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  • UC Santa Cruz’s new year getting under way

    UC Santa Cruz students began moving into university housing on Friday (September 15), in anticipation of the 2006-07 school year. The first day of instruction in the fall quarter is Thursday, September 21. ‘Move-in’ activities began on Friday, September 15. Above, Alyssamarie Guijo of Castro Valley and Anna Tuazon of Fremont, best friends from high…

  • UC Santa Cruz chancellor will recommend lower enrollment in Final LRDP

    UC Santa Cruz Acting Chancellor George R. Blumenthal will recommend reducing UCSC’s proposed potential enrollment to 19,500 when he presents the campus’s 2005-2020 Long-Range Development Plan to the UC Regents later in September. Compared with the earlier suggested enrollment limit of 21,000 students, this represents a 25 percent reduction in the number of additional students…

  • UCSC appoints Bruce Margon as vice chancellor of research

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Bruce Margon to serve as vice chancellor of research. Margon, currently associate director for science at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, will assume his position at UCSC on October 16. He replaces Robert C. Miller, who is resigning his successful tenure as vice chancellor…

  • Staff and Academic Reduction in Time (START) Program Update

    As announced earlier, the University has implemented a two-year Staff and Academic Reduction in Time (START) Program effective July 1, 2008. All regular status (non-probationary career) staff employees and all academic personnel (except those in faculty and student academic titles and Postdoctoral Scholars) with appointments of at least 60 percent time are eligible to participate…

  • Alison Galloway named vice provost of academic affairs at UC Santa Cruz

    Alison Galloway, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named vice provost of academic affairs at the Santa Cruz campus. Her appointment, approved by the UC Board of Regents in closed session on Wednesday, July 19, is effective immediately. Alison Galloway In the post, which Galloway has held on…

  • Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal thanks campus on first day

    Dear UC Santa Cruz Colleagues: I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of congratulations and support that I have received since the announcement of my appointment as UCSC’s Acting Chancellor. I am truly honored to serve in this capacity. This past month has been a difficult time for our campus, as we have dealt collectively and…

  • Academic Senate announces 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards

    Seven faculty members and 10 teaching assistants have been honored with 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards for their exemplary and inspiring teaching. Selected by the UCSC Academic Senate Committee on Teaching and the Graduate Council, the winners of the 2005-06 Excellence in Teaching Awards awards were recognized by Chancellor Denice D. Denton and Committee on…

  • UC Santa Cruz honored for providing transportation alternatives

    UCSC’s popular bike shuttle program has received a sustainable transportation award and the campus has made a national listing of “Best Workplaces for Commuters.” The bike shuttle ferries up to 14 bikes at a time up Bay Street and onto campus. Last fall, average daily ridership in the program was 153.4 passengers–the highest ever recorded.…

  • Class of 2006’s commencement exercises take place June 16-18

    A former NASA astronaut, the cofounder of Apple Computer, and a member of the California Assembly will be among the featured speakers when the Class of 2006’s commencement exercises take place at the University of California, Santa Cruz on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 16-18. Parking for graduation ceremonies: allow extra time UCSC alumnus Steven…

  • Stephen Thorsett named dean of physical and biological sciences at UCSC

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Stephen Thorsett to serve as dean of the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences. The UC Board of Regents approved the appointment today, effective July 1. Stephen Thorsett Photo by Andrea Michels Thorsett, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics, has served as acting dean of physical and…

  • Regents’ professors and lecturers nominations requested

    Nominations for Regents’ professors and lecturers are now being sought, with screening to begin with applications received by May 11. The Regents’ lecturers and professors program is designed to bring distinguished individuals, ordinarily from nonacademic careers, to the university. Regents’ lecturers serve for less than a quarter but more than two weeks, and Regents’ professors…

  • Regents’ professors and lecturers nominations requested

    Nominations for Regents’ professors and lecturers are now being sought, with screening to begin with applications received by May 11. The Regents’ lecturers and professors program is designed to bring distinguished individuals, ordinarily from nonacademic careers, to the university. Regents’ lecturers serve for less than a quarter but more than two weeks, and Regents’ professors…

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