2012
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Van Jones featured at ‘Rebuilding the Dream’ event on February 21
On Tuesday, February 21, UC Santa Cruz will host Van Jones from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Stevenson Event Center. In honor of Black History Month, this event is designed for members of the campus community.
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UC Santa Cruz named a top best-value public university
The Princeton Review has named UC Santa Cruz as one of the top 75 best-value public undergraduate schools in the nation, according to a list published this week in the book “The Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition.”
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New book traces UCSC’s role in organic and sustainable farm movement
A new book published by the UCSC Library’s Regional History Project offers a window into the 40-year history of how UC Santa Cruz–and California’s Central Coast—became leaders in the organic farming and sustainable agriculture movement.
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Progress toward our “Five for 2015” initiatives
Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway reports on progress toward the campus’s “Five for 2015” initiatives.
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Phased Retirement Program
The University has recently approved a Phased Retirement Program.
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Hatchery fish mask the decline of wild salmon populations
Only about 10 percent of the fall-run Chinook salmon spawning in the Mokelumne River are naturally produced wild salmon.
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Smith Renaissance Society supports achievement of independent students
As the cost of a University of California education has tripled since 1999, a modest but unique program at UC Santa Cruz has shown remarkable success in helping retain and graduate independent students – former foster youth, wards of the court, homeless youth, orphans, or others who are on their own.
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New images capture ‘stealth merger’ of dwarf galaxies
Images of a nearby dwarf galaxy show the remains of an even smaller companion galaxy in the process of merging with its host.
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Banff Mountain Film Fest a celebration of adventure, adrenaline
The world-renowned Banff Mountain Film Festival will make its 20th annual visit to Santa Cruz this February, hosted once again by UCSC’s Recreation Department.
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Library’s book conservator contributes to project for Japan’s tsunami survivors
The University Library’s Hisako Nakazawa has joined the OKAERI PROJECT, an international effort initiated by the Tokyo Bookbinding Club.
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In Memoriam — Harold Hardeman (Hardy) Hanson
Colleagues in UC Santa Cruz’s Division of Arts have prepared the following remembrance of Harold Hardeman (Hardy) Hanson, a beloved member of UCSC’s arts community since 1969. Hanson passed away on January 25.
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UCSC in the News
Astronomer Steven Vogt was quoted in widespread coverage of the discovery of a potentially habitable planet, including stories in Time, Science News, UPI, NBC Bay Area, MSNBC, Fox News, Astronomy Now, Universe Today, io9, Huffington Post, SlashGear, Global Post, Daily Mail, Register, Economic Times and many other media outlets.