Campus News
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Slug gymnasts make their debut
The newly formed College Gymnastics Club attended their first competition November 3, and they came home with first and third places in the men’s all around and a tie for second place in the women’s uneven bars.
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UC Women’s Forum on Staff Career Advancement
Join us and share your thoughts on the advancement of women staff at UC. What does it take to succeed at UC? What are some best practices already in place? What more is needed? Associate President Linda Williams, Presidential Staff Fellow Amy Levine and Assistant Vice Provost, Equity and Diversity Sheila O’Rourke from UC Office…
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Chancellor, Campus Provost comment on ‘dangerous’ November 7 demonstration
Two related protests on campus yesterday resulted in the arrest of six individuals, the issuance of citations, the impounding of vehicles, and a clash between protestors and law enforcement personnel. The incidents, which occurred on two parking lots proposed for the Biomedical Sciences Facility, involved a number of individuals not affiliated with the campus, including…
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Campus gets a little bit ‘greener’ with three more certifications
UCSC has received three new “green” certifications from the Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program, administered by the City of Santa Cruz. At the November 13 City Council meeting, the city will recognize certifications Porter/Kresge Dining Hall, Cowell
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UCSC media expert contributes feature to 35th anniversary issue of Ms. magazine
As recently as the early 1970s, very few women in the United States had access to work in newsrooms, press clubs, editorial boards, and radio broadcasting booths. Today, women are employed as writers, producers, anchors, editors, and publishers in nearly every major newspaper, magazine, television network, and radio station across the country. So writes UC…
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Pettigrew honored for lifetime achievement
Thomas Pettigrew, research professor of social psychology, has been selected by the International Academy of Intercultural Research (IAIR) to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the group’s sixth biennial conference in Honolulu in August 2009.
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UCSC firefighters help battle devastating Southern California blazes
UC Santa Cruz firefighters were among thousands of fire personnel who traveled to Southern California in late October to help fight the area’s deadly wildfires.
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Eminent physicist Stanley Flatté dies
I am sorry to inform you that longtime UCSC physicist Stanley Flatté died earlier this week after a lengthy illness. A professor emeritus of physics, Stan was an eminent researcher who made important contributions in a wide range of fields. As a particle physicist early in his career, Stan participated in some of the first…
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Scientists discover record-breaking fifth planet orbiting a star beyond our solar system
A team of American astronomers announced the discovery of a fifth planet around a star called 55 Cancri.
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Physicist Stanley Flatté dies at age 66
Physicist Stanley Flatté, whose work on wave propagation led to important contributions in the fields of atmospheric optics, ocean acoustics, and seismology, died on Sunday, November 4, at his home in Santa Cruz. He was 66.
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Merrill student dies after accident
I am very sorry to inform you that we have learned that Michael Harami, a Merrill College undergraduate, died early Saturday morning from injuries he received in a skateboarding accident. Michael, who passed away at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, was a senior. He first enrolled at UCSC as a freshman in…