Campus News
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OPERS Winter Schedule of Activities and Recreation Registration
Our Winter Recreation, Intramural and Sports Guide is now online for you to browse at the following website http://www.ucscrecreation.com/
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UCSC in the News
A New York Times article on love and how to maintain a happy marriage quoted from two studies on falling in love that were conducted at UCSC in 1989 and 1993 and reported in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology … and more.
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Letter to American Studies students
Dear American Studies students: The American Studies faculty has voted to suspend admission to the American Studies major as of 7/1/11. As of that date, students will not be able to declare the major for at least a year or two. Please be assured that as current students you will be able to get the…
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Fossil finger bone yields genome of a previously unknown human relative
DNA extracted from a fossil finger bone has yielded the genome of a previously unknown group of human relatives.
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UCSC in the News
National Geographic News ran a story about research by planetary scientists Francis Nimmo and Guillaume Robuchon on the possibility of an ocean beneath Pluto’s frozen surface.
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Farm apprentice shares national award in White House presentation
Karen Washington, a 2008 graduate of the apprenticeship class of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz was honored at the White House December 17 for her work with urban gardens in the Bronx.
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Reduction in Social Security Payroll Tax for 2011
On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.
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In Memoriam, Bill Pickles
William L. (Bill) Pickles died on the night of December 7, 2010.
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History grad teaches English and blogs from China
This month, UC Santa Cruz grad Matthew Palm (Kresge, History, ’10) writes in his periodic blog from China about his teenage students and the impromptu English speeches he asked them to give.
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Recharge pond study reveals dynamics of water infiltration
An infiltration pond in California’s Pajaro Valley has become a laboratory where scientists are working to improve techniques for recharging the region’s depleted aquifer.
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UCSC community reaches out to needy families during holiday season
Community members are helping the less fortunate with food banks and “Giving Tree” donations
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Men’s hoops: Slugs take down Whittier Poets
After a tough defeat to Whitworth College, the UCSC men’s basketball team rallied back to defeat the Whittier Poets 53-47 on Saturday, December 11.