April 2010
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UCSC graduate students to showcase digital art with social impact
Fourteen graduate students from UCSC’s Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. Program (DANM) will conclude two years of artistic study with “Things That Are Possible”–an exhibition of their work running April 30 through May 9 at the campus’s new Digital Arts
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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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McHenry Library to reopen
McHenry Library will reopen Monday, April 26 following restoration from the April 15 fire.
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Earth sciences program ranked 13th in U.S. News grad school survey
The graduate program in Earth sciences at UCSC was ranked 13th in a survey of U.S. doctoral programs in the sciences published by U.S. News and World Report.
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Academic Senate makes narrative evaluations instructor optional
The Academic Senate voted overwhelmingly April 23 to modify the narrative evaluation policy to make it instructor optional.
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Academic Senate meets Friday, April 23
Members of the Academic Senate Santa Cruz Division Dear Colleagues: We will meet for our first Senate meeting of Spring quarter on Friday, April 23, at 2:30pm at Kresge Town Hall (click here for agenda). Our main action item, put forward by the Senate Executive Committee (SEC), is a proposal to change Senate Regulation 9.2…
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Workshops address career possibilities for admin assistants
The Career Pathways for Administrative Assistants workshop series is for administrative assistants who are considering other job possibilities on campus or want to begin longer-range career planning.
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Rick Grosberg
An evolution professor at UC Davis, Rick Grosberg (biology ’76) received the 2010 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement. Established in 1986, the prize comes with a check for $40,000, making it what is believed to be the largest cash prize of its kind in the nation. The prize was created to…
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UCSC in the News
Amid widespread coverage of a new discovery of ancient hominid fossils in South Africa, geologist Daniel Farber was quoted in stories from UPI, LiveScience, Yahoo News, and FoxNews.com
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Alumni speakers hopeful about the future
Three prominent UCSC alumni returned to campus April 17 for a lively exchange on what the future holds for the next generation of humanity.
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Staff Appreciation Picnic Tuesday, May 11th
Staff Appreciation Picnic on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010.
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UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey receives Guggenheim for poetry
UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship for poetry.