Campus News
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UC Santa Cruz awarded $700,000 challenge grant from Kresge Foundation for McHenry Library construction
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded a $700,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation toward the construction and modernization of McHenry Library.
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Week of events spotlights student achievement
Hundreds of UCSC students will be honored for their outstanding work in research and academic achievement during Student Achievement Week, taking place May 31-June 6.
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About UC Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz, which is renowned for the outstanding educational experience it provides to students, has earned national distinction as a major research university with an uncommon commitment to teaching and public service. UC Santa Cruz opened just 42 years ago, in fall 1965, with a class of about 600; today, UCSC…
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Geographer Jeff Bury studies human impacts of climate change in central Andes
For residents of Peru’s remote villages high in the Andes mountains, climate change is right outside the back door.
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Inauguration will celebrate campus history, future
The pace of preparations quickened as the inauguration of George Blumenthal as UC Santa Cruz’s 10th chancellor approached. Designed as a celebration of the campus’s achievements and its future, the inauguration is scheduled for 10 a.m. June 6 on the East
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Campus Elections – Voting Continues
I write to remind all students that voting continues in the 2008 Spring Campus Elections. Students registered for Spring Quarter 2008 are eligible to vote. Voting continues through 11:59pm on Wednesday, May 21st. Students can access the ballot at http://elections.ucsc.edu/ The undergraduate student ballot includes: Measure 34, 35 & 37; SUA Officer Elections; Opinion Poll.…
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Fourth Annual Graduate Research Symposium presents impressive student works
A list of prize winners at the Fourth Annual Graduate Research Symposium.
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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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Retirements
The following individuals retired during the period of January through April 2008.
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In Memoriam–Campus gardener Suzanne Palermo
Physical Plant employee Suzanne Marie Palermo, a campus gardener, dies unexpectedly May 8 following a brief illness.
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Thirty-Meter Telescope focuses on two candidate sites
After completing a worldwide survey of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one in each hemisphere, for further consideration.
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Most teen girls still experience sexual harassment and sexism, according to new study
Nine of 10 teen girls report experiencing sexual harassment, and majorities also say they have received discouraging comments about their abilities in school and athletics, according to a new study that appears in the May/June issue of the journal Chil