Campus News
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Labor activist to speak on the rise of right-wing populism April 21
Bill Fletcher Jr., a longtime labor activist, will present a free, public lecture, “Right-Wing Populism and the Crisis of Organized Labor,” 4 p.m. Thursday, April 21 in Humanities I, Room 210, at UC Santa Cruz.
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Nuclear policy expert to discuss implications of Fukushima nuclear plant disaster April 19
Daniel Hirsch, a UC Santa Cruz lecturer on nuclear policy, will give a free, public lecture Tuesday, April 19 on the aftermath of the current nuclear plant disaster in Japan.
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UCSC hosts Jewish Maccabiah Day games
Jewish students from from a number of college campuses came to UC Santa Cruz last Sunday (April 10) to compete in the first Maccabiah Day in Northern California.
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Second Rethinking Capitalism conference attracts large audience
The second Rethinking Capitalism conference at UC Santa Cruz April 7-9 attracted attentive audiences – much from the Santa Cruz community – for three days of discussions on the perils facing capitalism and government efforts designed to prop it up.
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Center for Visual and Performance Studies to host conference on Pasolini
On April 29-30, the UCSC Arts Division’s center for Visual and Performance Studies (VPS) will host an international conference titled “Pasolini’s Body: New Directions in Pasolini Scholarship” at the Cowell College Conference Room.
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Professor to create large photographic work for African embassy
The U.S. State Department has commissioned associate art professor Elliot Anderson to create a large-scale photographic work for a new embassy in Zambia, Africa.
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Cuban video project screens rural documentaries April 15 at UCSC
Short video documentaries produced by Cuban campesinos will be shown Friday, April 15 when Cuban filmmaker Carlos Rodriguez visits UC Santa Cruz as part of a tour of U.S. universities. The event is free and open to the public and runs from 12:30-2 p.m. in the Cervantes Room at the Bay Tree Book Store building.
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Center for Sustainable Energy and Power Systems wins Business Journal award
A 2011 Energy Award for Best Conservation Leader recognizes Baskin School of Engineering’s efforts to address energy sustainability through research and teaching.
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Cosmology and particle physics are focus of public talk on Monday, April 25
Princeton University physicist Curtis Callan will give a free public lecture on cosmology and particle physics on Monday, April 25.
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Proposed Employee-Initiated Reduction in Time Program
The University invites your comments regarding the proposed Employee-Initiated Reduction in Time (ERIT) Program.
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UC System-Wide Committees
Students, please take a larger role in the decisions being made at the UC Office of the President by serving as a representative on several critically important committees
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Underdog UCSC mock trial team headed to national championship
The UCSC mock trial team placed in the top six at the Opening Round Championship Series in Irvine in March, and grabbed UCSC a spot in the National Championships to be held April 15-17 in Des Moines, Iowa.