Campus News
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UCSC in the News
Amid widespread coverage of a new discovery of ancient hominid fossils in South Africa, geologist Daniel Farber was quoted in stories from UPI, LiveScience, Yahoo News, and FoxNews.com
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Rick Grosberg
An evolution professor at UC Davis, Rick Grosberg (biology ’76) received the 2010 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement. Established in 1986, the prize comes with a check for $40,000, making it what is believed to be the largest cash prize of its kind in the nation. The prize was created to…
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UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey receives Guggenheim for poetry
UC Santa Cruz literature professor Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship for poetry.
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Women’s rugby goes to final four
The UCSC Women’s Rugby team advanced to the semifinals of the Collegiate Division II National Championships.
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day
UC Santa Cruz celebrates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this week. Join us for the 9th Annual Campus Earth Summit, a collaborative brainstorming session on the future of sustainability, on Friday, April 23. UCSC is also proud to announce the release of its first-ever Campus Sustainability Plan. Learn about these events and more at…
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UC Santa Cruz grad Peter Bratt returns to premiere La Mission
Filmmaker Peter Bratt returns to UC Santa Cruz Friday as part of the local premiere of La Mission, his heartfelt portrait of San Francisco’s Mission District, the neighborhood where he grew up.
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UCSC community supports local charities even in tough times
The UC Santa Cruz community once again showed compassion and generosity during the campus’s 2009 year-end fundraising drive.
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Four UCSC professors elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Four UCSC faculty members are among the newly elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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UCSC Farm and Garden annual spring plant sale set for May 1-2
The UCSC Farm and Garden’s Spring Plant Sale takes place Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2, in the Barn Theater parking lot at the base of the UCSC campus.
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UCSC to celebrate Grand Opening of Digital Arts Research Center on April 29
UC Santa Cruz will celebrate the arts and a commitment to collaboration, innovation, and community on Thursday, April 29, when the campus officially opens its new Digital Arts Research Center.
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McHenry cleanup continues; reopen date undetermined
Campus officials determined Sunday that McHenry Library will remain closed for at least several more days while cleanup and restoration efforts continue. Crews have been working around the clock since Friday, after a fire late Thursday night in an area now under renovation sent smoke and soot into the upper three floors of McHenry’s new…
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Fire extinguished in McHenry Library – closed Friday
A fire, in the original wing of McHenry Library currently being renovated, was extinguished by firefighters late Thursday night. The fire was reported shortly after 9 p.m. and was declared out by 10. Approximately 100 students, studying in the new wing of the library that opened two years ago, were evacuated as a safety precaution.…