2012
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Share your ride with Zimride for a chance to win iPad
Try Zimride for your Spring Break to save money on gas and transportation costs.
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Catherine Cooper appointed faculty director of EPC
Professor Catherine Cooper has been appointed faculty director of UCSC’s Educational Partnership Center.
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Nesting eagles highlight success of restoration program
Discovery of a pair of bald eagles building a nest near Watsonville’s Pinto Lake highlights the success of a wildlife conservation effort begun 26 years ago, according to Glenn R. Stewart a UC Santa Cruz alumnus and director of the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird (SCPBRG) Research Group at UCSC’s Long Marine Lab.
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UCSC to showcase UC-wide research in Humanities at Museum of Art & History
The UC Santa Cruz Institute of Humanities Research will host the 2nd annual gathering of the UC Society of Fellows in the Humanities on April 21, at the Museum of Art and History. A free public event, it will showcase the exceptional research efforts underway in the field of Humanities–both at UCSC and throughout the…
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Biochemist Glenn Millhauser honored for protein structure research
Glenn Millhauser, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been chosen to receive the 2012 Silver Medal in Biology/Medicine from the International EPR Society.
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UCSC alumna Maya Rudolph featured on NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’
A 1995 graduate of UCSC’s Porter College with a B.A. in Art, Maya Rudolph spent seven seasons on Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to star in the hit comedy film, Bridesmaids, her new movie, Friends with Kids, and the TV series Up All Night.
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Pirate droids battle in student robotics competition March 14
Robotic pirate “ships” built by UCSC engineering students will face off in battle in a free public demonstration on March 14.
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UCSC in the News
Seismologist Thorne Lay was interviewed by Voice of America radio and quoted in a Washington Post article on the one-year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Chancellor signs ‘real food’ commitment for campus
Chancellor Blumenthal has signed the UC Santa Cruz Real Food Campus Commitment.
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Scholarships support student veterans at UCSC
Student veterans were in the spotlight during the UCSC Retirees Association Soup Social, held March 6 at the Arboretum. Twelve scholarships of $500 each were awarded to current UCSC students who have served in the US military. About four years ago the Retirees Association renewed their fundraising efforts for a scholarship fund and selected student veterans…
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Bridgeman named winner of Dickson emeriti award
Bruce Bridgeman, professor emeritus of psychology and psychobiology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named the Edward A. Dickson Professor of Psychology for the 2012-13 academic year.
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Open letter to UC community from President Yudof on recent incidents of intolerance
I write today to address, once again, the moral and ethical imperative for all of our University of California students, faculty and staff members to foster a climate of tolerance, civility and open-mindedness.