Campus News
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STARS helps uncommon students shine
More than 30 years ago, a group of single mothers at College Eight on the UC Santa Cruz campus got together to help each other with child care and studying. Today, what those single moms began has turned into the Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Student
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Circle of support
Rich and DeAnne Hart founded the Opera Circle, a community support or “Friends” group dedicated to raising community awareness of UCSC’s opera program and also raising funds to support it.
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Real-life heroes: Deutron Kebebew found mentors, then became one
Although Deutron Kebebew’s life turned out to be something like a movie, it was not the one he had imagined.
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Pister’s legacy lives on through scholarships
The Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards foster the transfer of accomplished students from regional community colleges to UCSC.
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Green entrepreneur, urban advocate, author to address King Convocation Feb. 12
Van Jones, founding president of Green For All, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, and author of The Green Collar Economy, will speak at UC Santa Cruz’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation February 12.
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Dick Cheney’s indictment signals need for a federal civil grand jury
We need a civil grand jury at the federal level to investigate allegations of government wrongdoing that reach beyond the limited judicial boundaries of state jurisdictions.
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Honorable mention photos capture serenity of UCSC
These shots were given Honorable Mentions in the 2008 Chancellor’s Office photo contest.
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Lara Hale embraces interdisciplinary approach to environmental problems
Lara Hale is one of only a few students who traveled to the Lolland region of Denmark, where residents are overcoming their dependence on fossil fuels.
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Campus named Employer of the Year for longtime alliance with HOPE
UC Santa Cruz Dining was recently honored as Employer of the Year for being a longtime employer of people with developmental disabilities.
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UCSC to host international renewable energy program
Last summer, U.S. and Danish students learned firsthand about renewable energy technologies being implemented in Denmark through a program organized by UCSC faculty. Next year, the campus will host the four-week summer program, along with NASA Ames Resear
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Oceans of data: Dan Costa tags along with marine animals
Dan Costa, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, studies how marine animals ranging from fur seals to dolphins to penguins make a living in the open ocean.