Campus News
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Catch UCSC prof’s awardwinning film on PBS this month
The film Calavera Highway, an award-winning saga of a Mexican American family, debuts on public television this month.
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Grant provides funds for high-throughput DNA sequencer
UCSC scientists will be able to sequence DNA using next-generation high-throughput instrumentation, thanks to new funding from the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences.
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Campus traffic rerouted to help students during ‘Move-in’ weekend
Campus traffic being redirected to help students move in
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Robin Toma: executive director of Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission
UCSC graduate Robin Toma says the values of social justice and equality he gained at Santa Cruz have guided his decisions and shaped his life’s work.
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Native of East Los Angeles marvels at opportunities in Washington, D.C.
As part of a prestigious fellowship, undergraduate Angel Martinez spent 10 weeks this spring and summer learning about health policy in Washington, D.C.
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Valley networks on Mars formed during long period of episodic flooding, study finds
A new study suggests that ancient features on the surface of Mars called valley networks were carved by recurrent floods during a long period when the martian climate may have been much like that of some arid or semi-arid regions on Earth.
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Getting ready for the new academic year: facts & figures
UCSC students began moving into university housing on Friday, September 19, in anticipation of the 2008-09 school year. The first day of instruction in the fall quarter is Thursday, September 25. The fall-quarter “move-in” for students living on campus wa
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Bay Street Repaving Progress
The City of Santa Cruz Public Works Department has alerted TAPS that paving of Bay Street between Escalona and the campus is underway, with completion anticipated this week. One critical area of work — the Bay/High intersection at the Main Entrance to campus — is moving toward completion, but requires occasional redirection of inbound and…
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Chancellor provides progress report at Partners in Community event
UC Santa Cruz achieved a number of significant milestones during the last academic year and is poised to continue that progress in the coming year, Chancellor George Blumenthal reported at the second annual Partners in Community event, held last wee
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Slug tennis nets awards
Slug tennis received team and player awards when the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its 2008 ITA All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes.
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Private donors step forward; giving up by 25 percent
Private donors gave $31.6 million to UC Santa Cruz during the 2007-08 academic year, a 25 percent increase over the previous year.