2012
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Iraqi-born Israeli bringing Jewish Mid-East music to UCSC
Yair Dalal–who creates music that bridges both Arab and Israeli cultures–is coming to campus for both an academic lecture and a public concert, presented by Jewish Studies in collaboration with the Music Department.
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Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams honored by Chopra Foundation
Physicist Joel Primack and his wife Nancy Abrams have been chosen to receive the 2012 Spirit of Rustum Roy Award from the Chopra Foundation.
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UCSC receives more than 40,000 undergraduate applications for fall 2012
More than 40,000 prospective undergraduates – the most ever – have applied for admission to UC Santa Cruz for the fall 2012 quarter. California residents submitted 90 percent of UCSC’s freshman applications for fall 2012 – 29,639 – a 13.4 percent increase over 2011, the highest in the UC system.
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‘Open-source’ robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs
Robotics experts at UCSC and UW have built seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories.
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2012-13 UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program
Time for faculty to submit applications for the UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program.
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Challenges and opportunities for the New Year
In his New Year message to the campus, Chancellor Blumenthal celebrates recent good news and urges students, faculty, and staff to advocate on behalf of the university.
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Plant scientist Jean Langenheim honored by Graduate Women in Science
The Graduate Women in Science organization Sigma Delta Epsilon has awarded its highest honor to botanist Jean Langenheim.
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Poets and grandmothers in outer space: A Q&A with Nikki Giovanni
The acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni Giovanni had a free-ranging conversation with UCSC News & Events about her memories of Martin Luther King, Jr., her 20-year friendship with Rosa Parks, the importance of bearing witness, America’s great economic divide, and her wild dream of sending poets and grandmothers into outer space.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. with acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, will speak at UC Santa Cruz’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on February 2.
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Wandering stars offer clues to history of our galaxy
Some stars have orbits that take them to interesting places, and they have interesting stories to tell about how they were formed.