Campus News
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Proposed Revisions to Staff Policy 60-Layoff and Reduction in Time
The University invites your comments regarding the proposed revisions to Staff Policy 60- Layoff and Reduction in Time from Professional and Support Staff Career Positions.
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Changes in Student Affairs Organization
In a message to the campus community, Campus Provost/EVC Galloway shares information about organizational changes under way in Student Affairs.
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‘Big splat’ may explain moon’s mountainous far side
The mountainous region on the far side of the moon may be the remains of a collision with a smaller companion moon.
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New book explores Russian dachas and the link with nature
UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Melissa L. Caldwell writes about dachas, the little garden cottages where city-bound Russians go to connect with nature and end up working hard.
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UCSC in the News
Julie Guthman, associate professor of community studies, participated in a New York Times feature “Room for Debate” on the subject of “Should You Trust Calorie Counts.”
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Science Communication lecturer earns Emmy nomination
Ken McLaughlin, a lecturer in news reporting for UCSC’s Science Communication Program, has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his reporting on “Torn Apart,” a multimedia project on immigration published in the Mercury News.
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Campus CAO part of panel at Comic-Con
Alex Belisario, college administrative officer for Crown and Merrill Colleges, was a featured presenter at the popular Comic-Con Conference in late July.
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Physicists report progress in understanding high-temperature superconductors
A new theory may explain the unusual properties of high-temperature superconductors, a longstanding unsolved problem for theoretical physicists.
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Evolutionary|Revolutionary is coming October 15
The University of California, Santa Cruz will present EVOLUTIONARY|REVOLUTIONARY, a remarkable evening of art, science and life, on Saturday, October 15, at the Flint Center in Cupertino.
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QUEST TV profiles biologist Dan Costa
UCSC biologist Dan Costa is featured in a new episode of KQED’s QUEST TV program.
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Alumna named opinion journalist of the year
Lois Kazakoff (’76, Cowell, linguistics), deputy editorial page editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, has been named opinion journalist of the year by the National Conference of Editorial Writers.
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Microscopes borrow tricks from astronomy to see deep into living tissues
UCSC researchers are developing new microscope technologies to enable biologists to see deep within living tissues.