Faculty
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King Convocation planned for February; nominations open for Tony Hill Award
The 25th annual UCSC Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation will be held in February at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Nominations for the Tony Hill Award can be submitted through December 12.
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Campus braces for more cuts
Mid-year budget cuts, recently announced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, will force UC Santa Cruz to make even more reductions in operations than it already had planned after lawmakers slashed spending for UC in the initial state budget.
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Annual Computer Security Reminder
Reminder to increase your awareness of cyber security issues.
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Newest Friends group wants you to be able to see, touch, smell history
UC Santa Cruz’s newest Friends group, Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District, aims to protect historical evidence and significant structures on campus dating from the 19th century.
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Humanities dean receives award in Brussels
Georges Van Den Abbeele, dean of humanities, has been awarded the 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Social Sciences by the European Academy of Sciences. He received his award on Friday, November 7, in Brussels.
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New Humanities building wins award
Hacker Associates AIA, the architectural firm UCSC collaborated with to create the Humanities buildings, was selected for a Merit Award by the Portland AIA for the campus’s Humanities building complex.
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Princeton awards Madison Medal to astronomer Claire Max
Princeton University will present the James Madison Medal, one of its top honors for alumni, to Claire Max, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz who has developed techniques to enable astronomers to more clearly observe the universe.
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UC President Yudof provides update on retirement plan
President Yudof writes about the UC Retirement Plan.
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Campus provost provides 2008-09 budget update
I am writing to update you on our budget situation. Yesterday, the Governor proposed a series of mid-year state budget cuts and revenue enhancements. The proposed mid-year cut to UC, systemwide, would be $98 million. We do not know what UC Santa Cruz’s share of these proposed cuts would be. Here is what we do…
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In Memoriam: Donald Coyne, adjunct professor emeritus of physics
Donald G. Coyne, retired adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, passed away on October 1, 2008, in Santa Cruz, after a decade-long fight against cancer.
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Global honor society charters 366th chapter at UCSC
In February, UC Santa Cruz will become host to the 366th charter of Golden Key International Honour Society.
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Expert on origins of life to give free public lecture November 13 at UCSC
Biochemist David Deamer will discuss the origins of life in a free public lecture on Thursday, November 13, at UCSC.