September 2011
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The Sammy you don’t know
You might think you’re an expert when it comes to banana slugs’ impact on popular culture. You might even think that Sammy the Slug’s cameo appearance—on John Travolta’s UCSC T-shirt in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 movie sensation Pulp Fiction—was the only example of banana slugs infiltrating popular culture. But Pulp was only the starting point. Here…
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S.C. City Council to declare official “Day of the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug”
A resolution to honor the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug mascot is on the agenda of an upcoming Santa Cruz City Council meeting.
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Fall recreation, intramural sports guide now available online
The UCSC Recreation & OPERS (Office of Physical Education, Recreation & Sports) Fall Recreation, Intramural and Sports Digital Guide is now available online. Visitors can also check out the newly relaunched website. After browsing the catalog, members of the UCSC community can register for recreation online beginning September 27 at 9 a.m. In addition to…
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“Radical Reels” high adventure film night comes to UCSC
The “Radical Reels” Film Tour, an evening of exhilarating high adventure films, will soon touch down on campus. Radical Reels comes to Classroom Unit 2 at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 24. The event is sponsored by Recreation & BAS Auxiliary Services. Tickets for UCSC Students are $5 ($10, community price) For more information…
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Frans Lanting’s multimedia show to highlight UCSC evening at Flint Center
For more than two decades, acclaimed nature photographer Frans Lanting has documented wildlife from the Amazon to Antarctica, in an effort to promote understanding about the Earth and its natural history. On October 15, he will join with the campus for a remarkable evening of art, science and life, at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
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Slideshow: move-in 2011
Photos from move-in 2011. Click a thumbnail to view the larger image. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate slideshow images.
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UCSC in the News
New planet discoveries by the Kepler mission received widespread news coverage, with many stories quoting UCSC astronomers Greg Laughlin, Daniel Fabrycky, or Jonathan Fortney, including coverage in the Washington Post, CNN.com, Space Daily, Science 2.0, Asian News International, International Business Times, PC magazine, and Digital Journal.
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Transit Service Changes
Please note changes to transit service at UCSC and throughout the surrounding Santa Cruz community.
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UC Santa Cruz Welcome Week draws spirited crowd of students, families
Caravans of SUVs and station wagons brought eager student and their families, while teams of volunteers welcomed the throng.
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Astronomers confirm first planet orbiting two stars
A world with multiple suns is a common trope in science fiction, and scientific reality has now caught up, with a report from NASA’s Kepler mission of a planet orbiting two stars.
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Small distant galaxies host supermassive black holes
Using the Hubble Space Telescope to probe the distant universe, astronomers have found supermassive black holes growing in surprisingly small galaxies, suggesting that central black holes formed at an early stage in galaxy evolution.
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Ten easy steps: Some good advice for new UC Santa Cruz students
New UCSC students should clip and save these 10 handy tips that will help them thrive and survive in college and enjoy their new surroundings.