Campus News
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Additional Threat Information
Update on issues related to the threatening graffiti discovered at Social Sciences 2.
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Global Game Jam returns to UC Santa Cruz for third year
Participants in the 2011 Global Game Jam will race to create video and board games in 48 hours.
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Get Fit with CruzFit 2011
CruzFit is a FREE campus-wide incentive program that encourages exercise and healthy lifestyle choices amongst the UCSC community.
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Threatening graffiti: FAQ
Can you provide us with additional information about campus plans for that day? The campus will be open on Tuesday, January 18. Classes, unless rescheduled or relocated by instructors, are occurring. Per their regular schedule, we expect that most offices will be open. Can you provide us with additional information about security or police plans…
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Additional information about graffiti threat
In response to questions that have been raised regarding this matter, I wanted you to know that an FAQ has just been posted to the UCSC web site at: http://news.ucsc.edu/2011/01/graffiti-faq.html
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Training sessions provide info on responding to violence
UCSC Police are providing training this week that describes best practices for responding to violence.
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Seymour Center presents lecture on jumbo squid in Monterey Bay
Squid expert Danna Staaf will discuss the invasion of Monterey Bay by jumbo squid in a public lecture at the Seymour Center on January 16.
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Men’s hoops: Slugs come back, beat Pac Union College 72-63
The UCSC men’s basketball team improved its overall record to seven wins and nine losses with a 72-63 victory over Pacific Union College.
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Two UCSC engineering professors elected 2010 AAAS Fellows
They are J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, Baskin Professor of Computer Engineering, and Phokion Kolaitis, professor of computer science.
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Threatening graffiti prompts heightened campus awareness
Executive vice chancellor Alison Galloway has informed the campus of threatening graffiti discovered in a Social Sciences 2 bathroom; the graffiti warned of violence on January 18. While graffiti is common on college campuses, the university nonetheless takes threats seriously. Erring on the side of caution, campus administration decided to share the information with the…
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Astronomers release the largest color image of the sky ever made
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III has released the largest digital color image of the sky ever made.
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Proposed budget cuts $1.4B from higher education
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a deficit-closing 2011-12 state budget that relies on painful cuts in state services including a $500 million reduction in support for the University of California.