Campus News
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UCSC partners with Zipcar to bring car sharing to Santa Cruz
UCSC and Zipcar, North America’s largest on-campus car sharing service, have formed a joint partnership to provide Zipcars to campus faculty, staff, and students, as well as community residents.
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UCSC Arboretum holds the most eucalyptus species anywhere outside of Australia
A new survey has determined that the UCSC Arboretum’s collection of eucalyptus trees and shrubs is the most diverse anywhere outside of Australia.
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UCSC alumna receives award from Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets has honored UCSC alumna Brenda Shaughnessy with the 2007 James Laughlin Award, which gives $5,000 for the most outstanding second book by an American poet published in the previous year. Shaughnessy, who earned a B.A. in literature/creative writing from UCSC in 1991, received the award for her collection Human Dark…
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Retirements
The following individuals retired during the period of May through August 2007.
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Kamieniecki receives book award for Corporate America and Environmental Policy
Sheldon Kamieniecki, dean of the Division of Social Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, has received the 2007 Lynton Keith Caldwell Award for his book Corporate America and Environmental Policy: How Often Does Business Get Its Way?
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Sculpture exhibit at the Arboretum through October 18
A stoneware whale rising from a gravel sea, a ceramic iguana on a plant shoot nestled among small native shrubs, and fascinating abstract metal pieces are some of the sculptures that people can now see displayed in the gardens of the UCSC Arboretum. The show runs through October 18 and features work by Santa Cruz…
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UCSC’s New Teacher Center launches online mentoring program for math teachers
The New Teacher Center has launched a new initiative to boost student performance in mathematics by providing an online network for beginning math teachers.
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Private donors step forward; fundraising up by 19 percent
Private donors increased fundraising at UC Santa Cruz to $25.7 million for the 2006-07 academic year, a 19-percent increase over the previous year.
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UC President presents Chancellor Blumenthal on Monday
UC President Robert C. Dynes will officially present newly appointed Chancellor George R. Blumenthal to members of the UCSC community during an afternoon event on Monday, September 24. The campus event will take place from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. A highlight of the event will be Chancellor Blumenthal’s first…
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Quentin Williams appointed chair of UCSC Academic Senate
Quentin Williams, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been appointed chair of UCSC’s Academic Senate.
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Campus embraces news of Blumenthal’s appointment
As the news of George Blumenthal’s appointment as chancellor spread across campus Wednesday, cheers erupted in hallways, high-fives were exchanged, and the campus rejoiced at the selection of “one of our own.”