August 2010
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UCSC launches new web site
UC Santa Cruz in late August launched a newly designed campus home page and a large number of related upper-level web pages. The structure and design of these pages reflect input from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and others. This publication of these new pages is part of a comprehensive web improvement program, co-led by the campus’s University…
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UCSC hosts science conference for girls on Saturday, October 9
The 10th annual UCSC Expanding Your Horizons Conference for high school girls will take place on Saturday, October 9.
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Our University – Post-Employment Benefits Recommendations
Read about the Post-Employment Benefits Task Force recommendations released last week. This special issue of Our University includes: * An overview of the task force recommendations * A comparison of UCRP contributions to those of other employers * Announcement of a September 29 systemwide web-based town hall meeting, and more. Our University is available at:…
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Local group funds UCSC cancer researchers
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group, a local charity supporting cancer research and patient care, has awarded grants of $10,000 each to three researchers at UCSC.
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Possible Traffic Delays at West Entrance Friday 8/27
Campus commuters who travel through the West Entrance should anticipate potential daytime traffic delays on Friday, August 27 as crews repave the Heller/Empire Grade intersection. Grinding the existing roadbed and resurfacing with new pavement will take place during the regular work day, with traffic control provided by flaggers and construction cones. Striping of the pavement…
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Newly designed campus website
Late this evening, a newly designed campus web home page and related secondary pages, supported by a new content management system, are scheduled to go live. The structure and design of these pages reflect input from academic and staff personnel; students; alumni; and others. This is part of an ongoing comprehensive web improvement program, commissioned…
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UCSC in the News
Seismologist Thorne Lay’s research on the 2009 Samoa-Tonga earthquake received widespread news coverage, including an interview on KCBS radio and stories in the New York Times, Boston Globe…
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Summer interns gain research experience in Silicon Valley nanotech labs
Dozens of students gained valuable experience in nanotechnology and energy research labs this summer through an internship program at the Advanced Studies Laboratories, a collaborative partnership led by UCSC and NASA Ames.
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Fall gardening workshop set for Saturday, August 28
Join gardener Trish Hildinger for a lecture and demonstration workshop on “Planting the Thanksgiving Feast” at the UC Santa Cruz Farm on Saturday, August 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Chancellor helps fund Olive Tree Initiative
Two UCSC politics majors want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict, but they refuse to put their blind trust in TV, blogs, and newspaper coverage.
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Professors to present New Orleans lecture on anniversary of Katrina
August 29 marks the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Crescent City.
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In memoriam: John Chase
John Chase, a writer and urban designer who championed civic space and vernacular architecture in Southern California, died August 13. He was 57.