Campus News
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Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success
UCSC researchers have found that female side-blotched lizards are able to induce different color patterns in their offspring in response to social cues, “dressing” their progeny in patterns they will wear for the rest of their lives.
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Welcoming Guests to UC Santa Cruz
From June 24 through September 1, UCSC will usher in another conference season, welcoming approximately 10,000 visitors to our campus. UCSC has been a popular destination for summer conferences, and this summer is no exception. Our visitors will participate in 70 distinctive conferences or camps, learning about a variety of subjects from the works of…
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June is National Internet Safety Month
UCSC Information Technology Services (ITS) offers Internet safety resources in response to the U.S. Senate designating June 2007 as National Internet Safety Month.
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Awards ceremony caps Student Achievement Week
Students, staff, faculty, family, and friends crowded the College Nine/College Ten Multipurpose Room on Friday, June 8, as accomplishments in an array of disciplines were recognized at the annual Student Achievement Awards.
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Postdoctoral researcher wins prestigious fellowship for gene regulation research
The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation has awarded a prestigious Whitney Fellowship to UCSC postdoctoral researcher Ting Wang.
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Julie Guthman receives book award
Julie Guthman, assistant professor of community studies, has received the 2007 Frederick H. Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award from the Rural Sociological Society for her book Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California
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UARC researcher wins best paper award at AAMAS conference
Adrian Agogino, a research scientist with the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at NASA Ames, and NASA researcher Kagan Tumer received the best paper award at the 2007 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems.
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Tests of emergency notification system scheduled
During the upcoming months, Information Technology Services (ITS) will conduct several scheduled tests of the campus emergency notification system.
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Terra Fresca Restaurant announces summer hours, new chef
Terra Fresca Restaurant at the University Center will be open for lunch Tuesday through Friday during the summer.
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Exceptional student employees honored
The Student Employee Recognition Awards Program (SERAP) ceremony honored 374 students for their outstanding service to the university and academic excellence during the 2006-07 academic year.
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Online Ethics Briefing Reminder
I write to request your participation in the Online Ethics Briefing required of all UC employees. UCSC employees hired before November 2006 who have not yet completed the briefing were recently sent an e-mail reminder from ethics@ucsc.edu. The purpose of this briefing is to familiarize UC employees with the Statement of Ethical Values and Standards…