Campus News
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Filmmaker Justin Lin to speak May 23
Director, writer, and producer Justin Lin will lecture May 23 as part of Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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Campus invited to annual Strawberry Shortcake Festival
The UCSC Farm will hold its annual Strawberry Shortcake Festival on Wednesday. May 23, between 4 and 6 p.m.
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Men’s tennis team wins 6th national title
For the sixth time in school history, UCSC’s men’s tennis team has captured an NCAA national championship. The lastest jewel in the decorated team’s crown was added Thursday when the Slugs defeated Emory University of Atlanta 5-1. The 2007 NCAA Division III championships were played at Washington University in St. Louis. “They’re all different every…
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Advisory committee for selecting new UCSC chancellor to meet May 22
The Committee to Advise the President on the Selection of a Chancellor of the Santa Cruz Campus and the University of California Board of Regents, Committee on Educational Policy will meet Tuesday, May 22, at 1111 Franklin St., in Oakland.
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Adaptive optics pinpoints two supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies
Astronomers have used powerful adaptive optics technology at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to reveal the precise locations and environments of a pair of supermassive black holes at the center of an ongoing collision between two galaxies 300 million
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UC Santa Cruz site approved for listing on Register of Historic Places
Preservation efforts at UC Santa Cruz have received a major boost from the State Historical Resources Commission: approval for listing UCSC’s Cowell Lime Works Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Large blooms of toxic algae in Monterey Bay are affecting marine animals
Researchers have detected large blooms of toxin-producing algae in Monterey Bay that appear to be poisoning marine mammals and seabirds.
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Frictional heating explains plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
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Daniel Press named first holder of Griswold endowed chair
Daniel Press, professor and chair of environmental studies, has been named the inaugural holder of the Olga T. Griswold Chair in Environmental Studies. Established by a gift of $350,000 from Craig Griswold in honor of his mother, Olga, the endowed chair was funded to support the work of an environmental studies professor whose interests focus…