Faculty
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Innovation seen emerging from new ‘smooshes’
John Kao is a fan of mashing things up to create “new smooshes.” “That’s where real innovation comes from,” says Kao, defining a “smoosh” as new collaborations or combinations. “New knowledge begins to emerge at the margins of traditional disciplines,
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Grateful Dead donates archives to UC Santa Cruz
At a press conference in San Francisco on April 24, members of the Grateful Dead announced that the band will donate its archives to the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Vigorous dissent, job-seeking coexist at campus career fair
Protestors at Tuesday’s job fair at the University Center maintained a noisy presence, while job seekers filing into the event to check out their options said they understood the demonstrators’ right to have their say.
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2007 Campus Sustainability Assessment released
Last year we announced the launch of UCSC’s first Campus Sustainability Assessment. We are now pleased to announce its completion. To download the report, please visit the campus sustainability website: http://sustainability.ucsc.edu The report helps us and the larger community better understand our sustainability related successes and identifies areas for improvement in sustainability efforts. It also…
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Chancellor’s wife promotes post-graduate education
UC Hastings College of the Law professor Kelly Weisberg–who is also Chancellor Blumenthal’s wife–was on campus last week as a panelist in a workshop introducing potential post-graduate students to law school and advising them on law school admission and
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Message to faculty and staff about ‘4-20’
April 20th (4-20) has become known nationwide as the date when people gather to communally smoke marijuana in an expression of support for the reform of marijuana laws. In recent years, thousands of people have gathered on the UCSC campus to participate in this event. The University does not condone, support or otherwise sanction this…
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Education leaders decry potential state budget slash
Chancellor Blumenthal joined the presidents of Cabrillo College and California State University, Monterey Bay, and the Superintendent of the Santa Cruz County Office of Education in news conference at Cabrillo College April 14, calling for continued stat
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Spring Spotlight offers a slice of Slug life
Admitted students and their parents are exploring the campus as part of Spring Spotlight, an event for admitted students that provides an overview of the academic, residential, and student-life experience at UCSC.
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Recruitment Management System – Phase II Implementation
In September 2005 the Staff Human Resources implemented Phase I of the Recruitment Management System (RMS) which replaced the manual paper-based process utilized to facilitate Open and Campus-Only recruitments. Phase II implementation is scheduled to begin May 15, 2008. This roll out will include Non-Recruitment and Waiver of Recruitment processing capabilities as well as general…
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Improve teacher quality and retention by broadening teacher preparation, professor says
Aspiring teachers come to the profession with a wealth of life experience that shapes their training, their work in the classroom, and their longevity in the occupation, says the author of the new book Teaching What They Learn, Learning What They Live
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Shopping Our Way to Safety: Sociology professor Andrew Szasz says ‘buying green’ may be lulling consumers into a false sense of security
Like a marketer’s dream come true, Americans have responded to environmental degradation by shopping, as if buying bottled water and organic vegetables will protect them from pollution.
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David Haussler honored by International Society for Computational Biology
The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) has awarded its Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award to David Haussler, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UCSC.