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Popular Community Studies major reinstated at UC Santa Cruz
The popular Community Studies major, suspended in 2010, has been reinstated at UC Santa Cruz beginning fall 2013.
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Linguistics professor receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
Linguistics professor Donka Farkas was presented with the 2013 John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities yesterday at the Humanities Division’s Spring Awards Celebration.
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Congressman Farr honors Sandy Faber at Senate meeting
U.S. Congressman Sam Farr paid a surprise visit to the May 29 meeting of UCSC’s Academic Senate in order to pay tribute to astronomer Sandra Faber.
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UCSC Spring Opera: Fidelity, love…and the Tour de France
Each spring, the UCSC Music Department offers up a major opera production–the only fully staged, live opera presentation in Santa Cruz County. This year it will present “Così fan tutte,” a story of love and jealously, featuring the music of…
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Carbon capture technique produces hydrogen fuel, offsets ocean acidification
Scientists have discovered and demonstrated a new technique to remove and store atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Memorial events commemorate the life of Professor Aaronette White
Two events commemorating the life of UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Aaronette White are planned for Friday, May 31, and June 1, 2013 on the UCSC campus.
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UCSC film professor celebrates release of new book at Lincoln Center
Two decades ago, UCSC film professor B. Ruby Rich coined the term “New Queer Cinema” to describe a new type of film making its debut at film festivals featuring lesbian and gay protagonists. Her latest book offers new thoughts on…
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UCSC offers professional degree in games and playable media
A new master’s degree program in Games and Playable Media is being offered from the UCSC Silicon Valley site in Santa Clara.
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Puma capture demonstrates success of non-lethal intervention
The capture in downtown Santa Cruz and resettlement of a young male mountain lion is one of the first tests of a new state policy that calls for using non-lethal methods when mountain lions are discovered in populated areas.
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UCSC to host first annual Middle School Summit focusing on solving community challenges
UC Santa Cruz will pilot the first annual Middle School Summit on Tuesday, May 21, as part of the Santa Cruz County College Commitment–bringing up to 350 local students to the university campus.
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Sign-ups open for Community Supported Agriculture program
Membership signups are now open for the UCSC Farm’s 2013 Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
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Psychology grad wins research award typically given to graduate students
Lauren Brande, (Porter, ’11, psychology) won a best abstract award May 3 at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association in Reno.
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After the breakup in a digital world: Purging social media memories
The era is long gone when a romantic breakup meant ripped-up photos and burned love letters. Digital photos and emails can be deleted but what about digital records of a beloved that lurk on Facebook, tumblr, and flicker?
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UCSC physicist Michael Nauenberg wins UC distinguished emeriti award
Michael Nauenberg, professor emeritus of physics at UC Santa Cruz, has been honored with the 2013 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
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Dietary flexibility may have helped large predators survive after last ice age
A study of mammoth steppe predators suggests dietary flexibility gave wolves and bears an edge over saber-toothed cats and cave lions.
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NASA scientist Chris McKay to discuss life on other planets in May 23 lecture
Annual Halliday Lecture addresses the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover and the prospects for finding life on other planets
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History professor Dana Frank to speak May 8 in Stevenson Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series
UCSC history professor and alumna Dana Frank (American Studies, ’78) will speak about human rights in Honduras on May 8 as part of the Stevenson College Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.
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Three ENVS graduate students receive NSF graduate research fellowships
Three Environmental Studies doctoral students have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships for 2013.
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CASFS Apprenticeship program hosts premiere of ‘Symphony of the Soil’
“Symphony of the Soil,” a feature film that depicts the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource, will have its Santa Cruz premiere on Saturday, May 11th, 2013, at the Nickelodeon Theater.
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UCSC to present student-run Community Arts Festival May 11
The UC Santa Cruz Good Neighbor Initiative Program will present a free Community Arts Festival at Abbott Square–outside the Museum of Art & History in downtown Santa Cruz–on Saturday, May 11, from 12 to 3 p.m.
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26th annual Bike Week begins May 3
UCSC’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) has joined with Ecology Action to host the 26th Annual Santa Cruz County Bike Week, May 3 – 11, 2013. The Bike Week program aims to provide a safe, supportive and festive environment for…
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Graduate students present research in annual symposium May 10
Graduate students from all five academic divisions at UCSC will present their research on Friday, May 10.
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So You Think When You Dance?
UCSC’s Ted Warburton will give the Arts Division’s 2013 Outstanding Faculty Research Lecture May 16, plus direct a faculty dance concert with guest Bay Area alumni and students, May 24-June 2.
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Alumna Dana Priest updates security report in light of Boston bombings
Washington Post reporter Dana Priest (Merrill, ’81, politics) has updated a television report on the national security industrial complex in light of the Boston Marathon bombings.
