November 2011 News Archive

State Assemblymember Bill Monning meets with UCSC health sciences interns

Three UCSC human biology/health sciences program interns spoke in detail about their experiences during an informal meeting with state Assemblymember Bill Monning, chair of the Assembly Health Committee.

Student Services reopens in Hahn Building after overnight protest

Offices in the Hahn Student Services Building at UC Santa Cruz are expected to be open for business Wednesday morning after approximately two dozen people who had spent

Soc Doc alumna reports from Egypt’s Tahrir Square

UCSC alumna Bridgette Auger was following women activists in Egypt’s Tahrir Square last week when they came under fire during a clash between protesters and police. Auger—who received

Campus advisory: Hahn Student Services reopens

This web site is provided to help keep the UCSC community aware of any disruptions in service that begin on Monday, November 28, due to protests. Thank

Ocean scientist Tom Guilderson wins E. O. Lawrence Award

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the 2011 E. O. Lawrence Award in Biological and Environmental Sciences to ocean scientist Tom

Campus Holiday Gathering

Chancellor Blumenthal and his wife, Kelly Weisberg, invite all faculty and staff to a Holiday Gathering & Campus Celebration on Thursday, December 8th.

Hahn Student Services reopens

I am pleased to inform you that we anticipate reopening Hahn Student Services on Wednesday morning. Shortly before noon today, protesters voluntarily vacated the building. As of this writing, staff are returning to Hahn and preparing to resume normal operations tomorrow.

SSC and Theater Arts team up for holiday extravaganza

After a brief hiatus, the popular year-end holiday co-production by Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the Theater Arts Department returns this year for "A Year with Frog and Toad"—running

Submarine springs offer preview of ocean acidification effects on coral reefs

Observations at submarine springs found along the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are giving scientists a preview of the possible fate of coral reef ecosystems in response to

Second Harvest Food Bank & UCSC Holiday Food Drive

The UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate and Staff Advisory Board invite you to join us again this year in donating cash and non-perishable food to the Second Harvest Food Bank during the annual holiday food drive. .

Writing instructor's essay included in natural history anthology

An essay by Sarah Juniper Rabkin, a lecturer and researcher in the UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies Department is included in "The Way of Natural History" (Trinity University

Hahn Student Services protest

UCSC in the News

History professor Dana Frank contributed an article to The Nation revealing how new Wikileaks cables show that US-funded troops in Honduras have been collaborating with a known drug trafficker in his private army's war against campesinos in that country.

UCSC gets top spot in nationwide "vegan schools" contest

UC Santa Cruz has come in first place in a heated, five-week contest to determine the "#1 vegan friendly college in the

Alum's high-finance career talk draws eager crowd

A formally dressed, resume-toting group of career-minded students was part of the standing-room-only crowd at last week's Career Center event, which featured Sam Rosenberg (Cowell '93, math), a

UCSC grad is an editor of the 'Occupied Wall Street Journal'

Despite the bust-up of Occupy encampments nationwide, a UC Santa Cruz graduate who helps edit the newspaper for the popular movement credits media outreach with spreading the message

Campus leadership supports peaceful demonstations

Chancellor George Blumenthal and CP/EVC Alison Galloway comment on police actions at UC Davis and Berkeley and express support for the right to peacefully demonstrate on UC campuses.

Chocolate Festival volunteers needed

Volunteers needed for the annual Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival on Sunday, January 22, 2012 from 1 - 4 p.m.

Community Crime Bulletin

UCSC Police department community crime alert bulletin.

Ulcer-causing bacteria tamed by defect in cell-targeting ability

Without the ability to swim to their targets in the stomach, ulcer-causing bacteria do not cause the inflammation of the stomach lining that leads to ulcers and stomach

Our University: new family care benefit, signing the patent amendment, and more news for UC faculty and staff

Open Enrollment 2012 ends Tuesday, November 22 at 5 p.m.

If you haven’t already done so, you have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22 to make UC health and welfare benefit plan changes for 2012.

Campus experiencing significant email outage

Pulitzer Prize winning poet to read at 2nd Morton Marcus event, Nov. 20

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Kay Ryan—the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2008-2010, who just a few weeks ago received a MacArthur (“genius”) Fellowship award--will be the featured guest at the

Physicist Michael Dine receives Outstanding Faculty Award

Michael Dine, distinguished professor and chair of physics, has received the 2010-11 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological

UCSC leads $4 million NOAA project to monitor harmful algal blooms

Scientists are launching a major effort to understand the conditions leading to blooms of toxic algae along the California

Amendment to Patent Acknowledgement or Agreement

Message regarding an impending project to amend the Patent Acknowledgment or Agreement that all faculty, staff, and others using University resources or facilities are required to sign when they come to the University of California.

