Author: Public Information Office
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Holiday parties bring in the season
UCSC staff and faculty are invited to a pair of holiday parties to celebrate the season.
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Science Hill protest
For many of us, the last two weeks have been an unsettling and difficult period. Protests that began with frightening violence and with graffiti, vandalism, and false fire alarms have given way to a lower-level buzz, with the continued unsafe presence of thousands of pounds of people and materials up in trees near the core…
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Exceptions to campus holiday closure
As in the past, the UCSC campus will close during the holiday season in an effort to conserve energy at a time when university business is generally slow. This year the campus will be closed from Saturday, December 22, 2007 through Tuesday, January 1, 2008, re-opening on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. The campus community is…
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Campus provost provides update on Science Hill protest site
Nearly two weeks have passed since a group of people, many of whom are unaffiliated with the campus, established residence in trees on two parking lots on Science Hill. Between one and two dozen others have established an encampment on the ground directly below the trees. They are demonstrating against the campus’s 2005 Long-Range Development…
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Alumnus Victor Davis Hanson receives National Humanities Medal
President George W. Bush awarded a 2007 National Humanities Medal to UCSC alumnus Victor Davis Hanson on November 15 during a ceremony held in the White House East Room. Hanson was one of nine Americans honored for their “exemplary contributions to the humanities” and for their scholarship, preservation efforts, philanthropy, and literary works. The National…
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Dickens Holiday Evening set for November 30
The Friends of the UCSC Library and the Dickens Project will present the annual Dickens Holiday Evening on Friday, November 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at UCSC’s McHenry Library Foyer. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Invite your friends for great entertainment, traditional treats, a glimpse of the Dickens Project, and a last…
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UCSC Summer Session wins awards
UCSC Summer Session recently won two awards at the 2007 Western Association of Summer Session Administrators (WASSA) conference held in Maui, Hawaii.
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Norrie’s at the Arboretum to hold Holiday Open House Dec. 1
Norrie’s gift shop at the Arboretum will hold its annual Holiday Open House, featuring a great selection of gifts and decorations, on December 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, alum Hector Tobar speaks on campus
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Oakes College alumnus Hector Tobar spoke on campus November 15.
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Chamber Singers and Chamber Orchestra to perform Handel’s ‘Jephtha’
The UCSC Chamber Singers and Chamber Orchestra will present George Frederic Handel’s oratorio ‘Jephtha’ in three concerts.
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Annual holiday food drive under way
The Academic Senate and Staff Advisory Board invite you to join us in donating nonperishable food and cash to the Second Harvest Food Bank Holiday Food Drive.