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Freshman ‘SIR’ numbers reflect UCSC’s increasing popularity
Related Media Coverage San Jose Mercury News Santa Cruz Sentinel UC Santa Cruz received a “Statement of Intent to Register” from 4,573 prospective freshmen by the May 1 deadline, according to systemwide SIR numbers released today by the University of California. Actual freshmen enrollments at UCSC this fall are expected to be between 3,700 and…
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Class of 2008’s commencement exercises, celebrations take place June 12-15
Commencement exercises at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 13-15. Commencement exercises will be hosted by UCSC’s 10 colleges, as well as the Graduate Division and the School of Engineering. A number of less formal celebrations, beginning June 12, are also planned to honor graduates. Fire…
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Undergraduate awards ceremony caps annual Student Achievement Week
Students, staff, faculty, family, and friends gathered on the East Field on Friday, June 6, as accomplishments in an array of disciplines were recognized at this year’s Student Achievement Awards Ceremony. The ceremony capped Student Achievement Week, an
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George R. Blumenthal inaugurated as UCSC chancellor in campus ceremony
George R. Blumenthal was inaugurated as the 10th chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in a public ceremony on UCSC’s East Field today (June 6, 2008).
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UC students travel to Denmark for renewable energy summer program
Faculty at UCSC have organized a renewable energy program that will bring together U.S. and Danish students for four weeks this summer in Lolland, Denmark.
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Three UCSC graduate students win big grants for biotechnology research
Three UCSC graduate students have been selected to receive training grants intended to hasten innovations in a variety of biotechnology-related fields. The two-year grants provide $50,000 per year for each student.
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New HIV browser gives researchers access to valuable data from vaccine trials
A new HIV data browser developed by UCSC and the nonprofit organization Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (GSID) will give researchers access to a wealth of data collected during clinical trials of an AIDS vaccine.
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Strange ring found circling dead star
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens.
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UCSC humanities dean wins international award
Georges Van Den Abbeele, dean of humanities at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Social Sciences by the European Academy of Sciences.
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UCSC receives NEA grant to celebrate poetry of environmental advocate Robinson Jeffers
UC Santa Cruz is one of three California organizations who received grants today from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to celebrate the poetry of Robinson Jeffers.
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New edition of ‘Natural History’ is a love letter to campus
After nearly 25 years, a new edition of The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus was released this month. The book is lovingly assembled and packed with easily digestible information and more than 125 photos, drawings, diagrams, and maps.
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VETS program aims to help veterans returning to the classroom
Veterans Education Team Support (VETS), a program launching this spring and run by Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS), is for veterans returning to school.