Campus News
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSC Arts & Lectures partners with South County businesses to present Romeo and Juliet for Watsonville students–Friday, March 23–at the Mello Center
The internationally acclaimed Aquila Theatre Company will perform an educational outreach event at the Mello Center for 500 Watsonville High School freshmen and 200 Pajaro Middle School eighth graders. The company will present a “guided tour” of Romeo and Juliet–an hour-long program with both narration and acted key scenes from Shakespeare’s most famous play. When:…
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UCSC lecturer Ryan Coonerty publishes Etched in Stone, a tribute to 50 memorials and monuments
Anyone who has ever gotten goose bumps visiting the Lincoln Memorial will be drawn to the new book Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation’s Monuments.
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UC Santa Cruz to present New Directions in Contemporary Opera, a symposium of panels and performances-April 3-7
The UC Santa Cruz Music Department will present a week-long opera symposium titled New Directions in Contemporary Opera, April 3-7, on the university campus. Conceived and coordinated by music professor/conductor Nicole Paiement and UC Santa Cruz opera director Brian Staufenbiel, the series of panels and performances will bring together scholars, composers, and performers from the…
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Hate/Bias Incident on Campus
I am saddened to report that on March 12, offensive and racist messages were etched on a bathroom wall at the Baskin School of Engineering. We do not yet know who is responsible for this incident. However, I want to communicate in the strongest terms possible that this type of hateful vandalism deeply disturbs many…
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UARC researcher dies
The campus has learned that Tsuyoshi Goka, a member of UCSC’s University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), died late last week from a stroke. A UCSC employee since December 2003, Tsuyoshi was a senior researcher with the UARC at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field. He was 63. Tsuyoshi had a long and distinguished career…
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Microsoft gift boosts computer science program at UCSC
A gift from Microsoft to UC Santa Cruz will enable computer science students to spend more time on computer games–developing computer games, that is, not necessarily playing them.
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RNA enzyme structure offers a glimpse into the origins of life
UCSC researchers have determined the three-dimensional structure of an RNA enzyme, or “ribozyme,” that carries out a fundamental reaction required to make new RNA molecules. Their results provide insight into what may have been the first self-replicating
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Longtime staff member dies
It is with sadness that I write to inform you that Robert Jones, former captain with the UCSC Police Department, died at his home last night after a three-year struggle to recover from a tragic bike accident. He was 52 years old. Robert joined the campus community in November 1990, when he was hired as…
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Internet pioneer Larry Smarr to speak at UCSC on Thursday, March 22
Larry Smarr, director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), will speak at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 22.
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Student Employee Recognition Award Program (SERAP) 2007
The Career Center is pleased to announce that campus supervisors will once again have an opportunity to publicly reward and recognize their outstanding student employees who continue to dedicate their abundant talent and skills to UCSC. The 13th annual UCSC Student Employee Recognition Award Program outdoor reception and ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 11,…
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New technology shows old faults are smoother than young ones
A new study by UCSC geologists finds old earthquake faults are smoother than young ones, worn smooth over time by friction like the brake pads of an old car.
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First systematic test finds plant pathogens spread to distant relatives far more readily than thought
SANTA CRUZ, CA–The first systematic test of how widely pathogens can spread among distantly related plants reveals far greater range than conventional wisdom would suggest, raising questions about the adequacy of current regulatory approaches for plant q