October 2009
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UCSC arts and science faculty collaborate for exhibition at Sesnon Gallery
“Full Disclosure”–an exhibition opening on October 7 at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery-is built upon the idea of “failure” as a path to learning.
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National Science Foundation One-Day Workshop
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is offering a one-day workshop on our campus on Friday, November 20, 2009. All campus faculty and graduate students who are interested in proposing research projects to the NSF can benefit from attending. Sponsored by Vice Chancellor for Research Bruce Margon and the Division of Social Sciences, it is free…
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Apply to be a UC System-Wide Committee Representative
As the official voice of the UC students, UCSA needs YOU to represent over 200,000 students on important decision-making committees for the UC system. These committees deal with critical policy issues that affect every student in the UC system (e.g. admissions policy, budget priorities, sustainability practices, diversity issues and technology investments). It is vital that…
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Antarctic expedition studies survival strategies of Weddell seals
Eight years after her last major expedition to Antarctica, biologist Terrie Williams is back on the ice.
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Update from Campus Provost/ Executive Vice Chancellor Kliger
With the first full week of the new term behind us, I’d like to note what an extraordinary beginning it was, and what a normal beginning, too, in many ways. We have thousands of new students starting their academic careers, full of promise and excitement. We have nearly two dozen new faculty members joining us.…
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‘The ground started moving all around me’
When the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck on October 17, 1989, the UCSC campus sustained some damage–but nothing like that of the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Santa Cruz County.
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Fall events at UCSC
For a complete list of upcoming events this fall, go to UCSC’s Calendar of Events. Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture Edward Luce, Washington bureau chief of the Financial Times Sunday, October 18 UCSC’s ninth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture Memorial Lecture will take place at 4 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall on campus. The featured…
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Cyber security month tip of the week: Don’t be fooled by scams
National Cyber Security Awareness Month “Tip of the Week,” Week 1: Don’t be fooled by scams.
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UCSC in the News
A $615,175 grant awarded to the University Library to help digitize the Grateful Dead Archive received coverage in the San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, and San Jose Mercury News.
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Loma Prieta led to better assessments of earthquake hazards
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was a wakeup call to the Central Coast and San Francisco Bay Area, which had gone decades without a major earthquake. In the 20 years since then, increasingly sophisticated assessments of earthquake hazards have led to a better understanding of the seismic threat in the Bay Area and throughout California.
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UCSC bioinformatics experts are partners in national cancer genetics project
UCSC researchers will establish a Cancer Genome Data Analysis Center as part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a $275 million collaborative project led by NIH.
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Op-ed from the Staff Advisors to The Regents
The Staff Advisors to The Regents would like to provide you an op-ed piece disseminated to The Regents today entitled “Consultation in the Middle of the Storm – UC Continues Leading the Way.” The UC Regents’ continuing goal is to foster two-way communication between UC staff and the Board. In January 2007, The Regents voted…