2014
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Dry, dry again
UCSC researchers are confronting the challenges of consecutive dry years that have left California in a water crisis.
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On campus: Making every drop count
UCSC has reduced its per-capita water use over the past 20 years, even while the number of students on campus has increased over that time. Still, the current water emergency means the UCSC community needs to do more.
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Food, agriculture and adventure on Maui: UCSC students get down and dirty on alternate spring break
A unique alternative spring break program gives students a way to explore Maui’s food systems and allow some hands-on learning
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UCSC receives NEA grant for art/science project on ocean ecology
UCSC has been awarded an NEA grant to support Blue Trail: Imagination and Innovation for Ocean Sustainability–a series of art installations that will be spread out across the San Francisco waterfront.
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De-extinction: Building future worlds with extinct organisms?
De-extinction and the accompanying moral and ethical questions will be probed Wednesday, April 23 as the UC Santa Cruz Science and Justice Working Group hosts “De-Extinction: Building Future Worlds with Extinct Organisms?”
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UCSC highlighted in Guide to Green Colleges
UCSC is one of four UC campuses scoring 99 points–the most possible–in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges, a free guide featuring colleges with a strong commitment to the environment and to sustainability.
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In Memoriam: Gene Stone
Russell “Gene” Stone, Jr., a police chief at UC Santa Cruz for 16 years, died on April 11 from complications related to cancer. He had turned 81 a day earlier.
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UC Santa Cruz increases admission to California freshmen for fall 2014
UC Santa Cruz offered admission to 23,176 students for its fall 2014 freshmen class, the vast majority coming from California high schools.
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Celebrating a milestone: distinguished crowd gathers at Founders Rock to mark the dedication of UC Santa Cruz
On April 17, 1964, nearly 2,000 people climbed a grassy hillside to witness the dedication of the University of California’s newest campus at Santa Cruz. A crowd of 100 people gathered to reflect and celebrate this week.
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Appointment of new chief campus counsel
Chancellor Blumenthal and CP/EVC Galloway announce the appointment of Michael A. Troncoso as chief campus counsel.
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Student Response to April 20th
Check out the festival from 2 to 6 p.m. at OPERS East Field on April 20.
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UCSC theater arts professor designs lighting for Billy Crystal HBO special
During the first week of January—in the midst of the polar vortex that was blasting the country—UCSC theater arts professor David Cuthbert was freezing in a video truck parked outside the stage door of the Imperial Theater in New York…