Campus News
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Art professor to stage performance art wedding at 2009 Venice Biennale
UCSC art professor and multimedia artist Elizabeth Stephens will “marry the ocean” with fellow artist-bride Annie Sprinkle in a performance art wedding at the 53rd Venice Biennale on August 28.
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Impact of Budget Cuts and Furloughs
As the University pay reduction/furlough program takes effect this fall, most of UCSC’s workforce will be unavailable for work an average of 8 percent of the time – almost two full working days a month for each employee. When combined with the significant budget cuts sustained over the past two years, the campus has much…
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UCSC in the News
Ram Akella, professor of technology and information management, was quoted in a New York Times article about continuing education for people in science and engineering.
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IMS director Gary Griggs and alumna Julie Packard named 2009 California Coastal Heroes
Sunset magazine and the California Coastal Commission have named Gary Griggs and Julie Packard among their 2009 California Coastal Heroes.
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UCSC on the Road
A listing of events going on across the country for alumni, parents, and friends of the campus.
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Composer donates score of acclaimed Dead-inspired symphony to UCSC Library’s Grateful Dead Archive
This summer, renowned conductor Marin Alsop brought orchestral music inspired by the Grateful Dead to the 2009 Cabrillo Music Festival as a tribute to the band’s archive being housed at UCSC.
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Weekly campus update from Campus Provost/EVC Kliger
Thank you for continuing to submit thoughtful comments and questions regarding our budget challenges, pay reductions, furloughs, and other issues of interest or concern. There are a few recurring themes which I thought you might find interesting. First, several writers have asked how we will communicate the impacts of the latest budget cuts, especially where…
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ITS provides information on the HP toner/ink cartridges return program
Every time you recycle your HP printer toner/ink cartridge in the HP cardboard recycle box, you are contributing to the “HP PurchasEdge” program that can help the campus save money and get greener.
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Newsweek’s annual colleges issue prominently features UCSC
UC Santa Cruz is one of 25 campuses profiled in the cover story of Newsweek magazine’s fall 2009 special issue on colleges. The cover story features UCSC as a campus for “Overachievers Who Need to Stop and Look Around.”
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UCSC in Sierra magazine’s top 10 list of nation’s greenest colleges
UC Santa Cruz has placed seventh in Sierra magazine’s third annual “honor roll” of the top 10 greenest colleges in the nation.
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Judges cite Haney’s testimony in landmark prison overcrowding ruling
A recent landmark ruling by a three-judge panel cited analysis by psychology professor Craig Haney.
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In Memoriam: La’Camii Ross
It is with great sadness that I announce the death of La’Camii Ross, a College Nine junior, who died on August 15 in an automobile accident. La’Camii was 20 years old and planned to major in Business Management Economics. She was from Oakland, California, and started UCSC in the fall of 2007. La’Camii had many…