Campus News
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Getting ready for the new academic year: facts & figures
UCSC students began moving into university housing on Friday, September 19, in anticipation of the 2008-09 school year. The first day of instruction in the fall quarter is Thursday, September 25. The fall-quarter “move-in” for students living on campus wa
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Private donors step forward; giving up by 25 percent
Private donors gave $31.6 million to UC Santa Cruz during the 2007-08 academic year, a 25 percent increase over the previous year.
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Slug tennis nets awards
Slug tennis received team and player awards when the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced its 2008 ITA All-Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes.
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Chancellor provides progress report at Partners in Community event
UC Santa Cruz achieved a number of significant milestones during the last academic year and is poised to continue that progress in the coming year, Chancellor George Blumenthal reported at the second annual Partners in Community event, held last wee
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Preview Day is Saturday, October 11
The Academic Senate’s Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid and the Office of Admissions announce that the campus will be hosting its annual “Preview Day,” on Saturday, October 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Preview Day is an open-house event for prospective undergraduate students and their families that is designed to highlight UCSC’s academic…
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Helping minority entrepreneurs succeed would reduce wealth inequality, economist says
African Americans aren’t getting the same boost from self-employment that Asians and whites enjoy, and the racial disparities demand new policy initiatives, says economist Robert Fairlie.
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Student Union Assembly wants to get out the vote
The Student Union Assembly (SUA), together with a coalition of other organizations, has embarked upon its annual voter registration drive.
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Mr. President . . .
If you could advise the next president of the United States, what would you say? The Review‘s Jennifer McNulty asked UCSC experts what the next president’s top priorities should be. Watch video highlights of five interviews with our experts: Restore democracy to elections Sheldon Kamieniecki Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Environmental Studies Rethink…
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Alumnus Joseph DeRisi wins $250,000 Heinz Award
UCSC alumnus Joseph DeRisi, whose breakthrough creation of a viral detection platform for malaria and other infectious diseases has helped advance biomedicine’s ability to detect both existing and new viruses, has been selected to receive the 14th annual
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Bay Street Repaving
The City of Santa Cruz Public Works Department is conducting a series of resurfacing projects on roadways throughout Santa Cruz, including Bay Street between Mission Street and High Street. The Bay Street work began late last week and will continue through the next two weeks, with completion anticipated prior to Fall 2008 Welcome Week. Campus…
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Researchers attract record $131 million in funding in 2007-08
UCSC researchers attracted a record $131 million in external grants and contracts to the campus in the 2007-08 fiscal year.