Campus News
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Fire Damages West Entrance Kiosk, Arson Suspected
A fire inside the kiosk at the campus’s West Entrance early Sunday morning was contained to that single structure. Investigators believe the fire, which started at approximately 3:30 a.m., was intentionally set.
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Psychology lecturer’s first-person account of conditions in Haiti
When I arrived, I found out that we are working in one Port-au-Prince district called Delmas. The other “neighborhood” is a displacement camp at the border with Santo Domingo – a camp of people who fled to the Dominican Republic but have been returned to Haiti). Each day I pass by collapsed buildings where hundreds…
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Pioneering marine mammal scientist Ronald Schusterman dies at age 77
Ronald Schusterman, a pioneering marine mammal scientist, died on February 11 at Stanford Hospital after a brief hospitalization. He was 77.
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Search for Campus Provost/EVC
I write to update you on the search for a successor to Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor David Kliger. I have authorized a UC-wide search and the establishment of a nine-member search committee, chaired by Professor David Evans Jones and staffed by Assistant Chancellor/Chief of Staff Ashish Sahni. My goal is to have a successor in…
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Genome analysis of marine microbe reveals a metabolic minimalist
An unusual marine microbe appears to have ditched several major metabolic pathways, leaving it with a remarkably reduced set of genes.
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UCSC featured in March issue of Atlantic magazine
The March issue of The Atlantic features a story by senior editor Joshua Green on the Library’s Grateful Dead Archive.
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Visitors to UC Santa Cruz This Spring
Spring is a crucial time of year for university-bound high school seniors and community college transfer students as they must decide where to enroll by May 1 or June 1. Our campus will see over 8,000 visitors during this period. This increasing number of visitors is good news for the campus and continues to show…
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Psychology lecturer aids displaced children in Haiti
A UC Santa Cruz specialist in developmental psychology is working in Haiti with the American Refugee Committee International to help children displaced by the January 12 earthquake.
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Temporary Closure of Student Health Center
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE STUDENT HEALTH CENTER CLINIC 2/26/2010 AND 3/1/2010 Due to developments in the building renovation project beyond our control, the UCSC Student Health Center will be closed for medical and pharmacy services on Friday 2/26/10 and Monday 3/1/10. In order to assist students with urgent medical problems that…
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Evolutionary game of rock-paper-scissors may lead to new species
New research on lizards supports an old idea about how species can originate.
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Sandra Chung elected vice president of Linguistic Society of America
UCSC professor of linguistics Sandra Chung has been elected as vice president and president-elect of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA).
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Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship to Jonathan Fortney, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz.