February 2009 News Archive
- February 26, 2009
UCSC in the News
The <i><b>New York Times</b></i> quoted Erika Zaveleta of environmental studies in its coverage of the unintended consequences of an environmental restoration effort.
- February 26, 2009
Stem cell symposium showcases new facilities and research
The UCSC Stem Cell Symposium showcased a variety of stem cell research projects now underway on campus and celebrated the opening last year of the Shared Stem Cell Facility.
- February 25, 2009
Earth Summit celebrates progress, cultivates ideas
Thursday's eighth annual Earth Summit advanced a dialogue among students, faculty, staff, administration, and the Santa Cruz community regarding the campus's commitment to sustainability.
- February 24, 2009
Eat at Hula's Grill on Mondays, support men's volleyball
Hula's Island Grill and Tiki Room will donate 10 percent of its sales on Monday nights in March to the men's volleyball team.
- February 23, 2009
Honor society chapter established at UCSC
UC Santa Cruz was formally granted its charter Monday as the 366th university chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
- February 23, 2009
Staff and Academic reduction in time (START) program modification
- February 22, 2009
New requirement ensures students acquire discipline-based writing experience
A new high-level writing requirement will prepare undergraduates for the demands of the 21st-century workforce.
- February 19, 2009
UCSC in the News
<i><b>USA Today</b></i> and the <i><b>Chicago Tribune</b></i> were among the media outlets covering earthquake research by seismologist Susan Schwartz.
- February 19, 2009
Study links seabird deaths to soap-like foam produced by red-tide algae
A "red tide" bloom of marine algae in 2007 produced a soap-like substance that stripped the natural waterproofing from birds' feathers.
- February 19, 2009
Four arrested for threats and violence against UC researchers
The FBI announced on February 20 that law-enforcement officers have arrested four people who are suspected of terrorizing University of California researchers.
- February 18, 2009
Sloan Research Fellowships awarded to two UCSC profs
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded Sloan Research Fellowships to Samit Dasgupta, assistant professor of mathematics, and Mark Krumholz, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics.
- February 18, 2009
State budget update from campus provost
Budget update from Dave Kliger
- February 17, 2009
Astronomer Sandra Faber to receive Franklin Institute's prestigious Bower Award
Astronomer Sandra Faber has been chosen to receive the 2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science from the historic Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
- February 17, 2009
UCSC faculty vote to revamp, strengthen writing requirement for students
UC Santa Cruz's Academic Senate, in a unanimous vote taken at the February 18 winter-quarter meeting, has endorsed a proposed redesign of the writing requirements UCSC students must satisfy before graduating.
- February 17, 2009
CP/EVC David Kliger's Budget Message to UCSC's Academic Senate
- February 16, 2009
New data suggest "jumping genes" play a significant role in gene regulatory networks
Research suggests that mobile repetitive elements affect the evolution of gene regulatory networks.
- February 16, 2009
Synthetic biology yields clues to evolution and the origin of life
The efforts of researchers in the field of synthetic biology are yielding clues to the mystery of how life began on Earth.
- February 16, 2009
New monitoring stations detect "silent earthquakes" in Costa Rica
After installing a network of monitoring stations in Costa Rica, researchers have detected slow slip events ("silent earthquakes") along a major fault zone beneath the Nicoya Peninsula.
- February 16, 2009
Renewable energy projects are in the works on campus
This year, the campus is embarking on two pilot green-power projects: installing solar panels on the West Field House Gym and increasing the efficiency of the campus pool's heating system.
- February 12, 2009
Literary Studies book series co-founded at UCSC to benefit from $1.16 million Mellon Foundation grant
A UC Press book series in literary studies--founded by UC Santa Cruz literature professor Richard Terdiman in collaboration with his colleague Susan Gillman and faculty from UC Berkeley and Irvine-will share a $1.16 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon
- February 12, 2009
Assistance for visitors coming to UC Santa Cruz this spring
- February 12, 2009
Van Jones: Green jobs can save the Earth and stamp out poverty
To conquer global warming, the United States must also conquer poverty, as well as fundamentally change Americans' behavior. That was the message delivered by guest speaker Van Jones at the 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation Thursday
- February 12, 2009
UCSC in the News
<b>NPR</b>'s "Day to Day" and <b>KQED Radio</b>'s "California Report" featured researcher Chris Wilmers' work tracking mountain lions.
- February 11, 2009
Recreation classes offered in leadership, communications
UCSC Recreation is presenting a series of classes on outdoor trip leadership, a course on defensive driving, and another on effective communication and conflict resolution.
- February 11, 2009
Budget, pension plan are center stage at winter Staff Forum
The budget and the university pension plan were at the top of Chancellor's Blumenthal's remarks--and foremost on staff members' minds--at the noontime winter Staff Forum Tuesday.
- February 11, 2009
Haney praises court decision on prison overcrowding
Psychology professor Craig Haney was one of the main expert witnesses who testified in the case before the three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- February 8, 2009
UCSC alumna Marti Noxon wins Writers Guild TV Award for 'Mad Men'
UCSC alumna Marti Noxon has won a Writers Guild of America award for best dramatic television series of 2008. Noxon received her award as part of the writing team for the hit TV show "Mad Men."
- February 6, 2009
TOPP program gets 'seal' of approval from comedian Stephen Colbert
UCSC elephant seal researchers caught the attention of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, making the February 5 episode of his show, the Colbert Report.
- February 5, 2009
UCSC in the News
Economist Rob Fairlie was interviewed for a <i><b>New York Times</b></i> article on declining entrepreneurship in the financial crisis.
- February 4, 2009
Green entrepreneur, urban advocate, author to speak at Student Forum on campus
- February 2, 2009
$2.2 million grant approved for program to train stem cell scientists
The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) last week approved a $2.2 million grant to UCSC to fund a training program in stem cell research.
- February 1, 2009
Water industry taps UCSC to prepare for 'silver tsunami' of retirements
UCSC students will be poised to benefit from a wave of retirements in the water industry.
- February 1, 2009
In Memoriam: longtime UCSC faculty member Noel King
- February 1, 2009
Sold out Scholarship Benefit Dinner raises more than $165,000
In the midst of a historic economic downturn, more than 310 people turned out to raise funds for scholarships and honor UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Emeritus Karl Pister and his wife Rita Olsen Pister at the sixth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner Saturday ni
