Campus News
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Astronomers find clouds of primordial gas from the early universe
For the first time, astronomers have found pristine clouds of the primordial gas that formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang.
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Taking it to the next level: Women’s soccer team qualifies for regional playoffs
The hard-working UCSC women’s soccer team is bound for Southern California this weekend to compete in the regional playoffs for the first time in two years.
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UCSC makes final round of the “Nation’s Most Vegan-Friendly Colleges” contest
UCSC is facing off against the University of Florida in a social-network-based contest that will determine the “#1 vegan friendly college in the nation.”
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Transportation advisory: November 9
This web site is provided to help keep the UCSC community and our neighbors aware of any traffic disruptions on or near campus on Wednesday, November 9. Due to an announced “Day of Action,” campus officials are encouraging you to stay informed that day and consider adding commute time to your schedule.
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Ancient lunar dynamo may explain magnetized moon rocks
A novel mechanism that could have generated a magnetic field on the moon early in its history may explain the presence of magnetized rocks on the lunar surface.
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Slug men’s water polo hopes to make big splash at national championships
This will be a momentous weekend for the UC Santa Cruz men’s water polo team. The Banana Slugs are set to make history as they head to Atlanta as the first-ever team from a Division III school to compete in the National Collegiate Club Championship, a Division I tournament.
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Coming November 14: Faculty and staff e-mail moves to Google
UCSC CruzMail email for faculty and staff moves to Google this weekend. In preparation for this work, CruzMail will be unavailable on Sunday from 2 p.m to 5 p.m.
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UCSC Student Insurance Office
To opt out of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) for winter quarter 2012 and the remainder of the academic year 2011-2012, students must complete the on-line insurance waiver.
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Preview of Grateful Dead Archive features legendary poster artist Stanley Mouse
“Despite the heavy rain Deadheads and academics alike flooded McHenry Library at UC Santa Cruz on Saturday to get their first glimpse of the Grateful Dead Archive…”
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UCSC in the News
Seismologist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a Nature article about a project to drill into the fault zone of the Tohoku earthquake that caused the devastating tsunami in Japan earlier this year.
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Traveling home for the Holidays
Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) invites you to consider using UCSC Zimride to share the ride with others going out of town or to the airport.
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United Way kicks off workplace fundraising campaign at UCSC
The economic slump has increased the urgency of the United Way’s latest fundraiser. The UCSC community is stepping up to help with a workplace campaign that runs through Nov. 11.