Campus News
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Silicon chip beams light through a liquid-core waveguide to detect one particle at a time
By guiding light through liquid-filled channels smaller than a human hair, researchers at UCSC and Brigham Young University have succeeded in building a silicon chip that can detect tiny particles one at a time.
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UCSC librarian recognized by Special Libraries Association
Wei Wei, a librarian at the UCSC Science & Engineering Library, has been honored as a 2007 Fellow of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) for service to the profession. The SLA is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries in the…
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UCSC Blue Light Emergency Telephone Outage
We write to inform you that the campus “Blue Light” emergency telephone located at the Hagar Drive bus stop, between the Bay Tree Bookstore and the new Humanities & Social Sciences building, will be out of service for five weeks beginning Wednesday, June 27. The entire telephone unit will be removed so that work can…
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California Whistleblower Protection Act
Dear Colleagues, Provisions of the California Whistleblower Protection Act (Government Code Sections 8545.2 and 8548.3) require the University to post notices regarding the Act and, on an annual basis, to provide a copy of the notice to all employees who have UC authorized access to email. The notice includes information on what to report, where…
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TAPS 2007-08 Parking and Program Renewals
Final discussions on 2007-08 parking permit and bus pass rates are still underway. However, in the interest of everyone having the appropriate permit or pass as soon as possible, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) is now accepting renewals of parking permits and Faculty/Staff Bus Passes. To access to the on-line application form, please visit the…
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UC Santa Cruz biologist Hinrich Boeger named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Hinrich Boeger, assistant professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.
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Event celebrates approval of permanent staff advisor to Regents
More than 100 UC staff, including UC President Robert Dynes, Associate President Linda Williams, Regent Odessa Johnson, and UCSC Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal, gathered to celebrate a permanent Staff Advisor to the Regents Program on June 7.
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Class of 2007 makes it official in weekend commencement exercises
The campus was a sea of celebration over the weekend–with some pomp and circumstance for good measure–as the Class of 2007 graduated.
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Brian Walton, leader of falcon recovery effort, dies at age 55
Brian Walton, whose leadership of the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group was highlighted by the pivotal role the group played in the restoration of the peregrin falcon on the West Coast, died on June 15 at a Santa Cruz hospital. Walton, who served a
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Campus facilities, offices switch to summer hours
Many UCSC offices and facilities have more limited hours during the summer.
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Bird researcher Brian Walton dies
I am sorry to report that we have learned that Brian Walton, who served as the coordinator of the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group for the past 31 years, died this past Friday. Under Brian’s leadership, the UCSC research group was instrumental in the restoration of the peregrine falcon on the West Coast. Nearly…