Campus News
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Parking permit courtesy void policy to change July 1
Starting July 1, staff and faculty who neglect to display a valid parking permit for the lot they’re parked in, or display a permit improperly, will receive only one courtesy void per fiscal year and will have to pay a $10 administrative fee for the ticke
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UC students travel to Denmark for renewable energy summer program
Faculty at UCSC have organized a renewable energy program that will bring together U.S. and Danish students for four weeks this summer in Lolland, Denmark.
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Campus Elections Results
I write to inform you of the Spring 2008 Campus Elections results. We had an undergraduate voter turnout of 32.62%. The graduate voter turnout was 12.85%. The combined voter turnout was 30.82%. In summary: Measure 34 – Sustaining the Student Media Voice – PASSED: Creates a new fee of $4.14 per student/per quarter beginning Fall…
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Professor Weisberg, Rev. Johnson deliver keynotes at Kresge Pride event
UC Hastings College of the Law Professor Kelly Weisberg-who is also married to Chancellor Blumenthal-was on campus Saturday, May 31, as a keynote speaker at the annual Kresge Presents Pride celebration at the UCSC undergraduate college. The event, in its third year, celebrates gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender diversity. Weisberg was one of 20 family…
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Campus provost gives early outline of budget cuts
UC Santa Cruz will need to cut between $7 million and $12.3 million from its 2008-2009 budget, Campus Provost and Executive Vice chancellor Dave Kliger told the Academic Senate Friday.
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Non-strike activities this week
As was communicated to the UCSC community last week, University of California officials and representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union have jointly announced that they are returning to the bargaining table to continue negotiations for new labor contracts for the more than 20,000 UC patient care and service workers…
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Three UCSC graduate students win big grants for biotechnology research
Three UCSC graduate students have been selected to receive training grants intended to hasten innovations in a variety of biotechnology-related fields. The two-year grants provide $50,000 per year for each student.
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Campus community asked to participate in carpool survey
A group of students and researchers associated with Psychology 217, “Technology Benefiting Humanity,” have conceptualized a new carpool-on-demand service that could provide on-the-spot ride-matching using mobile phone technology. Considering dramatically rising fuel prices, as well as heightened concern about greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, we are interested in assessing the potential for this program…
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Intellectual Forum on Community TV
UCSC’s inaugural Intellectual Forum will be broadcast on Community TV of Santa Cruz County several times in June.
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Action Required: Registration for Business Travel Accident Insurance
Since announcing the Program a few months ago, we have been heartened by the level of participation in UC’s newly-improved Business Travel Accident Insurance Program. Summer is now upon us with the usual increase in UC travel frequency. For anyone with UC-related travel plans this summer, including those that involve students, please remember to go…
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Staff Appreciation BBQ draws a crowd
More than 1,600 staff members loaded up plates with burgers, hot dogs, salads, and watermelon on Wednesday for the annual UCSC Staff Appreciation Barbecue on the East Field.