Campus News
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Sun Microsystems creates OpenSPARC Center of Excellence at UCSC
Sun Microsystems has established a Center of Excellence at UCSC that will focus on the OpenSPARC initiative, a true “open-source” approach to high-speed microprocessor technology.
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UC Santa Cruz students see stars, thanks to local company
UC Santa Cruz students will have more time with the stars, thanks to a generous donation from a local company. Watsonville-based Orion Telescopes has made a gift of 10 portable telescopes for field use by students, creating greatly enhanced opportunities for observing in introductory courses. “This gift means many more possibilities for students to have…
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CruzTime and CruzMail Maintenance
To prepare for the early arrival of Daylight Savings Time, Information Technology Services (ITS) will conduct maintenance work on the campus calendar system, CruzTime, and on the campus email system, CruzMail, beginning this Friday, March 2. Specific maintenance outage information follows: On Friday, March 2, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. the campus calendar system,…
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Addition of Domestic Partner to Staff Personnel Policies
The following Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) have been revised to include the category of domestic partner: . PPSM 2 Definition of Terms. The definition of domestic partner has been added so that all references to domestic partner in the PPSM shall be consistently defined. . PPSM 21 G. Appointment of Near Relative. Domestic…
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Photographer Frans Lanting presents “The Making of Life: A Journey through Time” on March 17
Nature photographer Frans Lanting will share the story behind the making of his multimedia presentation Life: A Journey through Time at an event on Saturday, March 17.
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UCSC hosts conference to keep young girls interested in science
An event at UCSC on Saturday, March 3, will help middle and high school girls from the Monterey Bay region prepare for their future through a program called “Expanding Your Horizons” designed to inspire girls’ enthusiasm for math and science.
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Student Town Hall
The Student Union Assembly would like to invite the UCSC community to the Student Town Hall. We hope you will join us in a dialogue about issues on campus like: Diversity, Responses to Student Activism, Quality of Education, Funding, Student Services, and Administrative Sensitivity to student needs. We know that some of these topics are…
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Compton Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer speaks March 12 at UC Santa Cruz
As a Superior Court Judge in the Southern California city of Compton, Kelvin D. Filer sees more than his share of cases involving murder, drugs, and gang violence. As a product of the same neighborhood, Filer is a powerful role model who has devoted himse
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Sloan Research Fellowships awarded to three UC Santa Cruz faculty
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected three UCSC faculty members to receive 2007 Sloan Research Fellowships.
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UCSC biologist Terrie Williams wins 2007 Women of Discovery Award
Terrie Williams, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, joins Jane Goodall and three other scientists as winners of the 2007 Women of Discovery Awards from Wings WorldQuest.
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UCSC economics grad reconnects with campus to help others
Santa Cruz native Stephen Bruce recently reconnected with UCSC, where he is opening doors for students by funding a fellowship for aspiring high school math and science teachers, and creating a fellowship for graduate students in politics.
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Winter 2007 Staff Brown Bag Forum
The Staff Advisory Board will host the winter-quarter Staff “Brown Bag” Open Forum with Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal on Tuesday, February 27, from 12:30 to 1:40 p.m., in Classroom Unit 2. Topics to be discussed include the staff advisor position to the Board of Regents and an update on pension issues, diversity working groups, and…