Campus News
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Harry Berger focuses on the beauty and chaos of still life in Lecture
Why do the Dutch 17th century still life paintings place such a strong emphasis on chaos, entropy and disorder? How did still life painters portray the conflict between order, harmony and beauty on the one hand and disorder, damage and death on the other? Harry Berger, a founding faculty member at UC Santa Cruz, will…
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New atlas takes a graphic approach to global inequalities
In 2001, the UC Atlas of Global Inequality went online at UC Santa Cruz. Now, millions of hits later, the interactive research project has been turned into a book, The Atlas of Global Inequalities, by two UC Santa Cruz professors.
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Campus fun with Carnival Cruz and Prediction Walk/Run
On Friday, May 13, UCSC Wellness brings a mini-vacation to all staff, faculty, and students with the Carnival Cruz and the Prediction Walk/Run.
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
In an ongoing effort to promote a safe, healthy campus environment, we are writing to remind you that April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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Celebration of Sophía G. García-Robles’ Life
A community celebration of the life of a beloved Financial Aid and Scholarship Office staff member, Sophía Guadalupe García-Robles, will be held the afternoon of Saturday, May 14, 2011 at an off-campus location.
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Elliot Aronson wins UC distinguished emeriti award
Elliot Aronson, emeritus professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has been named winner of the 2010 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award given to outstanding University of California professors in the humanities or social sciences for research and activities since retirement.
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History alum winning acclaim for second feature film
UCSC alumnus Cary Joji Fukunaga has followed his award-winning debut film Sin Nombre with Jane Eyre, his own take on the classic 1847 novel by Charlotte Bronte.
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Demonstration Advisory Group formed
Provost Helen Shapiro and I are pleased to announce the formation of a Demonstration Advisory Group (DAG) for the UCSC campus.
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Dispo Day April 22, 2011: Retention, Disposition and Secure Destruction
Yes, You Can Throw it Out! (See Time & Place below)
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UCSC in the News
Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences, was featured in a PBS NewsHour story about the vulnerability of the U.S. West Coast to a tsunami.
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Update on budget cuts
Academic deans and other principal officers have submitted detailed plans for how they propose to implement approximately $19 million in budget reductions.
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Alums play hard, work toward “Ultimate Peace”
Slugs helped inspire the nonprofit Ultimate Peace, which is committed to building bridges of friendship and understanding for youth from different social and cultural backgrounds around the world.