Campus News
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UCSC Summer Orientation draws 7,300 participants
This year, 3,300 incoming first-year students, 890 transfer students, and a total of 7,300 people, signed up for UCSC’s lively schedule of Summer Orientation events, which took place July 19 through July 26.
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Renewable energy workshop brings together industry, government, and academia
A workshop on renewable energy features panel discussions and presentations from leading research projects.
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UCSC in the News
Astronomer Puragra Guhathakurta was featured in a Science magazine feature story on galaxy evolution.
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Registration begins for 2011-12 Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program
This eight-course Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program is open to all staff employees and an opportunity for professional development on diversity and inclusion issues.
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UC Retirement Plan Contribution Increases
In September 2010, the UC Board of Regents approved contribution increases as part of a larger effort to put UC’s retirement benefits on a financially sustainable footing.
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UCSC moves forward with ecological horticulture apprenticeship program
The pioneering Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture program at the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden will continue to offer hands-on training in small-scale organic agriculture despite a significant loss of state and federal funding to the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS).
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Appointment of Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education
Campus Provost/EVC Galloway announces the appointment of Richard Hughey, professor of computer engineering and biomolecular engineering, as the vice provost and dean of undergraduate education.
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About the latest tuition increase
Chancellor Blumenthal writes to faculty and staff to underscore the context in which UC Regents voted last week to increase tuition.
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Latest state budget cut prompts another tuition increase
Chancellor Blumenthal writes to UCSC students about the tuition increase approved last week by UC Regents.
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Appointment of Interim Director – Environmental, Health & Safety
Brent Cooley has been appointed the Interim Director for Environmental, Health and Safety unit.
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Tim Galarneau receives 2011 UC Sustainability Champion Award
Tim Galarneau – described in a 2009 Mother Jones magazine profile as “the Alice Waters of a burgeoning movement of campus foodies”, is getting systemwide recognition.
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Latest state budget cut prompts another UC tuition hike
Chancellor George Blumenthal had the long-term health of the university in mind when he addressed UC Regents about a proposed 9.6 percent tuition increase.