December 2018
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Beach hazard warning through Friday morning
The National Weather Service has issued a Beach Hazard Statement for sneaker waves. This means that conditions are present to support a heightened risk of unsuspecting beach goers being swept into the sea by a wave.
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DVD box set curated by Shelley Stamp wins 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Award
“Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers”–a Kino Classics box set curated by UC Santa Cruz film and digital media professor Shelley Stamp and executive produced by actress, director, and screenwriter Illeana Douglas–has received a 2018 Special Award from the New York Film Critics Circle.
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Art exhibit highlights the ubiquity of motors
“Motors Surround Us”—a collaboration between a physics lecturer, her students, and community artists—will be on display through Dec. 31 in the atrium of the Physical Sciences Building.
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Submit comments on revised proposed policy on open access for theses and dissertations
The Office of the President invites comments on a revised proposed Presidential Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations. Numerous submissions were made in response to the draft policy during the first system-wide review. Reviewers provided a number of different suggestions for improving the draft policy. This revised draft is responsive to those comments…
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Campus boating center earns best-in-show award in parade
For the fifth year in a row, the UC Santa Cruz Community Boating Center earned the coveted best-in-show award at the 33rd annual Lighted Boat Parade held at the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor on Saturday, Dec. 1.
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Giving Back this Holiday Season
The holidays are here! Help the Student Volunteer Center (SVC) give back to the community by participating in their annual Giving Drive, happening from now until December 7th.
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More key forms digitized by Office of Industry Alliances and Technology Commercialization
After launching an online Invention Disclosure Form last year, the Office of Industry Alliances and Technology Commercialization (IATC) has followed up this year by digitizing and streamlining its non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and material transfer agreement (MTA) request procedures.
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Environmental, social changes shift how elephant seals communicate
UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. candidate Caroline Casey retraced biologist Burney Le Boeuf’s scientific footsteps and discovered the seals’ threat calls no longer had geographic distinctions. Instead, as the northern elephant seal population had increased, the males’ calls had grown more individualized and complex.