Author: Dan White
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Taking it to the next level: Women’s soccer team qualifies for regional playoffs
The hard-working UCSC women’s soccer team is bound for Southern California this weekend to compete in the regional playoffs for the first time in two years.
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UCSC makes final round of the “Nation’s Most Vegan-Friendly Colleges” contest
UCSC is facing off against the University of Florida in a social-network-based contest that will determine the “#1 vegan friendly college in the nation.”
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United Way kicks off workplace fundraising campaign at UCSC
The economic slump has increased the urgency of the United Way’s latest fundraiser. The UCSC community is stepping up to help with a workplace campaign that runs through Nov. 11.
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Chancellor Blumenthal discusses student diversity and provides budget update at Staff Forum
Chancellor George Blumenthal shared good news about undergraduate student demographics and merit-based raises for non-represented staff members at a campus forum on Tuesday.
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2011 Founders Celebration Dinner: recognizing extraordinary achievement
A Nobel-prize-winning cancer researcher, a biotech industry veteran, and a central figure in the founding of UC Santa Cruz, were among the honorees at the Founders Celebration gala dinner, which drew 350 people to the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz on Friday.
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2011 UCSC Foundation Forum: on the front lines of the cancer war
The UCSC Foundation Forum, “At the Dawn of Personalized Medicine,” presented a rare, front-lines look at the future of personalized cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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Uncommon People/David Pham: Devoted to primary care
Health sciences grad David Pham is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center Central California Alliance for Health Primary Care Physician Award.
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Uncommon People/Maria Streshinsky: Banana-Slug-in-chief
Award-winning magazine Miller-McCune, which focuses on groundbreaking research and innovative solutions to untenable problems, is now under the leadership of alumna Maria Streshinsky.
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Taking chances
Lionsgate president and alum Kevin Beggs dishes on Weeds, Charlie Sheen, Mad Men, critical thinking, and the element of risk.
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Best-selling author, doctor Abraham Verghese wows capacity crowd
Physician and bestselling author Abraham Verghese worries that an overemphasis on medical technology is distancing doctors from patients. Dr. Verghese voiced his concerns during the 11th annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture on campus.
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A day in the sun for Sammy the Slug
In a day of celebration, the Santa Cruz City Council voted to declare an official “UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug Day” while students feted their yellowy mascot on campus. The festivities marked 25 years since the UCSC administration made this once countercultural, underground symbol the official mascot of UCSC.
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S.C. City Council to declare official “Day of the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug”
A resolution to honor the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug mascot is on the agenda of an upcoming Santa Cruz City Council meeting.