2009
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UPDATE – Summer 2009 Orientation Dates
I am writing to notify you that the July 30 and 31 orientation dates for summer 2009 are canceled. Below please find the transfer date and the 5 frosh orientation dates. UPDATED Frosh Orientation Dates: Tuesday, July 21 Wednesday, July 22 Saturday, July 25 Monday, July 27 Tuesday, July 28 Transfer Orientation Dates: Friday, July…
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UC President Yudof names post-employment benefits task force
To help the University develop a comprehensive, long-term approach to post-employment benefits, UC President Yudof has established a task force to study and recommend funding, policy and benefits design alternatives.
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Student Health Center summer services
The Student Health Center is open during the summer quarter for urgent care, follow up, and health maintenance appointments (for appointments call 459-2500). The Student Health Center is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; patients are received Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (except Wednesday when clinical services begin…
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UCSC Gmail for students coming soon
UCSC is partnering with Google to offer undergraduate and graduate students Gmail for their campus email service.
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Top physicists gather at UCSC to honor Tom Banks and Willy Fischler
Top physicists will gather at UCSC on June 15 and 16 for a symposium in honor of Thomas Banks, professor of physics at UCSC, and Willy Fischler, professor of physics at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Chancellor honors achievements in diversity
Chancellor George Blumenthal honored and acknowledged the diversity achievements of three academic employees, two staff employees, and one campus unit at the 2009 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity.
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‘Pledge’ commits College Eight grads to environmental, social responsibility
For more than 20 years, the Graduation Pledge Alliance (GPA) has been spreading its message of social and environmental responsibility in the workforce at schools across the globe. This year, graduating students at one of UC Santa Cruz’s 10 undergraduate colleges will take the pledge during commencement exercises. College Eight graduates will take the Graduation…
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Groundwater fingered as a source of methylmercury in coastal waters
For the first time, scientists have detected a highly toxic form of mercury in groundwater flows at two coastal sites in California.
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New technique improves estimates of pulsar ages
Astronomers have developed a new technique to determine the ages of millisecond pulsars, the fastest-spinning stars in the universe.
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Health sciences grad awarded Sutter scholarship for medical school
Graduating senior Brittany Guest will receive a $10,000 scholarship to help pay for medical school fees and tuition.
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UCSC in the News
KPIX TV and the San Jose Mercury News covered efforts by Glenn Stewart and others to monitor peregrine falcons nesting in San Francisco and San Jose.
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TAPS wins state, federal grants for replacement vehicles
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission awarded UCSC $66,000 for the purchase of two replacement 12-passenger vanpool vehicles.