Campus News
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Ulcer-causing bacteria tamed by defect in cell-targeting ability
Without the ability to swim to their targets in the stomach, ulcer-causing bacteria do not cause the inflammation of the stomach lining that leads to ulcers and stomach cancer.
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Our University: new family care benefit, signing the patent amendment, and more news for UC faculty and staff
Read about a new benefit offering access to childcare, eldercare and other family care resources. Learn more about the upcoming patent amendment signing process required of all faculty and staff. Read about UC’s pioneering farms, people who make a difference and much more. See these stories in the November Our University available at: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ouruniversity/nov11/ A…
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Open Enrollment 2012 ends Tuesday, November 22 at 5 p.m.
If you haven’t already done so, you have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22 to make UC health and welfare benefit plan changes for 2012.
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Campus experiencing significant email outage
The UCSC campus has been experiencing a significant email outage since approximately 6 a.m. today (Thursday, November 17). The campus’s Information Technology Services area is posting status information on the outage at: http://its.ucsc.edu/news/its-news/email-outage.html Thank you for your patience.
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Pulitzer Prize winning poet to read at 2nd Morton Marcus event, Nov. 20
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Kay Ryan—the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2008-2010, who just a few weeks ago received a MacArthur (“genius”) Fellowship award–will be the featured guest at the 2nd annual Morton Marus Memorial Poetry Reading, Sunday, November 20.
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Amendment to Patent Acknowledgement or Agreement
Message regarding an impending project to amend the Patent Acknowledgment or Agreement that all faculty, staff, and others using University resources or facilities are required to sign when they come to the University of California.
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Physicist Michael Dine receives Outstanding Faculty Award
Michael Dine, distinguished professor and chair of physics, has received the 2010-11 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
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UCSC leads $4 million NOAA project to monitor harmful algal blooms
Scientists are launching a major effort to understand the conditions leading to blooms of toxic algae along the California coast.
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Arboretum celebrates partnership with Amah Mutsun tribe
The Arboretum and the Amah Mutsun tribe are working together on a project that highlights native plants traditionally used by the Mutsun people.
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UCSC fundraisers honored at Silicon Valley Philanthropy Day
Two UCSC fundraising teams will be recognized by the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
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UCSC in the News
The discovery of pristine gas clouds from the Big Bang by astronomers Xavier Prochaska and Michele Fumagalli received widespread coverage, including stories in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, Scientific American, Astronomy, ScienceNow, Space.com, Universe Today, Astronomy Now, Discovery News, and many other media outlets.