Campus News
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Death of UCSC Student, Efrain Sanchez
I am very sorry to inform you that one of our students, Efrain Sanchez Jr., died in his on-campus residence late last week. A first-year student at College Ten, Efrain came to us from the Southern California community of Arleta. Efrain was a 20 year old junior who transferred to UCSC from Los Angeles Pierce…
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Environmental studies professor, graduate director receive top Alumni Association awards and April 26 luncheon honors
An agroecologist and a Graduate Division director have been selected to receive the Alumni Association’s highest honors for 2007-08.
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Memorial for College Eight Student, Michael C. Wilson
Community members are invited to share and participate in a campus tribute to a beloved student, scholar, friend, brother and son. Michael C. Wilson attended UCSC and majored in mathematics. Mike served as past president of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and co-founder of the Mathematics Diversity Alliance (MDA). He was also a…
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Retirees to meet for potluck lunch
The UCSC Retirees Association will hold its annual Super Soup Luncheon on March 4 at the UCSC Arboretum Horticulture Room.
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Banff Mountain Film Festival screens at the Rio Theater Feb. 29-Mar. 1
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will be in Santa Cruz on February 29 and March 1 at the Rio Theater. The festival benefits the UCSC Wilderness Orientation Scholarship Fund.
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Doctoral candidate heading to DC after graduation
Lauren Malone will be heading to Washington, D.C., after earning a Ph.D. in economics this spring.
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Award-winning journalist Alexander Stille to be keynote speaker at statewide Italian Studies conference hosted by UCSC
Award-winning author and journalist Alexander Stille will be the keynote speaker at a statewide conference presented by the California Interdisciplinary Consortium for Italian Studies at UC Santa Cruz, February 29-March 1.
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Why does popcorn cost so much at the movies?
Movie theaters are notorious for charging consumers top dollar for concession items such as popcorn, soda, and candy. Are moviegoers just being gouged?
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Max M. Levin, former psychology instructor and Crown preceptor, dies at 91
Max M. Levin, a lecturer emeritus of psychology whose ties to the campus go back to 1967, died on Saturday, February 16, in Portland, Oregon. He was 91.
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‘Finding their niche’ is critical to underrepresented student success, study reveals
A new study has produced an unusually intimate portrait of the college experience for UCSC students from underrepresented groups, including those who are among the first in their family to attend college.