Faculty
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Call for Applications and Nominations – Humanities Dean, VPDUE, and VPAA
UCSC has started campus-only recruitments for the positions of Dean of the Humanities Division, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education, and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs/Co-Chief Diversity Officer for Faculty.
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Call for Applications for the Position of Dean for UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley
The campus has begun a nationwide recruitment for the position of Dean for UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley.
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Bettina Aptheker delivers 17th Annual Du Bois Lecture
Professor of feminist studies and history Bettina Aptheker delivered the 17th annual Du Bois Lecture on February 28, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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Memorial for Bill Shipley, March 19
The Linguistics Department and Stevenson College at UCSC will hold a memorial for Bill Shipley on Saturday, March 19, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., in the Wagstaff Fireside Lounge at Stevenson College. There will be a short program accompanied by a slideshow and some of Bill’s favorite music. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone will…
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UC Santa Cruz graduate student’s research focuses on Japan’s quake response
Carla Takaki Richardson has been intently watching Twitter feeds and social media posts from Japan after the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the country’s northeastern coast. She returned in January after 18 months in Kobe, Japan researching the country’s disaster management information systems.
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Nominations sought for 2011 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity
You are invited to submit nominations for the 2011 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity. These awards will honor and showcase people and programs that have made outstanding contributions to furthering diversity, inclusion and excellence at UC Santa Cruz. Eligible recipients include undergraduate and graduate students, student organizations, faculty, non-senate academics, and staff employees, campus units…
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UCSC economist testifies on widening wealth gap and barriers to financing
UC Santa Cruz economics professor Rob Fairlie told a U.S. Senate committee Thursday that significant financial barriers are keeping minority businesses from opening and expanding even in a recovering economy.
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New UC MRPI seeks Fellows & Affiliates and proposals for planning and development grants (RFP)
The Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California (CCREC), a UC multicampus research program, has released the attached Request for Proposals (RFP) for planning and development grants of up to $15,000 to UC faculty for innovative projects that use collaborative methodologies to address California’s complex crises.
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Clam chowder slugs win first place awards at Boardwalk cook-off
UC Santa Cruz Dining chefs and students won first place awards at the 30th Annual Santa Cruz Chowder Cook-Off at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk last weekend.
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UCSC announces Baskins’ $1 million engineering gift at Scholarship Benefit Dinner
Chancellor George Blumenthal announced a special $1 million gift from Jack and Peggy Downes Baskin for engineering graduate fellowships at UCSC’s eighth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner.
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Electrical engineer Claire Gu named Optical Society Fellow
Electrical engineer Claire Gu has been elected a Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA).
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Summer child care camp on campus
Early Education Services is launching a new summer camp on campus with child care for children ages 14 months through entering fourth grade. The summer camp will be available with two, five-week sessions, from June 20–July 22 and July 25–August 26.