Campus News
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TOPP program gets ‘seal’ of approval from comedian Stephen Colbert
UCSC elephant seal researchers caught the attention of Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, making the February 5 episode of his show, the Colbert Report.
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UCSC in the News
Economist Rob Fairlie was interviewed for a New York Times article on declining entrepreneurship in the financial crisis.
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Green entrepreneur, urban advocate, author to speak at Student Forum on campus
Green entrepreneur, urban advocate, author to speak at Student Forum on campus Van Jones, founding president of Green For All, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, and author of The Green Collar Economy, will speak at a Student Forum at 4:00pm at College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room on Thursday, February 12,…
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$2.2 million grant approved for program to train stem cell scientists
The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) last week approved a $2.2 million grant to UCSC to fund a training program in stem cell research.
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Water industry taps UCSC to prepare for ‘silver tsunami’ of retirements
UCSC students will be poised to benefit from a wave of retirements in the water industry.
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In Memoriam: longtime UCSC faculty member Noel King
I am very saddened to communicate news that Professor Emeritus Noel King passed away this past Sunday after a lengthy illness. Many of us remember Noel’s lively presence on campus and his commanding lecture style on the subject of his expertise: comparative religious studies. Hired by the campus shortly after it opened in the 1960s,…
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Sold out Scholarship Benefit Dinner raises more than $165,000
In the midst of a historic economic downturn, more than 310 people turned out to raise funds for scholarships and honor UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Emeritus Karl Pister and his wife Rita Olsen Pister at the sixth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner Saturday ni
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I am elephant seals (and so can you!)
Want to know the truthiness about northern elephant seals? Become a Facebook friend of Stelephant Colbert.
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UCSC in the News
Biologist Samantha Simmons was interviewed on NBC Nightly News for a story about the new oceanography features on Google Earth.
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UC reaches tentative contract agreement with service employees’ union
University of California officials announced today that UC has reached a tentative agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) on a new, five-year labor contract for the UC system’s more than 8,000 service employees. For more information, please see the following press release, issued by UC’s Office of the President:…
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In Ms. magazine, Zavella challenges Congress to reform immigration law
Patricia Zavella highlights the “feminization” of immigration in an article in Ms. magazine.
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Astronomers get a sizzling weather report from a distant planet
Astronomers have observed the intense heating of a distant planet as it swung close to its parent star, providing important clues to the atmospheric properties of the planet.