Author: Public Affairs
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Our University: new family care benefit, signing the patent amendment, and more news for UC faculty and staff
Read about a new benefit offering access to childcare, eldercare and other family care resources. Learn more about the upcoming patent amendment signing process required of all faculty and staff. Read about UC’s pioneering farms, people who make a difference and much more. See these stories in the November Our University available at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ouruniversity/nov11/ A…
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Open Enrollment 2012 ends Tuesday, November 22 at 5 p.m.
If you haven’t already done so, you have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22 to make UC health and welfare benefit plan changes for 2012.
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Amendment to Patent Acknowledgement or Agreement
Message regarding an impending project to amend the Patent Acknowledgment or Agreement that all faculty, staff, and others using University resources or facilities are required to sign when they come to the University of California.
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UCSC in the News
The discovery of pristine gas clouds from the Big Bang by astronomers Xavier Prochaska and Michele Fumagalli received widespread coverage, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Scientific American, Astronomy, ScienceNow, Space.com, Universe Today, Astronomy Now, Discovery News, and many other media outlets.
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Coming November 14: Faculty and staff e-mail moves to Google
UCSC CruzMail email for faculty and staff moves to Google this weekend. In preparation for this work, CruzMail will be unavailable on Sunday from 2 p.m to 5 p.m.
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UCSC Student Insurance Office
To opt out of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) for winter quarter 2012 and the remainder of the academic year 2011-2012, students must complete the on-line insurance waiver.
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Preview of Grateful Dead Archive features legendary poster artist Stanley Mouse
“Despite the heavy rain Deadheads and academics alike flooded McHenry Library at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday to get their first glimpse of the Grateful Dead Archive…”
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UCSC in the News
Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a Nature article about a project to drill into the fault zone of the Tohoku earthquake that caused the devastating tsunami in Japan earlier this year.
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Traveling home for the Holidays
Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) invites you to consider using UCSC Zimride to share the ride with others going out of town or to the airport.
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Traffic advisory issued for Wednesday, November 9
In a message to the campus community, TAPS and the UCSC Police provide an advisory, alerting members of the UCSC community to the possibility of traffic disruptions on or near campus on Wednesday, November 9.
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Video chat with Chancellor Blumenthal
Speaking from the newly remodeled McHenry Library, Chancellor Blumenthal welcomes new and returning students, notes the increasing diversity of the student body, and highlights recent campus accomplishments.