Faculty
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Chancellor honors achievements in diversity
Chancellor George Blumenthal honored and acknowledged the diversity achievements of three academic employees, two staff employees, and one campus unit at the 2009 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity.
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Feedback about first activation of CruzAlert system
On Thursday, May 21, the campus initiated its first activation of the CruzAlert system in response to a potential campus emergency. The campus emergency manager reports on the feedback he’s received on that activation.
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‘Iconic’ cooperage being reinforced to preserve history
The cooperage, one of the historic buildings in the Cowell Lime Works Historic District, is undergoing temporary reinforcement to keep it standing as time takes its toll on the structure.
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Reduction in Library Journals Subscriptions
As we all know, the state budget crisis has had a dramatic effect on the campus budget, forcing difficult decisions about cuts to budgets and services campus-wide. Like all divisions on campus, the University Library has been informed of an impending cut for the fiscal 2009-2010 year. Taken in combination with the 3.2% permanent cut…
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Pay reductions to be implemented for UC senior managers
Colleagues: I write to share with you the attached memorandum from President Yudof to Chancellors and Executive Vice Chancellors outlining a pay reduction they will be instituting for themselves and other UC senior managers. Next week, we expect to have more information regarding other courses of action that may be taken to deal with the…
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We invite your nominations for UCSC Alumni Association awards
It is not too late! The deadline for submitting your nominations for the 2009-10 Distinguished Teaching and Outstanding Staff Awards, as well as the 2010-11 Alumni Achievement Award is Friday, June 12, 2009. Award descriptions, criteria, and nomination form can be found at: http://alumni.ucsc.edu/programs/awards/award_nomination.html Make your nomination today. Please feel free to contact the Alumni…
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Veterans host first ever student-led campus Memorial Day observance
Veterans and the Services for Transfer and Re-entry Students program last week presented the first ever student-led Memorial Day celebration on campus.
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Chancellor Blumenthal and Campus Provost describe new budget challenges
Following last week’s rejection by voters of five ballot measures, we are bracing for another round of budget cuts to UC and our campus. These expected cuts come in the wake of $17.5 million in permanent cuts to UCSC since 2008. We now confront a series of even more difficult choices, just as we prepare…
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CruzAlert: Campus entrance closed Thursday morning as a precaution; reopened after several hours
A suspicious object, observed in a stormwater drain near the main entrance to campus earlier today (Thursday, May 21), resulted in the closure of that entrance and the temporary evacuation of selected campus buildings in the immediate vicinity. Santa Cruz City Police subsequently determined that the object was not a threat to safety, and they…
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Budget cuts presenting ‘challenge for everyone,’ say campus leaders
The day after ballot measures meant to balance the state’s finances failed soundly at the polls, UCSC leaders acknowledged the campus’s budget picture was even bleaker than before.
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Fifth annual Graduate Research Symposium presents impressive student work
The annual Graduate Research Symposium, which allows graduate students to share their research in the form of posters and oral presentations, took place Friday, May 15, at the University Center. The event, held for the fifth year, attracted hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and others to the center, where graduate students presented research posters describing…
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Third grader’s question about soccer fields leads to UCSC science lab
Third-grader Claire Dworsky is investigating her own questions about water quality in Adina Paytan’s laboratory at UCSC.