Author: Gwen Jourdonnais
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Chancellor pledges support for researcher at staff forum
Chancellor George Blumenthal opened his remarks at the winter-quarter taff Brown Bag Open Forum by addressing the Feb. 24 confrontation at the Westside home of a UCSC researcher.
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Chancellor’s forum with staff covers a number of topics, including state budget
In his winter-quarter “brown bag” lunch meeting with UCSC staff, Chancellor George Blumenthal progress the campus has made on a number of fronts, included continued efforts toward campus sustainability, the record number and increased diversity of freshma
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UCSC holding its own in recycling challenge
Week four of the nationwide RecycleMania competition is now in the can, and UCSC is reducing, reusing, and recycling its way to some impressive standings in its rookie year in the challenge.
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Environmental studies professor, graduate director receive top Alumni Association awards and April 26 luncheon honors
An agroecologist and a Graduate Division director have been selected to receive the Alumni Association’s highest honors for 2007-08.
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Who is Sammy Slug? A look behind the yellow veil
Inside, Sammy the Slug is just like you and me. Human, that is. The role of UCSC’s beloved mascot, the Banana Slug–aka Sammy–has been filled by various students, faculty, and staff.
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Let the trash-talking begin: UCSC joins national college recycling competition
UCSC has become a first-time entrant in ReycleMania, an annual 10-week competition among college and university recycling programs nationwide.
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UCSC’s Banana Slug among ESPN’s top 10 best team names
UCSC’s Banana Slug mascot has been named among the top 10 best team nicknames in college basketball by ESPN Sports Travel.
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NAACP chairman says King’s spirit can help overcome racial divides
NAACP chairman Julian Bond sharply criticized the Bush administration and the nation’s electoral process in his speech for the 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation January 30.
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Campus celebrates Black History Month with performances, film, concerts, more
Black History Month at UCSC will include a look at black slavery, history, and modern day professionals, courtesy of the African American Theater Arts Troupe. The troupe’s performances are just part of the celebration of Black History Month on campus, which included the Jan. 30 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation and will feature performances,…
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UCSC ranks sixth for Peace Corps volunteers
UCSC has been ranked sixth among mid-sized institutions for the number of alumni in the Peace Corps in 2008, moving up two spots since last year on the organization’s top-25 list of medium-sized schools producing volunteers.
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Online auction aims to help fund scholarships
Scholarship Benefit Dinner organizers have added an online auction to the event, with all proceeds benefiting scholarships. Auction items include private tours, a VIP dinner and celebrity poker with Emmy Award-winning actress and UCSC alumna Camryn Manhei
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New national historic area helps reveal clues about a bygone era
Long understood locally to be an important historical resource, the former lime operations area near the base of campus at UCSC is now recognized nationally. Dubbed the Cowell Lime Works Historic District, in December the site was added to the National Re