Arboretum celebrates partnership with Amah Mutsun tribe

The Arboretum and the Amah Mutsun tribe are working together on a project that highlights native plants traditionally used by the Mutsun

UCSC fundraisers honored at Silicon Valley Philanthropy Day

Two UCSC fundraising teams will be recognized by the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Fundraising

UCSC in the News

The discovery of pristine gas clouds from the Big Bang by astronomers Xavier Prochaska and Michele Fumagalli received widespread coverage, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Scientific American, Astronomy, ScienceNow, Space.com, Universe Today, Astronomy Now, Discovery News, and many other media outlets.

Astronomers find clouds of primordial gas from the early universe

For the first time, astronomers have found pristine clouds of the primordial gas that formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang.

Taking it to the next level: Women’s soccer team qualifies for regional playoffs

The hard-working UCSC women’s soccer team is bound for Southern California this weekend to compete in the regional playoffs for the first time in two

UCSC makes final round of the "Nation's Most Vegan-Friendly Colleges" contest

UCSC is facing off against the University of Florida in a social-network-based contest that will determine the “#1 vegan friendly college in the

Transportation advisory: November 9

This web site is provided to help keep the UCSC community and our neighbors aware of any traffic disruptions on or near campus on Wednesday, November 9. Due

Ancient lunar dynamo may explain magnetized moon rocks

A novel mechanism that could have generated a magnetic field on the moon early in its history may explain the presence of magnetized rocks on the lunar

UCSC Student Insurance Office

To opt out of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) for winter quarter 2012 and the remainder of the academic year 2011-2012, students must complete the on-line insurance waiver.

Slug men's water polo hopes to make big splash at national championships

This will be a momentous weekend for the UC Santa Cruz men's water polo team. The Banana Slugs are set to make history as they head to Atlanta

Coming November 14: Faculty and staff e-mail moves to Google

UCSC CruzMail email for faculty and staff moves to Google this weekend. In preparation for this work, CruzMail will be unavailable on Sunday from 2 p.m to 5

Preview of Grateful Dead Archive features legendary poster artist Stanley Mouse

"Despite the heavy rain Deadheads and academics alike flooded McHenry Library at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday to get their first glimpse of the Grateful Dead

UCSC in the News

Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a Nature article about a project to drill into the fault zone of the Tohoku earthquake that caused the devastating tsunami in Japan earlier this year.

Traveling home for the Holidays

Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) invites you to consider using UCSC Zimride to share the ride with others going out of town or to the airport.

United Way kicks off workplace fundraising campaign at UCSC

The economic slump has increased the urgency of the United Way's latest fundraiser. The UCSC community is stepping up to help with a workplace campaign that runs through

UCSC wins $2.6 million grant for organic farming research

UC Santa Cruz will continue and expand its leading role in sustainable agriculture research with a $2.6 million federal grant to strengthen collaboration with Central Coast farmers to

Traffic advisory issued for Wednesday, November 9

In a message to the campus community, TAPS and the UCSC Police provide an advisory, alerting members of the UCSC community to the possibility of traffic disruptions on

UCSC art historian contributes to Touré’s new book on “post-blackness”

History of Art and Visual Culture assistant professor Derek Conrad Murray adds to candid conversation about race in the age of

Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Update

Over the summer, the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) transitioned the look of its website to the campus template, so check us out at: http://diversity.ucsc.edu.

Video chat with Chancellor Blumenthal

Speaking from the newly remodeled McHenry Library, Chancellor Blumenthal welcomes new and returning students, notes the increasing diversity of the student body, and highlights recent campus

Fermi telescope adds surprising new pulsars to growing collection

Scientists using NASA's Fermi telescope have discovered nine new gamma-ray pulsars and a surprisingly powerful millisecond

Tom Pettigrew wins social psychology career award

Thomas F. Pettigrew, research professor of social psychology at UC Santa Cruz, is one of two recipients of a new Career Achievement Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

Fall video message from Chancellor Blumenthal

Chancellor Blumenthal welcomes new and returning students, notes the increasing diversity of the student body, and highlights recent campus accomplishments.

UCSC Arboretum holds Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale Nov. 12 and 13

Wonderful holiday decorations and gifts will be available from the UCSC Arboretum at the Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on November 12 and

UCSC's Museum of Natural History holds open house and fundraiser

Two master naturalists will share their wisdom with the community when the UC Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History Collections (MNHC) holds its third annual open house and

Affirming UCSC's Principles of Community

Chancellor Blumenthal encourages all students, faculty, and staff to become familiar with the UCSC Principles of Community.

UCSC in the News

The Chronicle of Higher Education focused on the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture and the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) in a report on the growing field, noting it was the first of its kind in the nation.

UC Santa Cruz United Way Campaign: November 1–11

In the next few weeks, we have an opportunity to reach out to those in need of our help and make a difference in their lives through an annual gift to the United Way.

Chancellor Blumenthal discusses student diversity and provides budget update at Staff Forum

Chancellor George Blumenthal shared good news about undergraduate student demographics and merit-based raises for non-represented staff members at a campus forum on