January 2019
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Grad student working to advance Beyond Compliance initiative
Across the world, graduate student Alison Hanson has focused on preventing and responding to sexual violence. She’s now bringing her expertise to UC Santa Cruz, where she’s part of the campus Beyond Compliance initiative.
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Scientists to inaugurate a new type of gamma ray telescope at Whipple Observatory
The prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) is designed as a pathfinder telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array.
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Idled farmland presents habitat restoration opportunities in San Joaquin Desert
Land no longer suitable for agriculture could be reclaimed as habitat for dozens of endangered species, according to a new analysis.
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Seed-funding innovation
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees seeks interesting new projects to fund.
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Janet Yellen: Honoring a living legend
Janet Yellen, widely regarded as one of the most successful Federal Reserve chairs in history, will receive the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Medal at a ceremony in Menlo Park next month.
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Upper-ocean warming is changing the global wave climate, making waves stronger
The energy in ocean waves has been increasing as a consequence of climate change, according to a new study.
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2019 commencement schedule announced with new ticketing requirement
The 2019 commencement schedule has been released. Commencement weekend is an exciting celebration for our students and their friends and family.
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Cal Fire planning pile burns along Empire Grade
Cal Fire has advised campus officials that state fire crews in the coming weeks will begin burning vegetation piles they have assembled along Empire Grade. Conditions were too wet for burnling last week. However, the burns could start as early as this week, providing it is a permissive burn day.
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In Memoriam: Cameron Poole
Cameron Poole, a junior at the university and a Kresge College student, died Jan. 8.
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Improving the Strategic Academic Plan
The campus community is invited to a town hall on Friday to learn more about the reworked Strategic Academic Plan document.
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In Memoriam: Sree Divya Alla
Divya passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019. She was a vibrant member of our communities here at Colleges Nine and Ten. Please join us in expressing our deep condolences to Divya’s family and friends.
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Email Scam Targeting Students
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has been notified of an email scam being perpetrated on students from someone saying they need to hire a student as a personal assistant. In the scam, a person identifying himself as Marcus Paredes is posing as a doctor who helps people with disabilities.