Campus News
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New endowment supports teaching and research at the Arboretum
A gift from botanist Jean Langenheim has established a new endowment in support of the UCSC Arboretum.
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Faculty & Academic Employee Budget Forum on May 10
As announced in earlier messages, UCSC is facing its fourth consecutive year of budget cuts.
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Elephant seal experts featured on QUEST TV episode
“Into the Deep with Elephant Seals” features UCSC biologists Daniel Costa and Burney Le Boeuf.
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UCSC Foundation president elected to Glaucoma Research Society
UC Santa Cruz Foundation President Gary Novack was recently selected as a member of the Glaucoma Research Society.
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Dedicated Admissions officer to receive Outstanding Staff Award
Michael McCawley, associate director of Admissions, has been selected as the 2010-11 UCSC Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award recipient.
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UCSC launches Center for Entrepreneurship
UCSC has launched a new Center for Entrepreneurship, which offers students across disciplines comprehensive, hands-on experience in bringing innovations to market.
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‘Day by the Bay’ attracts large crowd to campus
Windy conditions on UCSC’s East Field on Saturday required a venue change for UCSC’s annual “Day by the Bay” picnic. But the 1,500 people who flocked to the Cowell College Courtyard for the annual event found plenty of activities to enjoy: food, beverages, college and department exhibits, and plenty of spectacular student entertainment. The alumni…
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Keeping score: solar-powered “green” scoreboard is the first of its kind in campus history
Wells Fargo Bank is donating the first permanent outer playing field scoreboard in the campus’s history. The scoreboard will be solar-powered.
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Destiny and development in the Mayan tradition of midwifery
Barbara Rogoff is accustomed to choosing what she will write about. But with her most recent book, “Developing Destinies: A Mayan Midwife and Town,” the project chose her. The book is part memoir, part ethnography, part research study in child developmental psychology. It’s also clearly a labor of love.
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Reminder: Staff Appreciation Picnic Tuesday, May 10th
The Staff Advisory Board would like to remind all UCSC staff members that the staff appreciation picnic will be May 10th, 2011, starting at 11:30 a.m. on the East Field.
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Center cultivates innovation to propagate home-grown businesses
The Center for Entrepreneurship at the Baskin School of Engineering is aiming to create a focused academic program to incubate business and technology development.