February 2011
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In Memoriam—Chris Lockwood
Christopher Lockwood, an engineer with University of California Observatories for the past 10 years, died of a heart attack on February 4 in Santa Cruz. He was 49 years old.
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UC Class Survey – Students
We need 20% of the student population to take the UC Class and Lecture Availability Student Survey to make a difference in our University.
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Sports roundup: Men’s hoops, rugby, lacrosse
In early February competition, Slug men’s basketball, rugby, and lacrosse came up with mixed results–but one Slug athlete hit a milestone.
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Conference explores right-to-the-city movements
A daylong conference at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, February 26 will explore the growing urban organizing movement. “Whose City: Labor and the Right-to-the-City Movements” will feature leading thinkers and activists in the burgeoning city movement on three panel discussions on issues of housing, wages, and economic justice; environmental justice and green jobs; and race,…
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National College Health Assessment Web Survey
In an effort to improve health-related programs, services and support for UCSC students, Student Health Outreach & Promotion (SHOP) and the Student Health Center will administer the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) web survey.
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Seymour Center presents lecture on Pacific coast sea otters
Sea otter biologist Benjamin Weitzman will provide an in-depth look at sea otters along the Pacific coast in a public lecture at the Seymour Center on Sunday, February 20.
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Welcome visitors to campus this spring
With spring approaching, the campus will host more than 8,000 visitors in March and April.
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A spirit of generosity: UCSC community breaks record for food bank giving
UC Santa Cruz’s socially conscious Slugs collected a whopping 50,541 pounds of food this year for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County holiday food drive — a 53 percent increase over last year’s 33,000 pounds.
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Computer engineering professor wins Technical Achievement Award
The IEEE Computer Society has awarded a 2011 Technical Achievement Award to computer engineer J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves.
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Acclaimed playwright and film director Luis Valdez to visit UCSC
Acclaimed playwright, director, and filmmaker Luis Valdez will join his son–UCSC theater arts lecturer Kinan Valdez–for two special audience talks after performances of Luis’s play “Mummifed Deer,” Feb. 26 and Mar. 4 at the Mainstage Theater.
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CLASS survey
The Class and Lecture Availability Student Survey (CLASS) is available online through February 20.
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Community Service Project Grants
The UCSC Student Volunteer Center (SVC) offers Community Service Project (CSP) Grants to individual UCSC students.