Campus News
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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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Zipcar usage at UCSC zooms to top of car-share’s university programs nationwide
The Zipcar service brought to campus and environs by UCSC has become the most well-utilized and fastest-growing car-share program of any university in the nation.
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Email Hoax sent out today
Early this morning, a fraudulent email was sent to an undetermined number of UCSC email accounts. Contrary to the contents of this message, UCSC classes have not been cancelled today. This message, which may have led recipients to believe it was transmitted from the campus’s Public Information Office, was sent from a source that is…
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César Chávez Convocation to honor late labor leader, civil rights activist
The Fifth Annual César Chávez Convocation will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at UCSC’s College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room.
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Steering Committee provides Inauguration update
As you know, George Blumenthal will be inaugurated as UCSC’s tenth chancellor in a public ceremony on the East Field during the morning of Friday, June 6. In this email, we want to update you on two aspects of the inaugural ceremony: This is a reminder that Monday, May 5, is the deadline to participate…
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Two UCSC humanities professors win President’s Research Fellowships
Two UC Santa Cruz professors have won UC President’s Research Fellowships in the Humanities. Noriko Aso, assistant professor of history, and John Bowin, assistant professor of philosophy, are among 15 fellows selected for 2008-2009.
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Business-related use of Zipcar Car Sharing program
As many of you are aware, TAPS recently contracted with a company called Zipcar to introduce a new sustainable transportation program on campus called “car sharing”. Car sharing is essentially a membership-based car rental program that allows members access to vehicles without the need for car ownership. UCSC has seven Zipcar vehicles conveniently located both…
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Astronomer Claire Max elected to National Academy of Sciences
Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Compact galaxies in early universe pack a big punch
A team of astronomers looking at galaxies in the universe’s distant past have discovered nine young, compact galaxies, each weighing in at 200 billion times the mass of the Sun.
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Two UCSC faculty members elected to prestigious academic societies
Faculty members Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, have been elected to internationally renowned academic societies. The announcements were made today. Max was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. She joins 12 other…
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Seismologist Thorne Lay elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
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Success for senior Shewit Tekeste was inspired by African upbringing and fostered at UCSC
At UCSC, senior Shewit Tekeste has developed a fascination with biology and a commitment to biomedical research. But her interests and her passion for learning have their roots in Kenya, where she was born and raised.