Campus News
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UCSC’s tradition of stewardship
Careful and deliberate stewardship of the magnificent UC Santa Cruz campus for more than four decades has ensured that the natural environment is maintained alongside world-class facilities for teaching and research.
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Eight Slugs receive prestigious Fulbright grants
UC Santa Cruz had eight Fulbright Program grantees in 2007-08–a feat it’s only accomplished twice before in the past 15 years, and a higher ratio of accepted candidates versus applicants than many prestigious private universities.
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UCSC in the News
The Silicon Valley Business Journal ran a Q&A about the UCSC Genome Browser with bioinformatics experts David Haussler and Jim Kent.
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New Faculty 2008-09
New faculty who have joined the campus this fall or will do so during the 2008-09 academic year are listed by division.
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Signing up–again: Another big donation from the McCrary family
For the second time, the McCrary family of Davenport has donated a massive redwood timber for UCSC’s iconic sign.
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Business partners bridge campus and community
Many Santa Cruz-area businesses generously support UC Santa Cruz.
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UCSC Wind Ensemble to perform at Carnegie Hall
The UC Santa Cruz Wind Ensemble is set to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on February 15, 2009.
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Sony’s unexpected gift
Sony employees have established a scholarship program for students majoring in UCSC’s computer game design program.
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Sharing a love of opera: Directors Nicole Paiement and Brian Staufenbiel make student opera sing
Excellence in student opera,” may not be the first thought that comes to mind when people hear “UC Santa Cruz.” But that’s changing almost as rapidly as Don Giovanni’s amorous conquests.
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A path of service: Joshua Karrasch helps a rapidly expanding student population–vets
Joshua Karrasch, a former Navy corpsman who spent a tour of duty treating patients in sweltering field hospitals in Kuwait, helped STARS develop a peer-mentor program for veterans.
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STARS helps uncommon students shine
More than 30 years ago, a group of single mothers at College Eight on the UC Santa Cruz campus got together to help each other with child care and studying. Today, what those single moms began has turned into the Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Student