Campus News
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Faber leads faculty push to preserve UC luster
World-renowned UCSC astronomer Sandra Faber has become the face and voice of faculty concerned about the future of UC amid the recent painful state budget cuts.
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UC astronomer cheers Mauna Kea selection as site for Thirty-Meter Telescope
A leading astronomer at UC Santa Cruz hailed the selection of Mauna Kea in Hawaii as the site for construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope.
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UC researchers awarded $2.3M to study vocabulary assessment tool
A team of UC researchers creates a new approach to assessing student vocabulary.
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UCSC scores high in competition for UC multi-campus research funding
Four research programs headquartered at UC Santa Cruz have received awards in the 2009 UC Multi-Campus Research Programs and Initiatives Competition (MRPI).
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Apollo 11 anniversary: Lick Observatory scientist recalls experiment 40 years ago
Forty years ago, Apollo 11 astronauts set a device on the surface of the moon to help Lick Observatory researchers calculate the distance to earth.
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Heller Road work
Because of traffic delays during the Heller Road Repair Project, please use the Main Entrance whenever possible while driving to and from campus. The project, extending from the West Entrance to College Eight, is scheduled to continue through August. Traffic controls are in place, and delays–which will vary depending on the volume of traffic–can be…
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Eat at Hula’s Grill, support Shakespeare Santa Cruz
During the month of August, Hula’s Island Grill will donate 10 percent of all sales on Monday nights to Shakespeare Santa Cruz.
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UCSC in the News
History professor Dana Frank was quoted in a number of news outlets and blogs about early elections in Honduras.
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In Memoriam: Ellen Morrison
It is with great sadness that I write to tell you of the death of Ellen Morrison, Graduate Advisor in the Mathematics Department. Ellen died on Friday, July 10, following a short illness. Ellen’s first involvement with UCSC was as a student, having the distinction of being a member of Cowell College’s founding class of…
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Revised California State Income Tax Tables
As a result of the current state budget, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) recently issued revised personal income tax tables which increase personal income tax withholding applicable to earnings paid on or after January 1, 2009. The new rates represent a one quarter of one percent (.0025) increase in the old tax rates. For…
