2009
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The play’s the thing: The future of interactive media
UCSC’s computer game design program meshes multiple disciplines as researchers work to create ‘intelligent’ games that adapt to players’ choices and deliver the emotional power of film.
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Justin Coupe and Palmer Taylor: Angling for a story
Alumni filmmakers coaxed out fish tales for their award-winning documentary about steelhead, rivermen, and a fast-disappearing slice of California history.
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Mark Krumholz: Rising star
A young astronomer advances his pioneering research while also volunteering to teach a population hidden from the public eye: Inmates.
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Erica Terrell: Healthy plans
Senior plans to continue her education in public health policy with the aim of improving the lives of people in her native Compton.
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Telling secrets, sharing lives
Professor Sharon Daniel’s online documentary about women in prison gives a voice to those shut out of the digital revolution.
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Not the same old story
UC Santa Cruz’s computer science, art, and engineering programs look to the innovative leader of Pixar as a role model for new and powerful ways to practice an age-old art: Telling stories.
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Cyber security month tip, week 2: Minimize stored identity info
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. This week’s cyber security “tip of the week” focuses on protecting personal identity information.
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Alumni notes
Cowell College ’80 Christine LANSDALE Willis exhibited her ceramics in Thessaloniki, Greece, in May. She is grateful both to her alma mater and to her teacher, Al Johnsen. ’85 Susan E. BRIGGS published her first novel, I Can See Heaven (Ex Machina Press), in March. Audrey HELLER has published her first book, Overlooked Undertakings, a…
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UCSC in the News
The San Jose Mercury News published a lengthy feature about ecologist Chris Wilmers’s research on mountain lions in the Santa Cruz mountains.
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Flu: Public Service Announcement #1
October 9, 2009 Contact: Jim Burns (831/459-2495) 30-SECOND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Start: Immediately Stop: When notified by UCSC Public Affairs UCSC’S FLU RESOURCES WEB SITE – AT WWW.UCSC.EDU/FLU – CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR RISK OF GETTING SEASONAL AND H1N1 FLU. THE WEB SITE ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT MEMBERS OF THE UCSC…
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Bridging past and present
Historians Alice Yang and Alan Christy aim to deepen understanding and awareness of WWII through technology.
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Del Mar screens award-winning documentary by Renee Tajima-Peña on Oct. 19
The award-winning documentary Calavera Highway, produced and directed by Renee Tajima-Peña, will screen on Monday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz.