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September 2013 News Archive

October 4, 2013
Cover crop workshop covers how to protect and improve your soil
Gardeners, don’t put away your spade and fork just yet. Fall is the time to plant cover crops, and master gardener Orin Martin will show you how at
September 30, 2013
Beware of Scams
With the beginning of the academic year, the Police Department and Information Technology Services want to take this opportunity to remind you to beware of scams.
September 30, 2013
Welcome to Fall Quarter
Chancellor George Blumenthal outlines four campuswide initiatives that will define this academic year.
September 30, 2013
Astronomers find patchy clouds on exotic world
Astronomers have created the first cloud map of a planet beyond our solar system, a sizzling, Jupiter-like world known as
September 27, 2013
Sesnon Gallery to feature American artist Charles Griffin Farr
"Formal Complexity," a new exhibition at the Sesnon Gallery, highlights UCSC’s permanent collection of figurative works by the late artist Charles Griffin Farr
September 27, 2013
Institute to present inaugural Leonardo Art/Science Evening, Oct. 8
On Tuesday, October 8, UCSC's Institute of the Arts and Sciences will present the campus’s inaugural LASER event, hosting an evening of speakers who will lay the foundation
September 27, 2013
Required Federal Notices
Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report for 2012.
September 27, 2013
Additional Elective Added – Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program
The Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is excited to announce we are adding an additional class for the popular elective “Class Matters” taught by Donnae Smith.
September 26, 2013
Pan-Cancer studies find common patterns shared by different tumor types
The Pan-Cancer Initiative, a major effort to analyze the molecular aberrations in cancer cells across a range of tumor types, has yielded an abundance of new
September 26, 2013
CruzAlert - Woman reports she was grabbed at Merrill
Be on lookout for a white male in 20s, clean shaven, dark hair, dark clothes, possible facial injury. He is suspected of grabbing a woman at Merrill College.
September 26, 2013
Community Crime Bulletin
On September 25, 2013, at 9:55 p.m. a female student reported to the UC Santa Cruz Police Department that an unknown white male adult grabbed her while she was walking near the Merrill College writing center at approximately 8:45 p.m. The victim reported that she was able to fight off the suspect and return to her dorm where she later called the police.
September 26, 2013
Preview Day 2013 -- Saturday, October 19
As many of you are aware, Preview Day is a specially-designed opportunity for prospective students (frosh and transfers) and their families. The day is an important recruitment activity which connects prospective students with UCSC faculty, staff, and students.
September 25, 2013
Our University - September 2013
Read the latest news for UC faculty and staff in Our University. Click on the link below to read the September issue, which includes:
September 25, 2013
Seeds from UCSC Arboretum may help threatened species in aftermath of recent fire
Arboretum experts help with recovery of a threatened plant species after a fire burned its entire
September 20, 2013
Students flock to campus during move-in week
New students and families flocked to UC Santa Cruz this week, getting to know the scenic campus and meeting roommates during move-in
September 20, 2013
John A. Marcum, Africa scholar, UCSC politics professor emeritus, dies at 86
John A. Marcum, a renowned Africa scholar, UCSC professor emeritus of politics, and former Merrrill Provost died September 12 in Santa Cruz at age
September 20, 2013
Photos from move-in 2013
Photos of new students and families as they get to know the scenic campus and meet roommates during move-in
September 19, 2013
UCSC’s Carolyn Dunn to direct play at National Congress of American Indians conference
Carolyn Dunn--director of UCSC’s American Indian Resource Center, managing director of the campus’s student resource centers, and literature lecturer—will direct a new play by acclaimed playwright Mary
September 19, 2013
UCSC to receive $500,000 in support of endowed chair in Jewish Studies
UC Santa Cruz has announced a major new gift to support the campus’s Jewish Studies Program.
September 19, 2013
Seismologists puzzle over largest deep earthquake ever recorded
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake that struck deep beneath the Sea of Okhotsk on May 24 was the largest deep earthquake ever
September 19, 2013
Expert sails-men
The American Youth Sailing Force, which had three members who are either current or former UCSC students, raised $250,000 in order to compete in the first Red Bull
September 18, 2013
UCSC to crowdsource funding for scholarships
Supporters of public education are doing everything from donning Banana Slug suits to giving up coffee as part of a creative crowdfunding effort for
September 18, 2013
UCSC research funding tops $130 million for 2012-13
UCSC researchers attracted $132.5 million in external grants and contracts to the campus in the 2012-13 fiscal year.
