Campus News
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Biology grad wins seed funding for biotech startup company
Antonio Lamb followed his passion for molecular biology, and his biotech startup now has $100,000 in seed funding.
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Wrapping up a great year
s students take their finals and the campus gets ready for commencement, I want to thank the UC Santa Cruz community for another great year.
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Art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones wins Northern California Area Emmy award
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones has been honored with yet another award for her acclaimed animated documentary film, “Last Day of Freedom.”
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Spring 2016 academic curriculum updates
By Herbie Lee, Vice Provost Academic Affairs — Every year, faculty add, update, and occasionally discontinue academic programs to ensure our students get the best possible education. This year, we are making changes to the graduate and undergraduate curriculum, as well as to our online offerings.
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Baskin School recognizes women graduating with engineering degrees
Women make up 19 percent of engineering undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz this year, up from 12 percent in 2005. The event is meant to help retain women in the engineering school.
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Time to renew parking permits and Metro bus passes
Annual parking permits and staff/faculty Metro bus passes expire on June 30, 2016.
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The sky is no limit for planet-hunting grad student
Astronomy grad student Jennifer Burt helped write software that turned a powerful telescope at Lick Observatory into the first automated planet finder in the world.
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Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America
Scientists used bison fossils to date the opening of an ice-free corridor along the Rocky Mountains during the Pleistocene.
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Student parking during year-end activities
As the campus prepares for the many commencement and year-end celebrations this weekend, please read about to the impact this will have on traffic and parking.
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Parking during year-end activities
As the campus prepares for the many commencement and year-end celebrations this weekend, please read about the impact this will have on traffic and parking.
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Gary Griggs honored by Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
Geologist Gary Griggs received the Laura Hecox Naturalist Award from the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.
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Linguistics professor Pranav Anand receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities
Associate professor of linguistics Pranav Anand was presented with the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities at the Humanities Division’s 2016 Spring Awards celebration held at the Cowell Provost House.