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Volunteers keep watch as urban falcons embark on first flights
As young peregrine falcons prepare to take their first flights in San Francisco and San Jose, volunteers watch from sidewalks and rooftops to help the birds if they get into trouble.
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First-ever UC Santa Cruz Business Plan Competition generates winning ideas
The first-ever UCSC Business Plan Competition showcased winning ideas.
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‘Iconic’ cooperage being reinforced to preserve history
The cooperage, one of the historic buildings in the Cowell Lime Works Historic District, is undergoing temporary reinforcement to keep it standing as time takes its toll on the structure.
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Undergrad chosen for prestigious research internship in Japan
UCSC undergraduate Dominic Papia has been selected for a prestigious summer internship at one of Japan’s premier research centers.
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Veterans host first ever student-led campus Memorial Day observance
Veterans and the Services for Transfer and Re-entry Students program last week presented the first ever student-led Memorial Day celebration on campus.
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Men’s tennis team wins 7th national title
For the seventh time in school history, UCSC’s men’s tennis team has captured an NCAA national championship.
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CruzAlert: Campus entrance closed Thursday morning as a precaution; reopened after several hours
A suspicious object, observed in a stormwater drain near the main entrance to campus earlier today (Thursday, May 21), resulted in the closure of that entrance and the temporary evacuation of selected campus buildings in the immediate vicinity. Santa Cruz…
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UCSC music grad student named winner in 57th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards
UCSC graduate student in music Noah Gideon Meites is one of nine young classical composers who have been named winners in the 57th Annual BMI Student Composer Awards.
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Third grader’s question about soccer fields leads to UCSC science lab
Third-grader Claire Dworsky is investigating her own questions about water quality in Adina Paytan’s laboratory at UCSC.
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Hands-on research inspires freshman biology students
In the Phage Genomics Lab, a select group of freshmen dive straight into research, while also taking the usual introductory biology lectures.
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Rajan to study management of environmental risks in India
With a new NSF grant, S. Ravi Rajan will explore the intersection of science and politics in India.
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Scientists develop new technology for tracking algal toxins
A new tool for tracking algal toxins is under development at UCSC.
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Lab fire leads to building evacuation; ‘minimal’ damage and no injuries reported
A fire that sparked in a chemistry lab on the third floor of UCSC’s Physical Sciences Building this afternoon was quickly extinguished by campus fire crews. The fire, contained to the lab of origin, resulted in the evacuation of between…
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Campus gets first LEED ‘green building’ certification
UC Santa Cruz has taken another step in increasing its sustainability by obtaining its first LEED certification–the internationally recognized “green” standard for buildings.
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UCSC well represented at Santa Cruz Film Festival, May 7-15
A robust selection of films by UCSC students and alumni will be showcased at the 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival, running May 7-15 in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Arthur P. Ramirez named dean of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering
Arthur Penn Ramirez, a leader in materials science and cutting-edge applied and basic research, has been named dean of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UCSC.
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UCSC among EPA’s ‘green power’ winners; faculty member questions basis for ranking
UC Santa Cruz and Santa Clara University have together purchased more than 68 million kilowatts of green power, earning accolades from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.??
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UCSC Farm & Garden’s Annual Spring Plant Sale features “victory garden” crops
The Farm & Garden’s annual Spring Plant Sale features food crops for home gardens.
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RFK Jr. discusses ‘our environmental destiny’ before packed house on Friday; event kicks off Reunion Weekend
In a fact-filled, fast-paced lecture in front of a near-capacity crowd Friday night at Santa Cruz’s Cocoanut Grove, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke passionately about the political and economic forces that have made our country dependent on oil and coal.
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates Reunion Weekend; alumni gifts reach $745,000
UC Santa Cruz alumni have contributed more than $745,000 to the school’s annual Reunion Weekend fundraising drive, far exceeding the campus’s goal.
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Chez Panisse and others rally to support UCSC’s Grow a Farmer Campaign
Chez Panisse and others are hosting benefits during the month of May to support the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture
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UCSC Jewish Studies Distinguished Lecture and Alumni Conference this weekend–April 24, 26
UCSC alumnus James E. Young–an award-winning author, professor, and consultant for major memorials and museums–will deliver the Helen Diller Family Foundation Distinguished Lecture on Friday, April 24, at 11 a.m. in the Media Theatre at UC Santa Cruz. Young will…
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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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Write an “Ode to Santa Cruz”–winning poem to be read onstage by Garrison Keillor during May 13 show at Santa Cruz Civic
Submit your best “Ode to Santa Cruz” for a chance to win tickets to attend An Evening with Garrison Keillor at the Santa Cruz Civic. The host of A Prairie Home Companion will read the winning poem onstage at the…
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Racism expert Thomas F. Pettigrew receives top UC honor for emeriti faculty
For some, retirement means slowing down and shifting gears. Not so for Thomas F. Pettigrew.
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Study points to disruption of copper regulation as key to prion diseases
An investigation of a rare, inherited form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease suggests that disrupted regulation of copper ions in the brain may be a key factor in this and other prion diseases.
