Events

  • UCSC presents Jack Baskin with achievement award

    Santa Cruz philanthropist and community leader Jack Baskin was honored at the UC Santa Cruz annual Scholarships Benefit Dinner as the first recipient of UCSC’s Fiat Lux award. Chancellor Denice Denton and UC Santa Cruz Foundation President Anuradha Maitra Luther presented the award during the annual event that celebrates raising of funds for student support.…

  • UC Santa Cruz raises $2.7 million for student support

    Chancellor Denice D. Denton announced that $2.7 million was raised in the last year to benefit scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students at UC Santa Cruz. The announcement was made on Saturday (November 5) to approximately 350 campus supporters at the annual Scholarships Benefit Dinner. At the dinner a year ago, campus officials…

  • UCSC Arboretum will hold Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on November 19 and 20

    Wonderful holiday decorations and gifts will be available from the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum at the annual Dried Flower and Succulent Wreath Sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20. Exotic dried flower arrangements, living succulent wreaths, rare and unusual succulent plants, and materials for making your own gifts are among the offerings at…

  • Secretary of State Bruce McPherson speaks at UCSC Nov. 17 at 4 p.m.

    The community is invited to attend a free public talk by California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson at 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room at the University of California, Santa Cruz. McPherson will deliver a talk entitled “The Importance of Voting in the Democratic Process,” as the…

  • Denice D. Denton to be invested as UCSC’s ninth chancellor on Friday, November 4

    Denice D. Denton will be invested as the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in an afternoon ceremony on Friday, November 4. Presided over by University of California President Robert C. Dynes, the public event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall at UCSC’s Music Center. Brief ceremony will follow…

  • Gas leak causes Hahn evacuation; building open for business first thing Thursday

    A leak of natural gas prompted UCSC fire officials on Wednesday to evacuate staff from the Hahn Student Services Building. Approximately 80 people left the building at 3:15 in the afternoon. The building was declared safe to reoccupy about an hour later. The leak was related to work being done outside the building in an…

  • UCSC completes Draft EIR related to update of campus’s Long-Range Development Plan

    UC Santa Cruz has completed work on a Draft Environmental Impact Report that assesses potential impacts related to the implementation of UCSC’s Draft 2005 Long-Range Development Plan. The Draft EIR may be reviewed at no cost at three local libraries; the draft document can also be purchased at two area copy centers. Comments sought from…

  • Public forum on education and state funding at UCSC October 25

    For Immediate Release SANTA CRUZ, CA–The community is invited to attend a free public forum about the state budget crisis and its long-term impact on funding for education on Tuesday, October 25, at 4:30 p.m. in the Merrill Cultural Center at UC Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz Superintendent of Schools Diane Siri will be joined by…

  • UCSC Women’s Center to celebrate 20th anniversary

    The UC Santa Cruz Women’s Center will observe its 20th anniversary with a celebratory luncheon, a new publication from the Regional History Project of the University Library, and an art exhibit by UCSC women staff and alumnae. The luncheon will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m on Saturday, October 22, at the Women’s…

  • Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture to feature 50th anniversary screening of honored film

    Sharmila Tagore, one of India’s most famous film stars, and Indian art historian Dr. Partha Mitter will be the featured speakers at the fifth annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture set for Sunday, October 23 at 4 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz. See poster of event. The event will also…

  • Scholar/performer tapped to lead UCSC programs in North Indian classical music

    Dard Neuman has ambitious plans for promoting Indian music and culture at UC Santa Cruz. As holder of the university’s Kamil and Talat Hasan Endowed Chair in Classical Indian Music, he is responsible for building interest in Hindustani music through a variety of programs–functioning as a combination of academic instructor, concert promoter, event coordinator, sitar…

  • Día de los Muertos ceremony takes place at Santa Cruz museum on October 25

    Día de los Muertos, the Mexican holiday during which individuals, families, and communities gather together to remember and honor deceased loved ones, will be celebrated at a Santa Cruz museum on Tuesday, October 25. The event–open to the public–will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Museum of Art and History at the…

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