Author: Jim Burns
-
UCSC launches new web site
UC Santa Cruz in late August launched a newly designed campus home page and a large number of related upper-level web pages. The structure and design of these pages reflect input from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and others. This publication of these new pages is part of a comprehensive web improvement program, co-led by the campus’s University…
-
UC Santa Cruz’s fall 2010 ‘admit rate’ reflects continued competitiveness for freshman spaces
UC Santa Cruz has admitted 65 percent of the California high-school seniors who applied for fall 2010, maintaining a recent trend in which undergraduate admission to the campus has become increasingly competitive. Three years ago, the campus admitted 83 percent of the prospective freshmen who applied. 65 percent of freshman applicants, down from 83 percent…
-
UC Santa Cruz joins ranks of top large universities for Peace Corps
UC Santa Cruz ranks No. 21 on the annual list of “Peace Corps Top Colleges and Universities,” even after moving from the mid-size to the large university category because of increased enrollment.
-
On the Road
Calling all banana slugs! UCSC is on the road to your community, and you’re invited to join in. All we need to let you know when we’re coming is your email address, and the region where you live. All regional events are free. RELATED INFORMATION UCSC’s flu hotline: The Cowell Health Center is providing information…
-
MEDIA ADVISORY: UC provost to visit UCSC to discuss state and UC budget issues, UC initiatives
UC’s provost will visit UCSC on January 26 to discuss state and UC budget issues and UC initiatives. A scheduled opportunity for student reporters to meet with Lawrence H. Pitts, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of the ten
-
UC Santa Cruz receives nearly 35,000 undergraduate applications for Fall ’10
Nearly 35,000 prospective undergraduates have applied for admission to the University of California, Santa Cruz for the upcoming fall quarter. Numbers released by UC’s Office of the President on January 14 showed that UC Santa Cruz attracted 34,630 applic
-
UC Santa Cruz prepares to open for 45th new class
The University of California, Santa Cruz will welcome its 45th class of new students this week, ushering in the 2009-10 academic year. An estimated 4,150 new undergraduate students are expected, most of whom will move into university housing during the fo
-
Newsweek’s annual colleges issue prominently features UCSC
UC Santa Cruz is one of 25 campuses profiled in the cover story of Newsweek magazine’s fall 2009 special issue on colleges. The cover story features UCSC as a campus for “Overachievers Who Need to Stop and Look Around.”
-
Chancellor Blumenthal describes budget impacts at Regents meeting
Speaking at today’s meeting of the UC Board of Regents, Chancellor George Blumenthal described the impact that two years of budget cuts are having on the UCSC campus.
-
UCSC receives ‘intent to register’ statements from more than 3,500 students
More than 3,500 prospective freshmen have made formal commitments to attend UC Santa Cruz this fall, based on systemwide data released June 16 by the University of California.
-
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.
-
Fifth annual Graduate Research Symposium presents impressive student work
The annual Graduate Research Symposium, which allows graduate students to share their research in the form of posters and oral presentations, took place Friday, May 15, at the University Center. The event, held for the fifth year, attracted hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and others to the center, where graduate students presented research posters describing…