Campus News
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Faculty and Staff Directory Updates
It’s time to update your campus contact information for the next edition of the UCSC Faculty and Staff 2007-08 print directory. Even if you haven’t had any changes to your contact information, please double check your listing to make sure it’s accurate. What is listed online will print in the directory. Check your listing here:…
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UCSC researchers achieve atomic spectroscopy on a chip
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have performed atomic spectroscopy with integrated optics on a chip for the first time, guiding a beam of light through a rubidium vapor cell integrated into a semiconductor chip.
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates 40 years of leadership in sustainable agriculture and organic farming
Decades before Wal-Mart began selling organic food, a charismatic Englishman and a group of students transformed a brush-covered hillside at the University of California, Santa Cruz, into a lush garden where vegetables and flowers were grown without chemi
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40 years at the forefront of sustainable agriculture
Research being conducted today at UCSC’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems is rooted in programs and facilities that have been developed since 1967.
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Graduates of UCSC’s Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture
Around the world, graduates of the UCSC Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture are improving the health of the environment through organic food production, education, advocacy, and social service programs. Here’s a sampling of what a few graduates have
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Annual Business Operations Customer Surveys
I am writing to request your participation in the annual customer satisfaction surveys for Purchasing and the Staff Human Resources (SHR) Service Teams. These online surveys will run until Friday, June 15. To take these surveys, please point your Internet browsers to the following addresses: * Purchasing: http://survey.ucsc.edu/BAS/Purch2007 * Staff Human Resources: http://survey.ucsc.edu/BAS/SHR2007 Each survey…
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New book Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) explains how self-deception dooms marriages, starts wars, and promotes a culture of unaccountability
In the new book Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), Elliot Aronson spells out how the psychological mechanism of self-justification puts us on a slippery slope of self-deception that frequently gets us into enormous trouble when we are unable to ac
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Excellence in Teaching winners announced
Seven faculty members and 10 teaching assistants have been honored with 2006-07 Excellence in Teaching Awards for their exemplary and inspiring teaching.
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History Department presents talk by author and manga translator Frederik L. Schodt
The History Department will present a free public talk by author and noted manga (Japanese comic book) translator Frederik L. Schodt on Monday, June 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall. Frederik L. Schodt is a writer and interpreter who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has written extensively…
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Alumnus Steven Hawley enters Astronaut Hall of Fame
Astronaut Steven Hawley, who earned his Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC in 1977, has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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UCSC Dining awarded ‘green’ certification from city
UC Santa Cruz Dining was awarded Green Business certification from the City of Santa Cruz in a presentation by Mayor Emily Reilly in April.
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Colloquium features research by students in Faculty Mentor Program
Undergraduate students who participated in the 2007 Faculty Mentor Program will present their research at a colloquium on June 5 and 6.