Faculty
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Bike to Work commuters climb to the top at UCSC
The annual Bike to Work celebration drew an enthusiastic crowd of students, staff and faculty to campus on Thursday.
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Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner to speak at UCSC on Friday, October 15
Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner, M.D.–who discovered the infectious proteins that cause “mad cow disease” in cattle, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, and other neurodegenerative diseases–will discuss the latest developments in this field in a lecture on Friday, October 15.
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Bike to Work returns to UCSC
Fall Bike to Work/School Day — popular with UCSC bike commuters — returns in full force on Thursday, October 7, with over 6,000 cyclists taking to the streets.
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Town hall meeting about post employment benefits
On Monday, October 18, the campus will host two town hall meetings about proposed changes to UC’s post employment benefits.
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Sam Farr to speak at UCSC reception for exhibit on sustainable agriculture and organic farming
U.S. Representative Sam Farr will be the guest speaker at a reception to be held on Thursday, October 14, from 4 to 6 pm at the UCSC Science and Engineering Library’s Current Periodicals Room.
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Winter Campus Curtailment 2010-2011
Our 2010-2011 Winter Campus Curtailment is scheduled for the time period of December 23, 2010 through January 2, 2011.
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Arboretum’s fall sale October 9 features wide variety of plants
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum will hold its annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 9, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Eucalyptus Grove on High Street.
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Founders Celebration on October 22
On Friday, October 22, the campus’s founding history and its leadership in marine science will be celebrated at UC Santa Cruz’s fourth annual Founders Celebration.
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Newly discovered planet may be first truly habitable exoplanet
A team of planet hunters has announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a nearby star at a distance that places it squarely in the middle of the star’s “habitable zone.”
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Award-winning UCSC alumna gaining recognition for second novel
In 2007, UC Santa Cruz alumna Reyna Grande (creative writing/film & video ’99) received an American Book award for her debut novel, Across a Hundred Mountains.Her sophomore novel, Dancing with Butterflies–a story of four women in a Los Angeles-based folklorico group–has been steadily garnering acclaim.
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UCSC names new Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Philanthropy
Jeffrey J. Shilling, former chief development officer for Stanford University’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation, has been named associate vice chancellor for strategic philanthropy at UC Santa Cruz.
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On-Campus Photography Contest
The Chancellor’s Office is holding a photography contest to choose a photograph of the UC Santa Cruz campus, taken by a member of the UCSC community, to use as the front cover of its season’s greeting card.