Author: Public Information Office
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Not the same old game: Michael Mateas leads the gaming revolution
Michael Mateas, a lead faculty member in UCSC’s hot new computer game design program, predicts that the interactive structure of computer gaming will soon transform media as diverse as movies, visual art, fiction, documentaries, teaching materials, and ev
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Oceans of data: Dan Costa tags along with marine animals
Dan Costa, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, studies how marine animals ranging from fur seals to dolphins to penguins make a living in the open ocean.
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Endowed-chair funds advance research
This year, Dan Costa was appointed to the Ida Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean Health. An anonymous donor and her husband established the chair to honor her mother’s love of the ocean.
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Griggs, Reguerin named Community Heroes for 2008
Gary Griggs, director of UCSC’s Institute for Marine Sciences, and Pablo Reguerin, deputy director of the Educational Partnership Center, have been named Community Heroes for 2008 by the Community Assessment Project of the United Way of Santa Cruz County.
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Women at Work to hold holiday craft sale
Women at Work, the group that offers a staff retreat in the spring, is having a holiday sale Friday, December 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Stevenson Event Center.
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Confessions of a non-foodie at Thanksgiving
As talk turns to free-range turkey and heritage vegetables harvested by unionized labor, anthropologist Melissa Caldwell says Thanksgiving is about more than the food.
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Summer 2009 orientation dates: Mark your calendars
Each year the campus officially welcomes new students and their families and guests during Summer Orientation.
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Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is upon us, and fall has fallen on campus. Beautiful scenery abounds, sometimes in the most seemingly mundane places.
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Open Enrollment ends November 25 at midnight
You have until Tuesday, November 25, to visit the Open Enrollment website http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/open_enrollment to make UC health and welfare benefit plan changes for 2009. We encourage you to take any actions soon and not wait until the last minute to avoid any delays in accessing the website. Actions you may take during Open Enrollment are…
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Exceptions to campus closure during the holiday season
The UCSC campus will close during the holiday season in an effort to conserve energy at a time when university business is generally slow.