive standings in its rookie year in the challenge.
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Pre-med athlete selected for prestigious health policy program in Washington, D.C.
Angel Martinez was 12 years old when his baby sister was born four months premature. So tiny she would’ve fit in the palm of his hand, baby Dilia was kept in isolation and wouldn’t know her brother’s touch for two months.