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Engineering Summer Bridge program celebrates 10 years serving new students
A week-long residential program eases the transition from high school to college for engineering students from underrepresented backgrounds.
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Office of Civil Rights completes its investigation, closes complaint against UCSC
A complaint against UC Santa Cruz, alleging that the campus created a hostile environment for Jewish students, has been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.
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Update on fire near West Entrance
A wildland fire near Empire Grade and the West Entrance to campus is reported under control.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz to end 32-year run due to budget problems
UC Santa Cruz announced today that this will be the final season for Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC), the professional repertory company in residence at the campus. The current season, the 32nd since the festival debuted on campus in 1981, will…
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Sea otters promote recovery of seagrass beds
Recolonization of Elkhorn Slough by sea otters led to recovery and expansion of seagrass beds due to cascading effects on the food web.
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UCSC ranked among best colleges for computer science and humanities majors
UCSC is highly ranked among the nation’s top computer science and humanities programs for “lifetime return on investment.”
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SCIPP director Steve Ritz helped ensure Fermi mission’s scientific bounty
UCSC physicist Steve Ritz was project scientist for NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
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Science and Justice Training Program explores ethics of scientific research
A subtle but significant shift in how national science policy makers regard the outcomes of scientific research has created opportunities for innovative programs such as the Science and Justice Training Program (SJTP) at UC Santa Cruz.
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Film grad promoting documentary that won chancellor’s award
Last May, UCSC graduate student Sadia Halima received the Chancellor’s Research Award for her thesis film Laal Pari/The Red Fairy, a documentary addressing women’s participation in politics at the grassroots level in rural India. Her documentary has now been accepted…
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UCSC establishes Department of Technology Management
UCSC has established a new Department of Technology Management in the Baskin School of Engineering.
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The astonishing world of UCSC alumnus artist Brandon Bird
UCSC alumnus Brandon Bird is an artist known for his inclination to draw and paint figures from pop culture in absurd situations. The Internet phenomenon returns to Santa Cruz on Aug. 19 to celebrate his first book with a reading,…
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2013-14 Campus Food & Garden Guide now available
The 2013-14 Campus Food & Garden Guide, produced annually by the UCSC Food Systems Working Group and the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, is now available.
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UCSC receives highest score on Princeton Review’s ‘Green Honor Roll’
UC Santa Cruz is one of 22 colleges and universities to receive Princeton Review’s highest score (99) in its sixth “Green Ratings.”
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Royal Astronomical Society honors astronomer Sandra Faber
The Royal Astronomical Society has awarded astronomer Sandra Faber an Honorary Fellowship of the RAS.
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UCSC alumna Kathy Sullivan nominated to lead NOAA
President Obama has nominated UCSC alumna Kathryn Sullivan to serve as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
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UCSC’s Dana Frank speaks in Congress about Human Rights in Honduras
UC Santa Cruz history professor Dana Frank testified last week before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House of Representatives about human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras.
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UCSC awarded three NEH grants for Humanities projects
UC Santa Cruz has received three grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support humanities projects in the Literature Department.
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Chancellor, other university leaders warn of ‘innovation deficit’
UCSC chancellor George Blumenthal is one of 165 university presidents and chancellors in the United States who have signed an open letter to President Obama and members of congress, expressing concern about federal budget cuts to research and higher education.
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UCSC acquires powerful new astrophysics supercomputer system
State-of-the-art computer systems have been instrumental in making UCSC one of the world’s leading centers for computational astrophysics and planetary science.
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Physicist Hitoshi Murayama to speak on ‘The Quantum Universe’ August 14
Renowned physicist Hitoshi Murayama will give a public lecture on “The Quantum Universe” on Wednesday, August 14, at the Rio Theater.
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In Memoriam: Doug Weismann
Doug Weismann, an Information Technology Services staff member, passed away over the weekend. He joined ITS in March of this year after many years as an employee of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and at Cisco Systems.
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Earth scientist Casey Moore elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union
AGU fellows are a select group of distinguished scientists who have made exceptional scientific contributions in the field of Earth science.
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Descendants of Charles Dickens to appear at UCSC’s annual celebration
Gerald Dickens, the great-great-grandson, and Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, will speak and perform as part of the annual Dickens Universe program, running August 4-10 on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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Scientific authorities sign TMT master agreement
The scientific authorities of the Thiry Meter Telescope partners have signed a master agreement defining the project goals and establishing a governance structure.
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Colleges Nine and Ten Provost Helen Shapiro to head UC Washington Center
Helen Shapiro, provost of Colleges Nine and Ten at UC Santa Cruz, has been named executive director of the University of California’s Washington Center known as UCDC.
