April 2010
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Tanya Honig wins Outstanding Staff award
Tanya Honig, Linguistics Department manager, has been selected as the 2009-10 UCSC Alumni Association and Staff Advisory Board Outstanding Staff Award recipient.
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Groundbreaking American rock musical HAIR at Mainstage, May 14-30
UCSC Theater Arts professor Danny Scheie directs HAIR, the classic rock musical featuring a large cast of over 50 spirited students, opening Friday, May 14, at the UCSC Mainstage Theater.
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Art professor’s New Orleans photo makes opening credits of new HBO series
Tune into Treme, the new HBO television series by David Simon (The Wire) about post-Katrina New Orleans, and in the opening credits you will see a photograph taken by UCSC associate professor of art Lewis Watts.
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UCTV hosts next State of Minds from UC Santa Cruz
Cowell College courtyard, Terra Fresca restaurant, Earth and Marine Sciences building, the Great meadow, and the Digital Arts Research Center all serve as backdrops for the next edition of State of Minds, a 30-minute video magazine produced by UCTV.
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Reference Letter Service Transition to Interfolio, Inc.
UC Santa Cruz Career Center is pleased to announce our new partnership with Interfolio, Inc. for online management of letters of recommendation as of May 1, 2010. Interfolio is a well-established, low cost, online credentials management service for candidates applying to graduate/professional schools, fellowships and academic positions. This service offers students more service options and…
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Missing-Person Alert
The Santa Cruz Country Sheriff’s Office has asked for our help in distributing the following information about Erik Lippmann, who has been missing for the past week: http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/img/2010/04/erik-lippmann.pdf Thank you very much for taking a few minutes to familiarize yourself with this case.
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In Memoriam: Student Timothy K. Sullivan
With much sadness, Cowell College shares the news of the death of a member of its community. Timothy K. Sullivan died Sunday, April 25, from injuries sustained in a skateboarding accident in Capitola.Timothy, age 20, was a sophomore who entered UCSC fall 2008 as a first-year student. His academic interests were in the areas of…
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Earth and planetary scientist Gary Glatzmaier elected to National Academy of Sciences
Gary Glatzmaier, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his excellence in original scientific research.
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Update on Diversity Efforts on Campus
Introducing Dr. Joy Lei We are pleased to announce that Dr. Joy Lei has joined UC Santa Cruz as the new Diversity Programs and Education Specialist in the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) office. She is working with Ashish Sahni, the Campus Diversity Officer for Staff and Students. Dr. Lei joins the campus from Facing…
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UCSC student veterans promote change in Washington
Students from the UCSC chapter of Student Veterans of America recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with political leaders and discuss benefits available to student veterans.
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Ronald Evans, hormone expert who found “exercise in a pill,” to speak at UCSC on Thursday, May 6
Ronald M. Evans, an authority on hormones whose research on exercise and metabolism led to the discovery of compounds that act like “exercise in a pill” in lab tests, will deliver the 2010 Sinsheimer Lecture in Biology at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, May 6.
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Bratt brothers bring a little Hollywood to Santa Cruz
Alumnus and filmmaker Peter Bratt and his brother, TV and movie star Benjamin Bratt, were in town and on campus recently as part of the local premiere of La Mission.