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UCSC’s Carolyn Dunn to direct play at National Congress of American Indians conference
Carolyn Dunn–director of UCSC’s American Indian Resource Center, managing director of the campus’s student resource centers, and literature lecturer—will direct a new play by acclaimed playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle at the National Congress of American Indians annual conference.
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UCSC to receive $500,000 in support of endowed chair in Jewish Studies
UC Santa Cruz has announced a major new gift to support the campus’s Jewish Studies Program.
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Seismologists puzzle over largest deep earthquake ever recorded
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake that struck deep beneath the Sea of Okhotsk on May 24 was the largest deep earthquake ever recorded.
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UCSC to crowdsource funding for scholarships
Supporters of public education are doing everything from donning Banana Slug suits to giving up coffee as part of a creative crowdfunding effort for scholarships.
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UCSC research funding tops $130 million for 2012-13
UCSC researchers attracted $132.5 million in external grants and contracts to the campus in the 2012-13 fiscal year.
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UCSC economics chair testifies on bill to raise California’s minimum wage
UC Santa Cruz professor and chair of economics Rob Fairlie told state lawmakers that California’s minimum wage should be raised so its purchasing power doesn’t continue to erode with inflation.
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UCSC Farm hosts Fall Harvest Festival Sunday, September 29
Bright orange pumpkins, roasted red peppers, and apples galore mark the changing seasons at the 19th annual Fall Harvest Festival, Sunday, September 29 at UC Santa Cruz’s 30-acre organic farm.
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UCSC hires game industry veterans to run professional degree program
Award-winning game designers Brenda Romero and John Romero will direct the new master’s degree program in games and playable media.
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Humanities to host exhibit celebrating centennial of Albert Camus
Beginning on October 15, UCSC will be one of 500 venues worldwide to host an exhibit commemorating the 100th birthday of the French Nobel Prize winning author and philosopher Albert Camus. The new digital/paper exhibit combines print editorial with QR…
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UC Santa Cruz prepares to welcome new, returning students for fall 2013
UC Santa Cruz students are scheduled to begin moving into university housing Wednesday, September 18, in anticipation of fall quarter for the 2013-14 school year. “Move-in” for students living on campus will continue through Sunday, September 22.
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California’s sea otter numbers continue slow climb
California sea otter numbers are up, according to the latest population survey led by federal, state, and UCSC scientists.
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Two UCSC film students receive Princess Grace awards
UCSC graduate students Lena Jackson and Claire Miyamoto have each been awarded a 2013 Princess Grace Foundation Honorarium in the category of documentary film.
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CrowdGrader brings crowdsourcing to the task of grading homework
A new crowdsourcing tool developed at UCSC gets students involved in grading homework assignments.
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NSF grant supports training of math and science teachers at UCSC
$1.45 million Noyce Scholarships grant supports UCSC’s teacher training partnerships with high-need school districts and community colleges
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History professor receives ACLS Fellowship to research ‘history of future’ in Mexico
UCSC associate professor of history Matt O’Hara has received a 2013-14 fellowship of $45,000 from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to write and additionally research his upcoming book titled “The History of the Future in Mexico.”
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New Cassini data from Titan indicate a rigid, weathered ice shell
An analysis of gravity and topography data from Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has revealed unexpected features of the moon’s outer ice shell.
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Organic plant sale at UC Santa Cruz kicks off fall gardening season
The UCSC Farm & Garden’s Fall Plant Sale will offer a rich and timely selection of organically raised vegetable seedlings, perennials, and California natives.
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UCSC well represented at White House student loan bill signing
A UC Santa Cruz alumnus and a current student watched in the Oval Office earlier this month as President Obama signed the historic bill that cuts student loan interest rates. Another alum helped lobby for the bill.
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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.
