May 2012
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Support for our veteran students
UC Santa Cruz has developed a comprehensive network of services to support veteran students.
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Music of the Spheres draws summer visitors to Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory offers evening programs for music lovers and astronomy buffs featuring concerts, lectures, and opportunities to view the night sky through the observatory’s history-making telescopes atop Mt. Hamilton.
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Music Department’s Spring Opera ‘Little Women’ opens May 31
Each spring, the UCSC Music Department offers up a major opera production–the only fully staged, live opera presentation in Santa Cruz County. This year it presents composer Mark Adamo’s Little Women, based on the popular novel by Louisa May Alcott.
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UCSC earns new national and statewide honors for sustainability practices
UC Santa Cruz, long renowned for its sustainable energy practices, has earned two prestigious new laudations: a top spot on a national “Green Honor Roll,” and special recognition for recent energy and water-saving retrofits on campus.
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Fledging season for owls means clumsy chicks on the ground
Experts says it’s normal to see owl chicks on the ground, and they should be left alone.
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Humanities lecturer named one of ‘Best 300 Professors’ by Princeton Review
German Studies lecturer Walter Campbell has been named one of The Best 300 Professors by the Princeton Review.
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Our University – May 2012
President takes UC message on the road, UC Health’s $3 billion community impact, family member eligibility verification and other news for you.
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Public comment period on UC protest report
UC Office of the President has posted the draft report regarding campus protests, and requested comments be submitted no later than June 8.
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Lemur extinctions and ecological retreat followed arrival of humans in Madagascar
A study of lemurs in Madagascar suggests that factors driving lemur extinctions have also sparked an ongoing “ecological retreat” by surviving species.
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Recognizing excellence in teaching at UCSC
The 2011-12 Excellence in Teaching Awards honored eight caring professors who inspired their students at UCSC. UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal presented the awards at the Stevenson Event Center on campus.
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UCSC in the News
The June issue of National Geographic magazine includes a piece on another study by Daniel Costa, using southern elephant seals to map the seafloor around Antarctica.
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Senior leadership searches
Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway announces upcoming visits by the finalists for two senior leadership posts.