Faculty
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Music professor Linda Burman-Hall to receive Gail Rich Award
UC Santa Cruz professor of music Linda Burman-Hall will be one of six community members honored at the 17th annual Gail Rich Awards, Wednesday, January 23 at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.
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Low extinction rates made California a refuge for diverse plant species
The remarkable diversity of California’s plant life is largely the result of low extinction rates over the past 45 million years, scientists say.
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Type and literature and poetry
UCSC’s Cowell Press, a decades-old program, uses hands-on creativity to teach students the traditional arts of typography and printing.
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Appointment of Pat Goff as New Director for Environmental Health & Safety
Pat Goff has been appointed to the position of Director of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S).
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Update of Candidate Finalists’ On-Campus Visits for Assistant Vice Chancellor, Staff Human Resources
There will be three finalist candidates for the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor (AVC) for Staff Human Resources (SHR) who will be visiting campus in the coming weeks.
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Slug into action with CruzFit 2013
UCSC Wellness kicks off its CruzFit Team Challenge on January 14.
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Memorial for Don Rothman planned for Saturday, January 26
A memorial for Don Rothman, a leading voice for writers and writing during a distinguished 39-year career at UC Santa Cruz, will take place on January 26.
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UCSC astronomer Sandra Faber to receive the National Medal of Science
The White House announced Friday, December 21, that UC Santa Cruz faculty member Sandra Faber is one of a dozen eminent researchers selected to receive the National Medal of Science.
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Candidate Finalists’ On-Campus Visits for Assistant Vice Chancellor, Staff Human Resources
The national recruitment and search for the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor (AVC) for Staff Human Resources (SHR) has yielded four candidate finalists who will be visiting campus at the beginning of the winter quarter.
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UCSC’s Sandra Faber to receive the National Medal of Science
In a White House announcement this afternoon, President Obama named UC Santa Cruz faculty member Sandra Faber as one of a dozen eminent researchers who have been selected to receive the National Medal of Science.
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Brenda Romero named first game designer in residence at UC Santa Cruz
The Center for Games and Playable Media has appointed Brenda Romero (formerly Brenda Brathwaite) as a game designer in residence.
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Top physicists gather at UCSC to honor Michael Dine and Howard Haber
UCSC physicists Michael Dine and Howard Haber are being honored for their contributions to theoretical high-energy physics.