February 2011
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UCSC announces Baskins’ $1 million engineering gift at Scholarship Benefit Dinner
Chancellor George Blumenthal announced a special $1 million gift from Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin for engineering graduate fellowships at UCSC’s eighth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner.
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Electrical engineer Claire Gu named Optical Society Fellow
Electrical engineer Claire Gu has been elected a Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA).
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Summer child care camp on campus
Early Education Services is launching a new summer camp on campus with child care for children ages 14 months through entering fourth grade. The summer camp will be available with two, five-week sessions, from June 20–July 22 and July 25–August 26.
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UCSC in the News
Environmental studies researcher Winifred Frick’s work with radar to track bats continued to attract media attention with articles by the BBC, MSNBC, Discover, Science magazine, and Science News.
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Summer child care camp on campus
Early Education Services is launching a new summer camp on campus with child care for children ages 14 months through entering fourth grade.
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Our University – budget, people and HR news for UC faculty and staff
Read the latest issue of Our University.
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Sandra Faber and Lynda Rogers among Silicon Valley’s ‘Women of Influence’
Astronomer Sandra Faber and Lynda Rogers, dean of UCSC Extension, are among the 2011 “Women of Influence” in Silicon Valley.
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Chancellor’s office sets budget meetings for faculty and staff
As announced earlier messages UCSC is facing its fourth consecutive year of budget cuts. This presents an unprecedented challenge as we seek to develop new ways of functioning in an era of diminished resources. We are committed to continuing the involvement of the campus community as this affects all of us. The Chancellor’s Office is…
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Alums Dana Priest, Richard Harris win prestigious journalism awards
Two UC Santa Cruz alums, Richard Harris (Crown, 1980) and Dana Priest, (Merrill, 1981) have won prestigious journalism awards for their reporting last year on the Gulf oil spill and the national security complex.
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An important video message from President Yudof about the state budget and the future of UC
President Yudof has just issued an important video message to the UC community regarding the current budget situation and its impact on the university, and what faculty and staff can do to help.
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Jane Pinckard joins Center for Games and Playable Media as associate director
The UCSC Center for Games and Playable Media has appointed Jane Pinckard as its new associate director.
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Retirement of Vice Chancellor Vani
After 15 years of extraordinary service to UC Santa Cruz, concluding a 31-year career with the University of California, Tom Vani, vice chancellor of Business and Administrative Services, has announced plans to retire this spring.