October 2012
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UCSC Foundation endorses Prop. 30
During its fall-quarter meeting on October 13, trustees from the UC Santa Cruz Foundation endorsed Proposition 30.
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10th Practical Activism Conference coincides with College Ten’s 10th anniversary
Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor emerita, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th Practical Activism Conference Saturday, October 20 at Colleges Nine and Ten on the UCSC campus.
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Cyber Security series: Protecting your mobile devices
With October being National Cyber Security Awareness Month, ITS is running a series of four articles in October that highlight important cyber security topics and provide some concrete steps you can take. Recognizing that many of today’s mobile devices are computers just like more “traditional” laptop and desktop computers, this week’s cyber security article is…
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Building bridges over the digital divide
An ambitious program at UCSC combines practical training in information technology with student-driven social justice ventures
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Classrooms without walls
From the grasses of the meadows to the tips of towering redwoods, the UCSC campus is a “living laboratory” and a natural lecture hall
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This is UCSC
Milky Way destined for head-on collision with Andromeda galaxy The night sky 4 billion years from now would look something like this as the Andromeda galaxy begins to collide and merge with the Milky Way. The image is based on dynamical computer modeling of the future collision between the two galaxies. (llustration: NASA, ESA, Z.…
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Mapping the Sky
Astronomy professor Connie Rockosi is a bright light in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which aims to discover how our galaxy was born
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UCSC to host free public conference exploring philosophy in multicultural context
Is philosophical inquiry bound by history, geography or culture? Should the philosopher be responsible to the public? On October 20, UCSC will host a free public conference examining the relationship between philosophy and its multicultural context.
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Seasonal Flu Shot Clinics on Campus
Seasonal Flu shots will once again be offered to staff and faculty at the Student Health Center located across from the University Center and Colleges 9 & 10 on McLaughlin Drive.
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President Yudof to hold live web chat for UC faculty and staff Friday, Nov. 2
UC President Mark Yudof and Staff Advisors to the Regents Kevin Smith and Kathy Barton will take part in a live web chat for UC faculty and staff on Friday, November 2. A central focus of the discussion will be UC’s financial future and how success or failure of Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s November…
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Masthead, fall 2012
University of California, Santa Cruz Chancellor: George Blumenthal Vice Chancellor, University Relations: Donna Murphy UC Santa Cruz Review – Fall 2012 Editor: Gwen Mickelson Creative Director: Lisa Nielsen Art Director/Designer: Linda Knudson (Cowell ’76) Associate Editor: Dan White Cover Photo Sloan Digital Sky Collaboration, sdss.org Photography Eric Arvizu Scott Karoly Carolyn Lagattuta Elena Zhukova Contributors…
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The road to ’65
UCSC is turning 50 in 2015! We’re starting the celebration by presenting stories in each issue of Review of what was happening on campus 50 years ago.