September 18, 2013
UCSC economics chair testifies on bill to raise California's minimum wage
UC Santa Cruz professor and chair of economics Rob Fairlie told state lawmakers that California's minimum wage should be raised so its purchasing power doesn’t continue to erode
September 18, 2013
UCSC Farm hosts Fall Harvest Festival Sunday, September 29
Bright orange pumpkins, roasted red peppers, and apples galore mark the changing seasons at the 19th annual Fall Harvest Festival, Sunday, September 29 at UC Santa Cruz’s 30-acre
September 18, 2013
Deer Alert - Rutting Season
This time of year drivers and cyclists need to be extra vigilant about deer darting into roadways.
September 17, 2013
UCSC hires game industry veterans to run professional degree program
Award-winning game designers Brenda Romero and John Romero will direct the new master's degree program in games and playable
September 16, 2013
Humanities to host exhibit celebrating centennial of Albert Camus
Beginning on October 15, UCSC will be one of 500 venues worldwide to host an exhibit commemorating the 100th birthday of the French Nobel Prize winning author and
September 16, 2013
UC Santa Cruz prepares to welcome new, returning students for fall 2013
UC Santa Cruz students are scheduled to begin moving into university housing Wednesday, September 18, in anticipation of fall quarter for the 2013-14 school year. "Move-in" for students
September 16, 2013
Student Health Center Closure on Thursday, September 19, 2013
On Thursday, September 19th, and therefore the Student Health Center, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), and Student Health Outreach Promotion (SHOP) will be closed all day for patient/client care.
September 16, 2013
Parking restrictions for annual campus Move-In
This week we are preparing to welcome more than 8,000 residential students to our community.
September 12, 2013
California's sea otter numbers continue slow climb
California sea otter numbers are up, according to the latest population survey led by federal, state, and UCSC scientists.
September 11, 2013
Two UCSC film students receive Princess Grace awards
UCSC graduate students Lena Jackson and Claire Miyamoto have each been awarded a 2013 Princess Grace Foundation Honorarium in the category of documentary film.
September 11, 2013
CrowdGrader brings crowdsourcing to the task of grading homework
A new crowdsourcing tool developed at UCSC gets students involved in grading homework assignments.
September 11, 2013
Getting at the truth
NPR foreign correspondent Carrie Kahn (College Eight '87, biology) braves tough situations to report the news, with both heart and
September 10, 2013
NSF grant supports training of math and science teachers at UCSC
$1.45 million Noyce Scholarships grant supports UCSC's teacher training partnerships with high-need school districts and community
September 10, 2013
Constitution Day on September 17
Federal law requires that all schools receiving federal funds provide information on the United States Constitution every year on Constitution Day, September 17, the anniversary of the signing
September 9, 2013
In Memoriam - Jamie Cooper
With great sadness, we write to inform you that Jamie Cooper, a Cowell student, died on Tuesday, September 3, as a result of a car accident. Services are Friday, September 13, 2013.
September 9, 2013
2014 UC Medical Plans
The University announced the range of 2014 medical plans on September 3, 2013.
September 6, 2013
In Memoriam - Kayla Hallee
With great sadness, we write to tell you that Kayla Hallee, a member of the Merrill College community since 2010, died last week near Santa Barbara.
September 5, 2013
Renewal of parking permits for staff and faculty
If you have not yet purchased or renewed your parking permit, please consider doing so now at https://basweb.ucsc.edu/application2013/.
September 5, 2013
Permits and parking information for Fall Quarter 2013
If you are eligible to purchase a parking permit at UCSC and haven’t yet done so, please use the online application at https://basweb.ucsc.edu/application2013/.
September 4, 2013
Farm fresh
The U.S. farming population is growing older, but a young UCSC alum—founder of Lonely Mountain Farm—is bucking the
September 4, 2013
Staff Appreciation Welcome Back Breakfast – September 10th
We are excited and delighted to have this opportunity to express appreciation for the wonderful work staff contributes to the campus throughout the year.
September 3, 2013
Love letter to McHenry Library
David Kirk developed video and media libraries at UCSC. Now he's arranged for a planned gift that will support McHenry Library far into the future.
September 3, 2013
In Memoriam - Jean Willson
Jean Willson, beloved wife of former Stevenson Provost Glenn Willson (1967-1974), died of pneumonia on August 9 in Kingston Hospital in London.