Campus News
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High-tech conservationist: Grad student helps fight local battle against logging
UCSC graduate student Adelia Barber took time away from her dissertation to conduct a timberland analysis for a grassroots group opposed to logging in an area of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Ink, but not toner, cartridges recyclable on campus
Conscientiously recycling depleted cartridges from office equipment such as laser printers is laudable, but the cartridge recycling program on campus sometimes gets too much of a good thing. The program takes inkjet or laser jet cartridges, but it cannot recycle toner cartridges, according to Marie Waltrip, financial specialist for Residential, Family & Early Education Services.…
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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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Bay Tree Bookstore to hold holiday open house and sale Dec. 12
The Bay Tree Bookstore will hold its annual Holiday Student, Staff, and Faculty Appreciation Open House on Wednesday, December 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Stewardship of campus grounds is a labor of love
Grounds Services’ Site Stewardship program takes on ecological restoration and guardianship of campus land with help from volunteers.
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation commits $200 million support for Thirty-Meter Telescope
The University of California and the California Institute of Technology have received a $200 million commitment over nine years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation toward the further development and construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT).
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UCSC offers city renewed financial support for neighborhood party patrols
UC Santa Cruz has renewed its commitment of funds to help the Santa Cruz Police Department enforce a city ordinance passed in 2005 to address the impact of large parties on local neighborhoods. For winter, spring, and fall quarter of next year, UCSC will again make available $25,000 each quarter to pay for additional police…
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Senate Executive Committee message on Science Hill protest
Quentin Williams, chair of the UCSC Academic Senate, distributed the following message to UCSC Faculty on behalf of the Senate Executive Committee: “The Academic Senate fully supports the rights of members of the campus community to peaceful and civil protest. Indeed, universities aspire to be places in which passionate disagreement about complex issues can occur…
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Banner day for UC Santa Cruz Dining’s ‘green’ effort
A banner at the base of campus heralds UCSC’s three latest “green” certifications from the Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program.
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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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UCSC appoints new associate vice chancellor for public affairs and communications
Barry Shiller, a public affairs professional with private-sector and higher-education experience, has been appointed the new associate vice chancellor for public affairs and communications at UC Santa Cruz.
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Retirees Association to hold annual holiday potluck December 6
All UCSC retirees–and those planning to retire–are invited to the UCSC Retirees Association annual holiday potluck lunch on Thursday, December 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Arboretum Horticultural Hall.