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UC Santa Cruz Arboretum will hold annual spring plant sale on Saturday, April 20
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is holding its annual Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with the California Native Plant Society on Saturday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will take place at the Arboretum Eucalyptus Grove on High Street near the intersection with Western Drive. The sale will feature plants that…
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UCSC expanding university housing with purchase of adjoining apartment complex
Purchase of Laureate Court Apartments would provide housing for faculty and staff The University of California, Santa Cruz, is planning to add 64 units to its housing inventory this summer with the anticipated purchase of an apartment complex that is adjacent to the campus’s main entrance. UCSC’s planned purchase of the Laureate Court Apartments, which…
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UC Santa Cruz math professor wins prestigious George Polya Prize
Harold Widom, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will share the prestigious George Pólya Prize with UC Davis professor of mathematics Craig Tracy. The two mathematicians are being honored for their recent breakthroughs in the field of mathematical analysis. “Harold Widom has long been, and remains, one of the brightest…
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UC Santa Cruz Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood addresses Washington policy colloquium on the risky business of research universities
WASHINGTON, D.C.–In the aftermath of September 11, the science and technology community will be expected to contribute to new counterterrorism efforts. Some of these programs may face new restrictions in access to information or to laboratory procedures. On Thursday, April 11, M.R.C. Greenwood, chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, will address the consequences…
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Major gift from alumnus Gordon Ringold will support new environmental research institute at UC Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has established a new environmental research institute, building on the campus’s strong tradition of interdisciplinary research in the environmental sciences. To help launch the new institute, UCSC alumnus Gordon Ringold and his wife Tanya Zarucki have provided a gift of $500,000–the largest outright gift the campus has ever received…
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UC Santa Cruz student wins top honors in statewide poetry contests
A University of California, Santa Cruz, student has earned top honors in two California statewide poetry competitions. “I’m elated,” said Kristen Holden, a junior majoring in literature. “Of course it’s what I wanted, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen.” Both of Holden’s prize-winning works are expansive love poems. “Ten Love Poems Aching from Three…
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Albert Whitford, eminent astronomer and former director of Lick Observatory, dies at 96
Albert E. Whitford, an acclaimed astronomer, former director of the University of California’s Lick Observatory, and a professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, died on Thursday, March 28. He was 96. Whitford died at Meriter Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin, after a short illness. “He was a very important figure in…
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National Science Foundation director Rita Colwell to visit UC Santa Cruz for dedication of the Center for Adaptive Optics on April 26
Rita Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), will visit the University of California, Santa Cruz, in April for the dedication of the NSF-funded Center for Adaptive Optics. During her visit, Colwell will also meet with UCSC faculty and students, tour the campus, and give a speech on “Research Trends and Opportunities at NSF.”…
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UCSC Ranks eighth in nation in number of graduates serving in Peace Corps
UCSC may not be one of the nation’s largest campuses, but when it comes to serving in the Peace Corps, it thinks big. UCSC, with an enrollment just over 13,000, ranks eighth in the nation in the number of former students helping around the world in the Peace Corps. The number one university in Peace…
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UC Santa Cruz scientists star in PBS documentary The Shape of Life
The Shape of Life, a new television documentary series about the diversity of animal life on Earth, features UC Santa Cruz researchers among the scientists who lead viewers on a dramatic exploration of the animal kingdom. The series premieres Tuesday, April 2, on PBS stations nationwide. John Pearse, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology,…
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UC Santa Cruz marine biologist Mary Silver honored by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will present one of its highest honors, the Mary Sears Woman Pioneer in Oceanography Award, to Mary Silver, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Silver is being honored for providing “significant scientific leadership in understanding our marine environment” and for providing “the inspiration and/or…