Author: Jim Burns
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Lab fire leads to building evacuation; ‘minimal’ damage and no injuries reported
A fire that sparked in a chemistry lab on the third floor of UCSC’s Physical Sciences Building this afternoon was quickly extinguished by campus fire crews. The fire, contained to the lab of origin, resulted in the evacuation of between 100 and 200 students, faculty, and staff shortly after 2 p.m. Two graduate students were…
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RFK Jr. discusses ‘our environmental destiny’ before packed house on Friday; event kicks off Reunion Weekend
In a fact-filled, fast-paced lecture in front of a near-capacity crowd Friday night at Santa Cruz’s Cocoanut Grove, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke passionately about the political and economic forces that have made our country dependent on oil and coal.
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UC Santa Cruz’s fall 2009 ‘admit rate’ reflects increasing competitiveness for freshman spaces
The percentage of freshman applicants who have been admitted to UC Santa Cruz for this coming fall declined by more than 10 percent in just one year, reflecting the increasingly competitive nature of undergraduate admission to the campus.
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Four arrested for threats and violence against UC researchers
The FBI announced on February 20 that law-enforcement officers have arrested four people who are suspected of terrorizing University of California researchers.
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UCSC faculty vote to revamp, strengthen writing requirement for students
UC Santa Cruz’s Academic Senate, in a unanimous vote taken at the February 18 winter-quarter meeting, has endorsed a proposed redesign of the writing requirements UCSC students must satisfy before graduating.
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TOPP program gets ‘seal’ of approval from comedian Stephen Colbert
UCSC elephant seal researchers caught the attention of Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, making the February 5 episode of his show, the Colbert Report.
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UCSC’s housing practices lauded with cover story
UC Santa Cruz is featured on the cover of the January/February issue of Talking Stick; the cover article is on housing assignment best practices.
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For second consecutive year, undergraduate applications to UC Santa Cruz exceed 30,000
For the second year in a row, more than 30,000 prospective undergraduates have applied to the University of California, Santa Cruz for admission in the upcoming fall quarter.
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King Convocation planned for February; nominations open for Tony Hill Award
The 25th annual UCSC Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation will be held in February at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Nominations for the Tony Hill Award can be submitted through December 12.
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Student journalist reports from Democratic Convention
Lisa Donchak, a reporter from UCSC’s City on a Hill Press, is blogging from the Democratic National Convention this week for the student newspaper.
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Freshman ‘SIR’ numbers reflect UCSC’s increasing popularity
Related Media Coverage San Jose Mercury News Santa Cruz Sentinel UC Santa Cruz received a “Statement of Intent to Register” from 4,573 prospective freshmen by the May 1 deadline, according to systemwide SIR numbers released today by the University of California. Actual freshmen enrollments at UCSC this fall are expected to be between 3,700 and…
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George R. Blumenthal inaugurated as UCSC chancellor in campus ceremony
George R. Blumenthal was inaugurated as the 10th chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in a public ceremony on UCSC’s East Field today (June 6, 2008).