Author: Public Affairs
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Pister’s legacy lives on through scholarships
The Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards foster the transfer of accomplished students from regional community colleges to UCSC.
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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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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.
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UCSC in the News
Social psychologist Tom Pettigrew was quoted in a New York Times story about racial tolerance.