Campus News
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New annual tradition launched with Founders Day
More than 350 people celebrated the founding principles of UC Santa Cruz and the achievements of four outstanding individuals at a gala dinner October 18 at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz.
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Resource centers join forces to build bridges
The “Building a Culture of Collaboration” resource centers cluster fair on October 17 featured speakers including Chancellor George Blumenthal and Paul Ortiz, associate professor of community studies; skits; roundtable discussions; and workshops.
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UCSC professor explores Northern California’s ‘kitsch monuments’
How does a 2,000 year-old tree at Big Basin Redwoods State Park trace the history of imperialism? Who are the “Cave People” at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk? Why were two giant white stone cats erected by Highway 17 in Los Gatos? What is the real story behind the Greco-Roman-style Pulgas Water Temple built on the…
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Small-scale fishing in Mexico rivals industrial fisheries in accidental turtle deaths
New research shows that a small-scale Mexican fishery–operated by hand from small open boats–can kill as many critically endangered loggerhead sea turtles as all of the industrial fishing fleets in the North Pacific Ocean put together.
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Arboretum director Daniel Harder advises Vietnam on plans for natural history museum
Daniel Harder, director of the UCSC Arboretum, traveled to Vietnam in September to take part in an international conference to discuss the development and planning of a museum of natural history in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Join the Women at Work Retreat planning effort
The Women at Work Retreat planning team is looking for volunteers to help with fundraising and serve on planning committees.
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Bioethics expert to speak on ethical, social issues
Distinguished Visiting Professor and bioethics expert Jonathan Moreno will present three lectures on ethical and social issues related to topics, including stem cell research, human experimentation and the brain.
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Flu shots offered to staff and faculty
The Student Health Center is once again offering flu shots for campus staff and faculty. In order to reduce waiting time, reservations are requested. Please stop by the Student Health Center lobby anytime before Friday, November 9, to reserve a time. Flu shots will be given on October 25th & 26th and November 8th &…
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Holiday campus closure schedule
This is to announce that our 2007-2008 Campus Closure is scheduled for the time period of Saturday, December 22, 2007, through Tuesday, January 1, 2008. In all, the campus will be closed for eleven days of which four days are scheduled holidays (December 24, 25, 31, 2007, and January 1, 2008), four days are weekend…
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Avant-garde video-game blog earns art exhibition at UC Irvine’s Beall Center
UCSC computer scientist Michael Mateas presents four works of artificial intelligence and empathy at a new art exhibit.
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Film professor provides expert commentary in new box set of rare films
A UC Santa Cruz professor has lent her voice to a 4-DVD box set of 48 rare films never before seen on video. Shelley Stamp, chair of the UC Santa Cruz Film & Digital Media Department, provides the audio commentary for Where Are My Children? in Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934 (Image…
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HP’s Stanley Williams to discuss nanoscale computing at UCSC’s Silicon Valley Center on October 25
R. Stanley Williams, a senior fellow at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and founding director of HP’s Quantum Science Research group, will discuss nanoscale computing in a free public lecture on Thursday, October 25.