Campus News
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John Mock receives grant to document traditions in Afghanistan
John Mock, lecturer in Hindi and Urdu, has received a $32,000 grant from the Palo Alto-based Christensen Fund to support a folklorist who will help document the traditions of the people of Wakhan in Afghanistan. The folklorist will collaborate with Wakhi ethnographers to support local pride and enrich potential conservation and ecotourism activities. Mock’s two-year…
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces new season
Artistic Director Marco Barricelli has announced the lineup for his inaugural season at Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC). The 2008 season will combine Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and All’s Well That Ends Well with two contemporary American plays–Burn This, by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, and Bach at Leipzig, by the critically acclaimed young playwright, Itamar…
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Student regents urge UCSC students to apply
Benjamin Allen, the UC law student who sits on the Board of Regents, and D’Artagnan Scorza, who will take the post July 1, visited UCSC Friday to urge students to apply.
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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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Retirements
The following individuals retired during the period of September through December 2007. Retirees are listed with their positions prior to retirement and their length of service (rounded to the nearest year).
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Spoken-word festival at Porter College Feb. 3-7
The Kinetic Poetics Project will present five days of activities including free performances from award winning poets, poetry workshops, and a poetry slam competition at the Porter College Dining Hall February 3-7.
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Winter-storm warning issued for Santa Cruz area
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter-storm warning for the Santa Cruz area through Saturday. Rainfall totals are predicted to be in the five- to six-inch range, and winds will gain in strength. This additional rain and wind, coupled with ground saturation from the previous storm systems this month, could potentially result in…
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Campus celebrates Black History Month with performances, film, concerts, more
Black History Month at UCSC will include a look at black slavery, history, and modern day professionals, courtesy of the African American Theater Arts Troupe. The troupe’s performances are just part of the celebration of Black History Month on campus, which included the Jan. 30 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation and will feature performances,…
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Chancellor’s Undergradute Internship Program seeking applicants
The Chancellors Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) is now recruiting qualified student applicants for the 2008-09 academic year.
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Changing fashions govern mating success in lark buntings, study finds
A study of how female lark buntings choose their mates, published this week in Science, adds a surprising new twist to the evolutionary theory of sexual selection.
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Fiber-optic project to boost network speed for researchers
With the completion of a new fiber-optic project, researchers at UC Santa Cruz will be able to tap into an ultra-high-speed Internet network 10 times as fast as the campus’s current connection.
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Seventh Annual Campus Earth Summit focuses on local solutions to climate change
The Seventh Annual UC Santa Cruz Campus Earth Summit is set for Thursday, January 31, 2008, at the College Nine/Ten Multipurpose Room from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Earth Summit brings together students, staff, faculty, and administrators to challenge th