Author: Dan White
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UCSC community reaches out to needy families during holiday season
Community members are helping the less fortunate with food banks and “Giving Tree” donations
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Cruzfit wellness program kicks off Team Challenge
UCSC Wellness is making it harder for staff and faculty members to break their New Year’s resolutions. January 10th marks the beginning of the CruzFit Team Challenge, in which two, three or four people can team up together, log up their exercise minutes, have fun, stay fit, and get a prize. It’s very simple; the…
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Hope in the sky: rainbow image wins top honors in holiday photo contest
Annie Wang, a student photographer, beat out more than 200 other contestants with her vivid photo of a rainbow over Oakes College.
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Honorable mentions for campus photographers
Staff members, students and faculty snapped hundreds of pictures of UC Santa Cruz and submitted them for a once-a-year contest sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office and the Arts Division. But these recepients of honorable mentions had very different visions of the campus. Some of the shots are moody, and others are wry and funny —…
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Student teaches science to homeless kids
A group of children living at the Rebele Family Shelter will place fresh eggs inside shock-proofed packages and drop them off a building at UCSC this weekend, all for the sake of science.
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United Way kicks off area fundraising campaign
UCSC faculty and staff are longtime supporters of United Way of Santa Cruz County, which has kicked off its 2010-11 fundraising drive.
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KZSC named one of the top college radio stations in the country
The Huffington Post, an enormously popular media blog, has just named KZSC one of the top five college radio stations in America.
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College Eight students clean a beach, restore a lagoon and help the homeless
More than 100 UC Santa Cruz College Eight students will demonstrate their strong commitment to sustainability, conservation, social justice and public service this Saturday when they take part in a community-wide Day of Service
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Green fair draws spirited crowd
The first annual Sustainability Internship & Resources Fair drew a large and enthusiastic crowd to the Cowell College Courtyard this week, introducing hundreds of students to green internships and jobs.
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Jean-Michel Cousteau: ‘I am convinced we can change’
Ocean environmentalist Cousteau expresses both concern and hope for the future of the world’s oceans in a discussion of the BP oil spill with alum and NPR science correspondent Richard Harris
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Oh brother, where art thou?
Early in the life of the campus, three artists helped establish UCSC’s art department with little more than grit, humor, and creativity. Where are they now?
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Mists of time
Campus founders chose Santa Cruz over San Jose for UCSC’s location in part because of the cooling effect of the marine layer. The rest is history.