Author: Public Affairs
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Not the same old story
UC Santa Cruz’s computer science, art, and engineering programs look to the innovative leader of Pixar as a role model for new and powerful ways to practice an age-old art: Telling stories.
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UCSC in the News
The San Jose Mercury News published a lengthy feature about ecologist Chris Wilmers’s research on mountain lions in the Santa Cruz mountains.
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Disney/Pixar’s Ed Catmull: Creating magic
The Pixar cofounder is a passionate advocate for creating collaborative environments that bring talented people together.
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Cyber security month tip, week 2: Minimize stored identity info
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. This week’s cyber security “tip of the week” focuses on protecting personal identity information.
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The play’s the thing: The future of interactive media
UCSC’s computer game design program meshes multiple disciplines as researchers work to create ‘intelligent’ games that adapt to players’ choices and deliver the emotional power of film.
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Alumni notes
Cowell College ’80 Christine LANSDALE Willis exhibited her ceramics in Thessaloniki, Greece, in May. She is grateful both to her alma mater and to her teacher, Al Johnsen. ’85 Susan E. BRIGGS published her first novel, I Can See Heaven (Ex Machina Press), in March. Audrey HELLER has published her first book, Overlooked Undertakings, a…
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Important Flu Information
As you might know, flu can be spread easily from person to person. While the vast majority of adults recover within 5-7 days, there have been rare hospitalizations, and even deaths, from this infection in otherwise healthy college students. We are taking steps to help prevent the spread of flu — both seasonal and H1N1…
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National Science Foundation One-Day Workshop
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is offering a one-day workshop on our campus on Friday, November 20, 2009. All campus faculty and graduate students who are interested in proposing research projects to the NSF can benefit from attending. Sponsored by Vice Chancellor for Research Bruce Margon and the Division of Social Sciences, it is free…
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Apply to be a UC System-Wide Committee Representative
As the official voice of the UC students, UCSA needs YOU to represent over 200,000 students on important decision-making committees for the UC system. These committees deal with critical policy issues that affect every student in the UC system (e.g. admissions policy, budget priorities, sustainability practices, diversity issues and technology investments). It is vital that…
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Update from Campus Provost/ Executive Vice Chancellor Kliger
With the first full week of the new term behind us, I’d like to note what an extraordinary beginning it was, and what a normal beginning, too, in many ways. We have thousands of new students starting their academic careers, full of promise and excitement. We have nearly two dozen new faculty members joining us.…
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Fall events at UCSC
For a complete list of upcoming events this fall, go to UCSC’s Calendar of Events. Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture Edward Luce, Washington bureau chief of the Financial Times Sunday, October 18 UCSC’s ninth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture Memorial Lecture will take place at 4 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall on campus. The featured…
