April 2012
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Distracted Driver’s Enforcement
The National Distracted Driving Awareness Month is taking place in April.
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New UCSC ParkCard
Beginning next Monday, April 9th, UCSC ParkCards will be available for purchase at the TAPS Sales Office.
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Kepler Explorer app puts distant planets at your fingertips
Kepler Explorer, an innovative app for iPads and iPhones, provides interactive displays of planetary systems discovered by the Kepler Mission.
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Peregrine falcon chicks hatch on San Francisco high-rise
Four fluffy, white peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest on the San Francisco skyline where they can be viewed via a web cam hosted by UCSC’s Predatory Bird Research Group.
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibit draws from UCSC Grateful Dead Archive
On April 12, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will launch a major exhibition on the Grateful Dead, featuring a significant number of items on loan from The Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz.
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UCSC in the News
The New York Times Green Blog wrote about research on mercury levels in coastal fog led by environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias.
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UCSC Nabs Gold and Platinum awards for United Way and Second Harvest workplace campaigns
Despite uncertain economic times, UC Santa Cruz once again made it into the Top-5 list of workplace contributors to the United Way of Santa Cruz County and also earned a Platinum Can Award from Second Harvest Food Bank for its donations.
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Chancellor’s ‘reflection’ on 40 years
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his arrival as a young faculty member on campus, Chancellor George Blumenthal authored a “reflection” that was published on Sunday, April 1, in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. “As I reflect on the campus that has grown up around me, I’m reminded that its course, like my life,…