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Digital Arts exhibition showcases interactive new media art
“If plastics could speak, what would they say?” So begins graduate student Meredith Drum in the written description of her project, “Louisiana Re-Storied,” for the UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) 2011 MFA Exhibition.
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UCSC shines in survey of senior women in astronomy
The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics has more senior women faculty members than any other astronomy department in the country.
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Arts Dean to launch new ‘Creativity and Innovation’ lecture series
The UCSC Arts Division will debut a new series of free public lectures titled “Creativity and Innovation.” Dean David Yager has selected nine speakers—all noted for their unique ability to bridge innovation and creativity within their professional career paths.
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UCSC announces Baskins’ $1 million engineering gift at Scholarship Benefit Dinner
Chancellor George Blumenthal announced a special $1 million gift from Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin for engineering graduate fellowships at UCSC’s eighth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner.
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Acclaimed playwright and film director Luis Valdez to visit UCSC
Acclaimed playwright, director, and filmmaker Luis Valdez will join his son–UCSC theater arts lecturer Kinan Valdez–for two special audience talks after performances of Luis’s play “Mummifed Deer,” Feb. 26 and Mar. 4 at the Mainstage Theater.
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UC Santa Cruz makes Kiplinger’s ‘best value’ list
UC Santa Cruz, which opened with its first class of students just 45 years ago, is No. 69 on a new report listing the “best values” in public higher education.
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Student veterans are featured in newspaper cover story
An increasing number of veterans who have served in the country’s military are enrolling at UC Santa Cruz as students. And in the past two years, UCSC has raised the bar for veteran services with the campus’s Veterans Education Team Support (VETS) program.
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UC Santa Cruz welcomes students, families to preview days
The next two Saturdays, UC Santa Cruz will welcome prospective students and their families to Preview Day, the annual campus open house, to explore the campus and connect with UCSC faculty and staff.
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Staying connected: UCSC launches iPhone app
Busy, multi-tasking students can now keep up with life at UC Santa Cruz, thanks to a new free iPhone app with regularly updated campus news, videos, photos, events and even an emergency feed.
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UC Santa Cruz to offer new Ph.D program in Film and Digital Media
UCSC announces a new graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media.
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UC Santa Cruz veterans’ programs get $100,000 funding boost
UCSC’s veterans’ programs are among the best in the country, say funders.
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Fourth Annual Graduate Research Symposium presents impressive student works
A list of prize winners at the Fourth Annual Graduate Research Symposium.