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  • Remembering UCSC Professor Tony Fink

    In this message to members of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences, Dean Stephen Thorsett remembers accomplished UCSC Professor Tony Fink, who passed away on March 2 after a lengthy illness.

  • Staff invited to a panel discussion on work/life balance

    The Staff Advisory Board is hosting a panel discussion for all staff on work/life balance on Wednesday, March 12, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 71 of Social Sciences 2.

  • Attack on home of researcher covered widely in media

    National, state, and local media have covered the attack on the home of a UCSC cancer researcher.

  • Summer Orientation for 2008

    Each year the campus officially welcomes new students and their families and guests during Summer Orientation. Summer Orientation represents the first step toward a student’s academic and social transition into university life, eventually leading to graduation and becoming a UC Santa Cruz alumnus! Mark your calendar now for the Summer 2008 Orientation dates: Frosh: July…

  • UCSC in the news

    UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.

  • Academic Senate to meet March 7

    The UCSC Academic Senate will hold its winter quarter meeting on Friday, March 7, at 2:30 p.m. in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room.

  • UCSC Natural Reserve System appoints new directors

    Gage Dayton is the new administrative director of the Natural Reserve System, and Mark Readdie has been appointed as resident director of Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve.

  • Financial management seminar offered for retirees, those retiring soon

    Reserve your spot now for a financial management seminar for retirees on Wednesday, March 26, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Porter College.

  • Harvard backs open access initiative similar to one passed by UCSC in 2005

    On February 13, 2008, Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences unanimously carried a resolution supporting a form of free online access, termed “open access,” for scholarly articles. Harvard’s resolution brings into practice the principles put fo

  • Proposed Revisions to UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policies

    The University is proposing to revise the following nondiscrimination and affirmative action policies: * UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy Regarding Academic and Staff Employees * Affirmative Action Policy Statement for UC Publications Regarding Employment Practices * Personnel Policies for Staff Members 12, Nondiscrimination in Employment * Personnel Policies for Staff Members 14, Affirmative Action…

  • Chancellor condemns attack on researcher

    One of our faculty members, whose research addresses human disease, was the target Sunday afternoon of a very disturbing incident at the researcher’s residence in the city of Santa Cruz. The faculty member and family were home when six masked intruders attempted to force their way into the family’s residence. After a confrontation that involved…

  • Death of UCSC Student, Efrain Sanchez

    I am very sorry to inform you that one of our students, Efrain Sanchez Jr., died in his on-campus residence late last week. A first-year student at College Ten, Efrain came to us from the Southern California community of Arleta. Efrain was a 20 year old junior who transferred to UCSC from Los Angeles Pierce…

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