Faculty
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Campus Holiday Food Drive
As we begin the busy holiday season, I write to remind you that the annual Second Harvest Food Bank UCSC Holiday Food Drive is in need of donations. You can leave bags of nonperishable food items at your Mail Stop or send your check anytime to Holiday Food Drive, UCSC. Make checks payable to Second…
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Exceptions to campus holiday closure
As in the past, the UCSC campus will close during the holiday season in an effort to conserve energy at a time when university business is generally slow. This year the campus will be closed from Saturday, December 22, 2007 through Tuesday, January 1, 2008, re-opening on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. The campus community is…
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Campus provost provides update on Science Hill protest site
Nearly two weeks have passed since a group of people, many of whom are unaffiliated with the campus, established residence in trees on two parking lots on Science Hill. Between one and two dozen others have established an encampment on the ground directly below the trees. They are demonstrating against the campus’s 2005 Long-Range Development…
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TAPS recognized for helping the environment
For accomplishments in reducing single-passenger auto use, the United Way honored UCSC’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) Department as a “Community Hero” at its 2007 Community Assessment Project Year 13 press conference and celebration.
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Campus seeing recycling boom
Recycling has been on the upswing for the past two years, but the campus has experienced a surge in the practice since students arrived with the start of this year’s academic term.
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Emeritus academics reflect on 41 years of McHenry Library
The past and the present merged at McHenry Library last Tuesday when three emeritus professors and a founding librarian joined together to reflect on the 41-year history of the UCSC library. Sitting together behind a long table on the spacious third floor bridge between the book stacks and Special Collections–with the sounds of construction emanating…
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UC Women’s Forum on Staff Career Advancement
Join us and share your thoughts on the advancement of women staff at UC. What does it take to succeed at UC? What are some best practices already in place? What more is needed? Associate President Linda Williams, Presidential Staff Fellow Amy Levine and Assistant Vice Provost, Equity and Diversity Sheila O’Rourke from UC Office…
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Chancellor, Campus Provost comment on ‘dangerous’ November 7 demonstration
Two related protests on campus yesterday resulted in the arrest of six individuals, the issuance of citations, the impounding of vehicles, and a clash between protestors and law enforcement personnel. The incidents, which occurred on two parking lots proposed for the Biomedical Sciences Facility, involved a number of individuals not affiliated with the campus, including…
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Campus gets a little bit ‘greener’ with three more certifications
UCSC has received three new “green” certifications from the Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program, administered by the City of Santa Cruz. At the November 13 City Council meeting, the city will recognize certifications Porter/Kresge Dining Hall, Cowell
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UCSC media expert contributes feature to 35th anniversary issue of Ms. magazine
As recently as the early 1970s, very few women in the United States had access to work in newsrooms, press clubs, editorial boards, and radio broadcasting booths. Today, women are employed as writers, producers, anchors, editors, and publishers in nearly every major newspaper, magazine, television network, and radio station across the country. So writes UC…
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Updated information for UCSC community about apple moth aerial spraying
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) continues to make plans to conduct aerial spraying of pheromone in Santa Cruz County as part of a program to eradicate the light brown apple moth. Applications are scheduled in Santa Cruz County on November 4 to 9. For updated information about the project and for maps…
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New Social Sciences research award honors Martin Chemers
The new Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research in the Division of Social Sciences recognizes senior faculty members who have made major impacts through their research.