Campus News
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Uncommon People / Sam Farr: Sea changes
Congressman Sam Farr writes about efforts to counteract threats facing the world’s oceans.
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Oh brother, where art thou?
Early in the life of the campus, three artists helped establish UCSC’s art department with little more than grit, humor, and creativity. Where are they now?
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Restoring an altered Eden
A UCSC professor fosters a happy marriage between academic rigor and on-the-ground conservation to protect and renew an estuarine gem.
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Professor’s new book explores the political discourse of Russia’s elite
In a new book, UC Santa Cruz politics professor and post-Soviet-era expert Michael Urban interviewed 34 prominent members of the administrations of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin.
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UCSC Review–fall 2010 happenings/news
Seiden steps down from physics institute Photo by Monica Lee Abraham Seiden, professor of physics, has led the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) since its founding in 1981. At the end of June, he stepped down as director of SCIPP and returned to full-time teaching and research. “It’s been 30 years and I…
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Zipcar Expansion in the Santa Cruz Community
Four additional Zipcars are now available in Santa Cruz for use by all eligible UCSC students, staff and faculty.
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Mists of time
Campus founders chose Santa Cruz over San Jose for UCSC’s location in part because of the cooling effect of the marine layer. The rest is history.
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Bill Ladusaw and Jim McCloskey elected fellows of Linguistic Society of America
UCSC interim humanities dean William Ladusaw and linguistics professor James McCloskey have been elected as fellows of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA). The LSA is the major professional society in the United States dedicated to the scientific study of language. The organization plays a critical role in supporting and disseminating linguistic scholarship, as well…
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Digital media pros advise young alumni at Silicon Valley networking event
A panel of four highly accomplished UCSC alumni with expertise in digital media shared their insights and experience with an eager crowd of younger alumni at a recent networking event held at the Google campus in Mountain View.
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Party hardly: UCSC ramps up its campaign inviting students to think when they drink
Gnomeland Security: An irreverent UCSC alcohol awareness campaign aims at decreasing risk, not condemning students for partying.
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UCSC in the News
The New York Times quoted sociology professor Paul Lubeck in an article on a spate of religiously motivated killings in northern Nigeria … and more.
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Patricia Zavella awarded career achievement prize
Patricia Zavella, chair of the Latin American and Latino studies department at UC Santa Cruz, has been named co-winner of the 2010 Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America by the Society for the Anthropology of North America. North America.