Campus News
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Real-life heroes: Deutron Kebebew found mentors, then became one
Although Deutron Kebebew’s life turned out to be something like a movie, it was not the one he had imagined.
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Pister’s legacy lives on through scholarships
The Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards foster the transfer of accomplished students from regional community colleges to UCSC.
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Honorable mention photos capture serenity of UCSC
These shots were given Honorable Mentions in the 2008 Chancellor’s Office photo contest.
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Lara Hale embraces interdisciplinary approach to environmental problems
Lara Hale is one of only a few students who traveled to the Lolland region of Denmark, where residents are overcoming their dependence on fossil fuels.
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Campus named Employer of the Year for longtime alliance with HOPE
UC Santa Cruz Dining was recently honored as Employer of the Year for being a longtime employer of people with developmental disabilities.
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UCSC to host international renewable energy program
Last summer, U.S. and Danish students learned firsthand about renewable energy technologies being implemented in Denmark through a program organized by UCSC faculty. Next year, the campus will host the four-week summer program, along with NASA Ames Resear
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Oceans of data: Dan Costa tags along with marine animals
Dan Costa, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, studies how marine animals ranging from fur seals to dolphins to penguins make a living in the open ocean.
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Endowed-chair funds advance research
This year, Dan Costa was appointed to the Ida Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean Health. An anonymous donor and her husband established the chair to honor her mother’s love of the ocean.
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UCSC receives $150,000 grant for Jewish Studies program
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the David B. Gold Foundation to support a new project in the campus’s Jewish Studies Program.
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Professor’s misty, dreamy photo is contest winner
The winner of the chancellor’s on-campus photography contest is a dreamy scene of a misty path curving away out of sight into fog-enshrouded redwoods caught by Professor James Clifford of the History of Consciousness Department.
