Campus News
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Eat at Hula’s Grill on Mondays, support men’s volleyball
Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room will donate 10 percent of its sales on Monday nights in March to the men’s volleyball team.
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Honor society chapter established at UCSC
UC Santa Cruz was formally granted its charter Monday as the 366th university chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
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Staff and Academic reduction in time (START) program modification
This is to announce that effective March 1, 2009, the Staff and Academic Reduction in Time (START) Program will be modified to lower the minimum allowable reduction in time from ten percent to five percent as part of the University’s effort to implement additional strategies to respond to the State budget shortfall. For exclusively represented…
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New requirement ensures students acquire discipline-based writing experience
A new high-level writing requirement will prepare undergraduates for the demands of the 21st-century workforce.
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UCSC in the News
USA Today and the Chicago Tribune were among the media outlets covering earthquake research by seismologist Susan Schwartz.
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Study links seabird deaths to soap-like foam produced by red-tide algae
A “red tide” bloom of marine algae in 2007 produced a soap-like substance that stripped the natural waterproofing from birds’ feathers.
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Four arrested for threats and violence against UC researchers
The FBI announced on February 20 that law-enforcement officers have arrested four people who are suspected of terrorizing University of California researchers.
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Sloan Research Fellowships awarded to two UCSC profs
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded Sloan Research Fellowships to Samit Dasgupta, assistant professor of mathematics, and Mark Krumholz, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics.
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Astronomer Sandra Faber to receive Franklin Institute’s prestigious Bower Award
Astronomer Sandra Faber has been chosen to receive the 2009 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science from the historic Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
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UCSC faculty vote to revamp, strengthen writing requirement for students
UC Santa Cruz’s Academic Senate, in a unanimous vote taken at the February 18 winter-quarter meeting, has endorsed a proposed redesign of the writing requirements UCSC students must satisfy before graduating.
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CP/EVC David Kliger’s Budget Message to UCSC’s Academic Senate
Good afternoon. I am looking forward to the discussion on the proposed Disciplinary Communications requirement – therefore my comments this afternoon will be brief to allow as much time as possible for that discussion. Quentin has always said that it is the Chancellor’s job to deliver the good news to the campus, and my job…