Faculty
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Get informed for Tsunami Preparedness Week
While tsunamis are infrequent, they can be high-impact events that have the potential to cause fatalities and damage to our coastal areas. Tsunami Preparedness Week—March 26–30—is a good time to learn about the risks to your work, recreational, and residential communities. Cal OES Tsunami brochure Santa Cruz risk levels: U.S. West Coast: High to Very…
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Making difficult choices to provide campus housing
Today, the state finds itself in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. In our own community, there is a lack of housing, and what is available is prohibitively expensive and in some instances simply unsafe. As campus leaders, we have developed bold plans to try to help our students—plans that will also aid the…
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Understanding shari’a
Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics and legal studies at UC Santa Cruz, will delve into the realities, subtleties, and richness of Islamic law and ethics at this year’s Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture during Alumni Weekend.
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What does a forest hear? Canadian artists bring epic sound art project to Arboretum
“FOREST (for a thousand years…)”, a 28-minute sound installation by renowned Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, will open April 7, outdoors in the redwood grove of UC Santa Cruz’s Arboretum and Botanic Garden.
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Strategic academic planning update
The campus has seen great results with its prioritization survey, with 616 individuals responding: 273 faculty, 211 staff, 80 undergraduates and 52 graduate students.
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Textbook on number theory acclaimed for its novel approach
Mathematics professor Martin Weissman’s new book has received an honorable mention in the 2018 PROSE Awards and raves from fellow mathematicians.
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Influential historian Hayden White dies at 89
Hayden V. White, professor emeritus in the History of Consciousness Department at UC Santa Cruz, died at his Santa Cruz home on March 5, 2018, at age 89. He was a 40-year resident of Santa Cruz who traveled the world.
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Silicon Valley Campus raising profile
By Scott Brandt, Vice Chancellor, Office of Research — The role of UC Santa Cruz in Silicon Valley—an extension of our mission of education, research, and service—is focused on four key areas.
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Grant to transform upper floor of Science and Engineering Library
A $5 million grant will kick-start the Science and Engineering Library’s transformation and name floor to honor legendary astrophysicist Sandra Faber
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Excitement, growth surround track and field program
On the path to building a competitive West Coast program, men and women’s track and field will be at the Hornet Invitational at Sacramento State on March 16-17.

