2010
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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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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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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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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.
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UCSC in the News
Social psychologist Thomas Pettigrew was quoted in the April 9 edition of the Christian Science Monitor in an article about race, slavery and the causes of the Civil War
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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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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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McHenry Library to reopen
McHenry Library will reopen Monday, April 26 following restoration from the April 15 fire.
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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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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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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.