2012
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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,…
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Join your fellow Boston area UCSC Alums (BSLUGS)
Join your fellow Boston area UCSC Alums (BSLUGS) as we check out the much acclaimed Renzo Piano-designed wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. We’ll have plenty of time to also visit the gorgeous courtyard gardens and world-renown surrounding galleries. Afterwards at 1 p.m., we’ll have lunch nearby at The Squealing Pig. The 70,000 square…
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Alumni Reunion weekend: embracing tradition, celebrating innovation
UCSC grads will have many opportunities to reminisce at the Natural History Field Quarter 40th Reunion, a Black Alumni Alumni Reunion, an Oakes College’s 40th Anniversary brunch, a Cowell College reunion and the UCSC Class of 2002’s 10-year Reunion.
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Peregrine falcon eggs on San Francisco high-rise about to hatch
Four peregrine falcon eggs in a nest at the San Francisco headquarters of PG&E are expected to hatch any day, according to the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, which has successfully reintroduced peregrine falcons to the wild after the species was nearly decimated 40 years ago.
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Peregrine falcon eggs on San Francisco high-rise nest about to hatch
our peregrine falcon eggs in a nest at the San Francisco headquarters of PG&E are expected to hatch any day, according the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, which has successfully reintroduced peregrine falcons to the wild after the species was nearly decimated 40 years ago from the effects of the pesticide DDT.
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UCSC in the News
Inside Higher Ed published a commentary on the “digital humanities” by computer scientist Noah Wardrip-Fruin.
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Astrophysicist Michael Turner speaks April 16 on what came ‘Before the Big Bang’
Eminent cosmologist Michael Turner will discuss the origins of the universe in a free public lecture on Monday, April 16, at the Rio Theater.