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UCSC to present major West Coast ‘Paul Bowles Centennial Celebration’
The seventh and last international centennial event celebrating the birth of renowned American writer and composer Paul Bowles will take place at UCSC, Feb. 4–6. Conceived by a UCSC music lecturer and inheritor of Bowles’ musical estate, the 3-day event will include rare music, film, art, and an academic conference.
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UCSC receives more than 36,000 undergraduate applications for Fall ’11
More than 36,000 prospective undergraduates – the most ever – have applied for admission to the University of California, Santa Cruz for the upcoming fall quarter.
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UCSC, City of Santa Cruz collaborate to improve Santa Cruz Tickets
UC Santa Cruz and the City of Santa Cruz have once again collaborated on their joint ticketing system, Santa Cruz Tickets, working together to upgrade it into a more functional, customer friendly, and appealing online ticket sales site.
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Global Game Jam returns to UC Santa Cruz for third year
Participants in the 2011 Global Game Jam will race to create video and board games in 48 hours.
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Men’s hoops: Slugs come back, beat Pac Union College 72-63
The UCSC men’s basketball team improved its overall record to seven wins and nine losses with a 72-63 victory over Pacific Union College.
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Astronomers release the largest color image of the sky ever made
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III has released the largest digital color image of the sky ever made.
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Paul Whitworth to deliver 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture-Feb. 3
UC Santa Cruz professor of theater arts Paul Whitworth will deliver the 45th annual UCSC Faculty Research Lecture on Thursday, February 3, at 6 p.m. in the Mainstage Theater.
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Civil rights activist Terrence Roberts to address King Convocation Jan. 31
Civil rights activist Terrence Roberts will speak at UC Santa Cruz’s 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Monday, January 31.
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Stem cell discovery could lead to improved bone marrow transplants
The discovery of a key molecule for establishing blood stem cells in the bone marrow may lead to improvements in bone marrow transplants.
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Natural gas outage affects some colleges, other areas of campus
At approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, campus crews shut down a natural gas line that serves a large area of the campus core. This action was taken in response to a report and confirmation of a leak in a low-pressure line at the intersection of McLaughlin Drive and Chinquapin Road. Campus crews are…
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UCSC National Book Award Finalist to appear at Bookshop Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz literature professor and National Book Award Finalist Karen Tei Yamashita will discuss her acclaimed novel I Hotel at Bookshop Santa Cruz on January 25.She will also appear at UCSC on January 13 as part of the campus’s Winter 2011 Living Writer Series.
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UC Santa Cruz makes Kiplinger’s ‘best value’ list
UC Santa Cruz, which opened with its first class of students just 45 years ago, is No. 69 on a new report listing the “best values” in public higher education.