Campus News
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UCSC film professor John Jota Leaños wins 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship
UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of film and digital media John Jota Leaños has been awarded a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship for the creative arts.
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Earth Week and Earth Day Festival 2012: Finding Room to Bloom
Earth Week, from April 16-22, includes a number of activities on campus, culminating in the Earth Day Festival, sponsored by College Eight on Sunday, April 22.
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Memorial service for Ray Collett at UCSC Arboretum April 29
A memorial service for Ray Collett, founding director of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, will be held April 29 at the Arboretum.
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Public safety, traffic alert for April 20
This notification is being provided to advise members of the campus community, others with valid reasons for visiting the UC Santa Cruz campus, and campus neighbors of the potential for disruptions and hazards associated with an unsanctioned gathering known as “4-20” during the afternoon of April 20.
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India film star to appear at screenings hosted by UCSC’s Satyajit Ray Film Center
Actress and filmmaker Aparna Sen to speak at UCSC Media Theater (April 21) and Nickelodeon Theater (April 22)
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Aronson, Palca win Social Sciences division awards
The UC Santa Cruz Social Sciences Division has named NPR science correspondent Joe Palca and psychology professor emeritus Elliot Aronson as winners of its distinguished alumni and emeriti faculty awards.
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Let’s talk–Open office hours this Friday
Alison Galloway, campus provost and executive vice chancellor, invites students to her open office hours this Friday, April 13, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Quarry Plaza.
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White House names College Ten alumna a Pacific Islander champion of change
Terisa Tinei Siagatonu, (College Ten,’11, community studies) is one of nine Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders and organizations named by the White House as Champions of Change.
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Why letting salmon escape could benefit bears and humans
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz and in Canada suggest that allowing more Pacific salmon to spawn in coastal streams would mean a long term win-win for ecosystems and humans.
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UCSC in the News
The New York Times featured a story about a new Web site introduced by the Dickens Project, noting that this year’s annual summer Dickens Universe gathering at UCSC is now sold out for the first time in the event’s history.
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UCSC dean taking Arts Division in new direction
Renewed outreach efforts include partnership with alumnus Randall Grahm to create wines with student-designed labels that support UCSC arts scholarships
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UCSC scientist reports stormy start to JFAST expedition
Typhoon-strength winds and 30-foot waves greeted the JFAST expedition off the coast of Japan on April 4.