Faculty
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Scholarship Benefit Dinner to be held on February 25
Please join us for UCSC’s ninth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. Proceeds from the event go toward scholarships that provide opportunity and empower our students to take on the future.
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Iraqi-born Israeli bringing Jewish Mid-East music to UCSC
Yair Dalal–who creates music that bridges both Arab and Israeli cultures–is coming to campus for both an academic lecture and a public concert, presented by Jewish Studies in collaboration with the Music Department.
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Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams honored by Chopra Foundation
Physicist Joel Primack and his wife Nancy Abrams have been chosen to receive the 2012 Spirit of Rustum Roy Award from the Chopra Foundation.
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UCSC receives more than 40,000 undergraduate applications for fall 2012
More than 40,000 prospective undergraduates – the most ever – have applied for admission to UC Santa Cruz for the fall 2012 quarter. California residents submitted 90 percent of UCSC’s freshman applications for fall 2012 – 29,639 – a 13.4 percent increase over 2011, the highest in the UC system.
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‘Open-source’ robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs
Robotics experts at UCSC and UW have built seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories.
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2012-13 UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program
Time for faculty to submit applications for the UC Santa Cruz Hellman Fellows Program.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. with acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, will speak at UC Santa Cruz’s 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on February 2.
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Plant scientist Jean Langenheim honored by Graduate Women in Science
The Graduate Women in Science organization Sigma Delta Epsilon has awarded its highest honor to botanist Jean Langenheim.
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Bone Marrow Donor Registration Drive
Students, staff, faculty and members of the public are invited to register as potential bone marrow donors.
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Wandering stars offer clues to history of our galaxy
Some stars have orbits that take them to interesting places, and they have interesting stories to tell about how they were formed.
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Temporary reduction in payroll taxes
UC is implementing the temporary reduction in payroll taxes that President Obama signed into law in late December.