Alumni
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State of the Union: ice cream makers rub elbows with Michelle Obama
The co-owners of the Penny Ice Creamery sat with First Lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union address.
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UCSC Foundation trustee to offer business success tips
UCSC Foundation trustee Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur, will give a talk at the Commonwealth Club on Feb. 8 entitled “Successful Strategies for Products that Win.”
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Men’s hoops: Half and half in Texas
The men’s basketball team recently traveled to Irving, Texas, for a two-game tournament, with split results.
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Reception for Chip Lord’s ‘Public Spaces’ exhibit at Sesnon Gallery on Feb. 2
Emeritus film and digital media professor Chip Lord has dedicated much of his art practice of the last 20 years to the changing landscape of urban and public space. His new exhibition “Public Spaces” is a survey of photographic and video projects including Movie Map, 2003; Awakening from the 20th Century, 1994; and In Transit,…
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Rev. Deborah Johnson to receive Tony Hill Memorial Award
The Reverend Deborah L. Johnson, founding minister and president of Inner Light Ministries, has been chosen as the recipient of the third annual Tony Hill Memorial Award.
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UCSC hosts alumni and friends night at SAP Open Tennis Tournament
Fernando Verdasco and Gael Monfils will play during UCSC Alumni and Friends Night at the SAP Open Tennis Tournament on February 9.
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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, 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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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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Congressional aide Gabriel Zimmerman / Asesor del Congreso Gabriel Zimmerman
It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that one of the victims of the violence in Arizona on Saturday was UC Santa Cruz alum Gabriel Zimmerman.
