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Information from County Public Health related to Japan crisis
Santa Cruz County Public Health has distributed the following information related to Japan’s nuclear emergency
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The future of UC Santa Cruz: UC Regents discuss budget cuts, impacts
The University of California Regents devoted one day of their bimonthly meetings this week to discuss the impact of proposed half-billion-dollar cuts to the UC system, including an estimated $31 million cut to UC Santa Cruz.
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Offensive graffiti on campus
Chancellor Blumenthal writes to the UCSC community, informing students, staff, and faculty of the discovery on campus of offensive graffiti.
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“Inventing the Future of Games” symposium unites academic and industry leaders
“Inventing the Future of Games,” a day-long symposium April 15 in Silicon Valley, will explore the possibilities of the next decade of gaming innovation and technology.
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All tsunami warnings for Santa Cruz area cancelled
All tsunami advisories for Santa Cruz area have been canceled.
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UC Santa Cruz graduate student’s research focuses on Japan’s quake response
Carla Takaki Richardson has been intently watching Twitter feeds and social media posts from Japan after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the country’s northeastern coast. She returned in January after 18 months in Kobe, Japan researching the country’s disaster management information systems.
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Genome scientists gather in Santa Cruz for back-to-back meetings
Leading scientists in the field of genome sequencing and analysis will gather in Santa Cruz for two meetings during the week of March 14 to address challenges and progress in genome research.
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Gilead grant supports collaborative drug discovery program with UCSC
Biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences is supporting a collaborative drug discovery program using UCSC’s unique collection of marine natural products.
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Nominations sought for 2011 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity
You are invited to submit nominations for the 2011 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity. These awards will honor and showcase people and programs that have made outstanding contributions to furthering diversity, inclusion and excellence at UC Santa Cruz. Eligible recipients include undergraduate and graduate students, student organizations, faculty, non-senate academics, and staff employees, campus units…
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Author gives UCSC’s annual Dickens event a shout-out in Oprah interview
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley lauded UCSC’s annual summer celebration of writer Charles Dickens during a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey. Their chat took place for a special video broadcast to an audience that included more than two million of her bookclub members from around the world.
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Seymour Center presents lecture on scientific diving in Antarctica
Master divers Steve Clabuesch and Cecilia Shin will discuss diving beneath the ice in Antarctica in a public lecture on Sunday, March 20.
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Bullfighting droids face off in UCSC student robotics competition
UCSC engineering students will give a public demonstration of bullfighting robots on Thursday, March 10.