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UC Santa Cruz to present conference on body modification Oct. 14-16
The UC Santa Cruz Institute for Advanced Feminist Research (IAFR) will present a three-day conference on body modification, October 14-16, on the university campus. The conference will explore our culture’s fascination with body modifications that range from tattooing, piercing, and…
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Fall lecture series at the Seymour Center will focus on sustainable fisheries
The Fall Lecture Series at UC Santa Cruz’s Seymour Marine Discovery Center will focus on sustainable fisheries, with six speakers providing a range of perspectives on the serious challenges facing important fisheries on the West Coast and around the world.…
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Campus raises record $35.3 million in private gifts last year
Led by grants promoting ocean research and drawing on strong support from alumni, private gifts to UC Santa Cruz reached $35.3 million during 2004-05. “Across the range of disciplines, from social sciences, humanities, and the physical and biological sciences to…
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Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group funds cancer research at UC Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group (SCCBG) has established a new fellowship to support cancer research at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The SCCBG Research Fellowship is an annual award of $10,000 to support a UCSC graduate student or…
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Campus lot reserved for people purchasing a parking permit
To facilitate parking permit renewal for the 2005-06 academic year, TAPS is reserving Campus Facilities Lot 116 (see map) from September 16 through September 30 for those faculty, staff, students and visitors that will be going to the TAPS Sales…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Santa Cruz’s new year getting under way
UC Santa Cruz students began moving into university housing today (Friday, September 16), in anticipation of the 2005-06 school year. The first day of instruction in the fall quarter is Thursday, September 22. ‘Move-in’ activities begin on Friday, September 16…
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UC Santa Cruz will get training grants from California stem cell institute
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) last week announced its first grant awards, including a $1.2 million training grant to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to establish a new training program in the systems biology of stem cells.…
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UCSC swim team prepares for 12-hour swim across Monterey Bay on Sept. 30
In a grueling test of their endurance, 12 hearty members of the UC Santa Cruz swim team will forsake their pool with a view and plunge into Monterey Bay on September 30 for the seventh annual transbay swim. Accompanied by…
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UCSC and Santa Cruz Cultural Council to collaborate on arts project with NEA grant
The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County has received a $14,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a collaborative project with the UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures program. Titled Connecting Arts and Community, the project…
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UC Santa Cruz launching online job application system
Job-seekers applying for staff positions at UC Santa Cruz can soon forget all about filling out forms by hand and dropping them off in the mail. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, the entire application process will be online. Two free public…
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UC Santa Cruz physicists describe a new mechanism for metallic magnetism
Predicting the magnetic behavior of metallic compounds is a surprisingly difficult problem for theoretical physicists. While the properties of a common refrigerator magnet are not a great mystery, certain materials exhibit magnetic properties that do not fit within existing theories…
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UCSC instructor links writing to democracy in Higher Education Exchange interview
Don Rothman views the writing classroom as a laboratory for democracy. After 27 years of guiding teachers and 32 years of teaching college students, he is convinced that writing classes are temporary communities in which students can develop critical thinking…
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New research unveils complex mechanisms that control cell growth and division
Researchers studying the molecular mechanisms that control cell growth and division are piecing together a surprising and complicated regulatory system that offers promising targets for anticancer drugs. A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz,…
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New ‘Outspoken Speakers’ series featured in Arts & Lectures 2005-06 season
Environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., superstar classical violinist Midori, Grammy-winning mandolinists Mike Marshall and Chris Thile, and Spain’s powerful traditional flamenco troupe Noche Flamenca are just a few of the internationally acclaimed artists and speakers on the 2005-06 UCSC…
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UC Santa Cruz researchers awarded grant to develop faster, cheaper DNA sequencing
A team including researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a major grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to develop new technology for genome sequencing. The grant is part of a NHGRI program to…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Conference participants will meet with reporters on Friday, August 12, to discuss new developments in research on galaxies and cosmology
Several of the leading participants in a conference at UC Santa Cruz on cosmology and galaxy formation will be available to discuss the latest developments in the field and to answer reporters’ questions. When: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Friday,…
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Weeklong astronomy conference honoring UC Santa Cruz professors will feature a public lecture on Tuesday, August 9
About 200 astronomers, including many of the world’s leading astrophysicists and cosmologists, will gather at the University of California, Santa Cruz, next month for a weeklong conference to honor three UCSC professors–astronomers George Blumenthal and Sandra Faber and physicist Joel…
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Moore Foundation gives UC Santa Cruz a $2.2 million grant for marine microbiology research facility
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a $2.2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to establish a state-of-the-art facility for marine microbiology research. The new laboratory, operated by UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences, will support…