Campus News
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NPR features poetry by Professor Emeritus David Swanger
Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor recently read Professor Emeritus David Swanger’s poem, “Patriarch at the Beach,” on National Public Radio’s Writers’ Almanac program. The poem is from Swanger’s latest book, Wayne’s College of Beauty, which won the 2005 John Ciardi Prize for Poetry from MkBk Press. Produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by…
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UCSC receives $367,000 gift to establish endowed chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
The University of California, Santa Cruz, has received a gift of $367,000 from Hardit and Harbhajan K. Singh, through the Sikh Foundation, to fund an endowed chair in Sikh and Punjabi studies in the History Department. The Sarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies, established in memory of the donors’ son, will…
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National report on space program recommends missions to study dark energy and black holes
UCSC physics professor Joel Primack had some good news for his colleagues when he gave a briefing on campus last week to outline the findings of a national report on NASA’s space science programs.
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Extra gene copies were enough to make early humans’ mouths water
To think that world domination could have begun in the cheeks. That’s one interpretation of a discovery, published online September 9 in Nature Genetics, which indicates that humans carry extra copies of the salivary amylase gene.
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UC Santa Cruz: An essay by a proud alumnus
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Michael Gould, a 1976 graduate of Merrill College, wrote the following essay in September 2007 as a tribute to his alma mater: UC Santa Cruz takes your breath away. This place, this magical estate, this serene redwood forest perched like a guardian angel watching over the blue crescent of the Monterey…
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UC Santa Cruz names new director of Arts & Lectures
Jeanette Pilak has been selected to become the new director of the Arts & Lectures program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, effective October 1, 2007. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pilak has an extensive background in arts management that spans both coasts. She became the first festival manager at the John F. Kennedy…
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Electronic W-2 Forms
For tax year 2007, UC employees now have the option of receiving their W-2 forms electronically rather than mailed to them as a paper statement. Get it faster, save a tree, and feel more secure about the protection of your personal tax information. Instructions for signing up to receive your tax year 2007 W-2 form…
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UCSC receives $120,000 HP Technology for Teaching leadership grant
Hewlett-Packard has selected UCSC as one of 10 recipients of its 2007 Technology for Teaching Leadership grants.
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Major gift supports crucial piece of Automated Planet Finder
The Gloria and Kenneth Levy Foundation has donated $600,000 to fund an innovative spectrometer for the Automated Planet Finder at UC’s Lick Observatory.
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Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
We are delighted to announce that Felicia E. McGinty has agreed to join the UC Santa Cruz leadership team as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Regent’s approval for her appointment has been finalized, and we expect to welcome her to campus in early September. Felicia has a distinguished background in admissions, recruitment, student engagement, and…
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Statements concerning court ruling regarding LRDP EIR
Kelly Drumm of UC’s Office of General Counsel and UCSC Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal issued the following statements today concerning a Santa Cruz County Superior Court ruling regarding UC Santa Cruz’s Long-Range Development Plan EIR: From Kelly Drumm, University Counsel, Office of General Counsel, University of California Regents: While we are pleased that the court…
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Today’s LRDP EIR ruling
As many of you know, UCSC’s Environmental Impact Report, produced to assess the impacts of our 2005 Long-Range Development Plan–and to identify actions to mitigate those impacts–has been the subject of legal challenges. In Santa Cruz County Superior Court this morning, Judge Paul Burdick ruled that elements of three sections of the EIR–in housing, water,…