Author: Dan White
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Honoring Gabe Zimmerman: UCSC nears endowment goal
Donors are closing in on their goal to establish the Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship, honoring the hard-working, socially conscious UCSC grad who died in the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, Arizona.
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Student-run Carbon Fund fights waste and encourages green practices
It’s one thing to grouse about food waste, water consumption and inefficient energy use on campus. It’s another thing to reach into your own pocket, raise a pool of money and help UC Santa Cruz solve the problem. An enterprising group of UCSC students is doing just that with the newly instituted Carbon Fund, founded…
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Passion on the dance floor: Hard science, math students cut loose and win prizes in tango troupe
Tango, the lusty dance from Argentina, is luring curious UCSC students, including a sturdy contingent of hard science and math students. The Tangroupe dance troupe is winning new fans, competitions and prizes galore.
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A spirit of generosity: UCSC community breaks record for food bank giving
UC Santa Cruz’s socially conscious Slugs collected a whopping 50,541 pounds of food this year for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz County holiday food drive — a 53 percent increase over last year’s 33,000 pounds.
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Faculty, administrators and legislators discuss potential $500 million cut to UC system
State legislators, UCSC administrators and faculty members spoke of the proposed half-billion-dollar cut to the University of California budget at a spirited forum in Santa Cruz.
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Honoring King’s legacy: Terrence Roberts fires up crowd in Santa Cruz
Terrence Roberts, civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, and the Rev. Deborah Johnson of Inner Light Ministries, spoke of perseverance and commitment at UCSC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation.
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State of the Union: ice cream makers rub elbows with Michelle Obama
The co-owners of the Penny Ice Creamery sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address.
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UCSC wins prestigious “gold” recognition for green building
UC Santa Cruz is getting high honors for “going green.” The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the campus its first “Gold” sustainability and innovation prize in recognition of the newly retrofitted and expanded Cowell Student Health Center.
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Alumnus Gabriel Zimmerman remembered for social conscience, consensus-building
Friends and colleagues remembered UC Santa Cruz alumnus Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, one of six people fatally shot Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.
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Student stumped by NPR celebrities on ‘Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me’
Stand-up comedian Paula Poundstone may be funny, but she’s not a reliable source of celebrity gossip. That’s the hard lesson second-year UCSC history grad student Meg Eppel learned when she went on an NPR weekly news game show.
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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…