Campus News
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UCSC hosting NCAA DIII men’s tennis, women’s water polo championships
The NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis team championship will take place at UCSC May 4 – 6 at the east tennis courts. The women’s NCAA DIII National Championships will also be taking place at the UCSC pool this weekend.
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Campus Phone Number Prefix Change
We write to update you about a change in the campus assigned phone numbers. Beginning June 2007 campus phone numbers with the prefix ‘502’ will be assigned to newly hired faculty and staff e.g., (831) 502-1234. The campus assigns phone numbers that begin with the ‘502’ prefix to student residences. The decision to expand the…
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UC Santa Cruz research team sheds light on diet of early human ancestors
The diet of early human ancestors probably included bulbs and rhizomes, according to researchers at UC Santa Cruz who have shed new light on a conundrum that has puzzled anthropologists for eight years.
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RSVP to Staff Appreciation Breakfast
The Staff Advisory Board would like to invite all UCSC staff employees to join us for our annual Pancake Breakfast; Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal will be there to express appreciation for the great work staff contributes to the campus throughout the year. This year’s breakfast will take place on Tuesday, May 15, from 7:30 to…
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Alumnus shares his worldwide expertise on building memorials
When memorials celebrate a nation’s triumphs, they take a grand approach: classic columns, towering arches, soaring stairways. But how might people memorialize “a crime perpetrated in their name”? When the Berlin Senate commissioned a panel to select the
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Music and stargazing entice summer visitors to Mt. Hamilton’s Lick Observatory
UC’s Lick Observatory offers its 27th season of evening programs for music lovers and astronomy buffs this summer, featuring concerts, lectures, and opportunities to view the night sky through the observatory’s history-making telescopes atop Mt. Hamilton.
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Dickson Emeriti Professorship awarded to Harold Widom
Harold Widom, professor emeritus of mathematics, has been awarded this year’s Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorship.
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Faculty, staff, alumni reconnect at reunions
Sunny springtime weather and an array of reunion events enticed some 800 alumni and guests to Banana Slug Spring Fair campus reunions on Saturday, April 28, for a day reconnecting with one another, former faculty, and the campus.
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Eminent chemist to discuss primordial genetic materials in annual Bunnett Lecture on Friday, May 4
The renowned organic chemist Albert Eschenmoser will give the 2007 Joseph F. Bunnett Research Organic Chemistry Lecture on Friday, May 4.
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Eco Health and Wellness Fair is May 8
The annual Wellness Fair has expanded its focus this year to become the Eco Health and Wellness Fair, a collaboration between the Wellness Center and the Student Health Outreach and Promotion (SHOP). It will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, M
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The ‘twilight zone’ holds key to ocean’s role in climate change
Researchers have identified a critical link in the processes that determine the ocean’s ability to absorb and store the carbon dioxide that is accumulating in our atmosphere.
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Art meets science in campus Earth Day mural project
Ten UCSC art students spent Earth Day weekend creating a mural project at the Thimann Laboratories Greenhouse. The project was organized by Christine Bors, a senior art student and the educational outreach coordinator for the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery. “We had a team of volunteers painting a nature and scientific-themed mural to welcome the…