Campus Communications
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Information about accommodations for Shavuot
Many members of our campus community will be observing the Festival of Shavuot on June 9th and 10th, 2019.
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2019 SAB Thumbs Up Awards
Do you know a staff member who goes above and beyond to help the university, their colleagues, students, staff & faculty? The UC Santa Cruz Staff Advisory Board is pleased to announce the 2019 Thumbs Up Awards.
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Planned power outage on June 22 and Dec. 26-30
UC Santa Cruz will have a planned power outage from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on June 22 as part of the solar parking canopy project in the East Remove Parking Lot. A list of the different impacts on campus buildings is below.
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Meet our next chancellor on Friday, June 7
I am delighted to announce that an open house with our next chancellor, Cynthia Larive, is set for Friday, June 7, on the Quarry Amphitheater stage.
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Undergraduate Education seeks part-time administrators: Porter College and Stevenson College Provosts
In 2019-20, the Division of Undergraduate Education is undertaking searches for the following part-time faculty administrator positions:
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Campus investigating allegations of misconduct
Recently, serious and troubling allegations of misconduct against a professor in the Baskin School of Engineering have resurfaced online.
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Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz appointed to endowed chair for diversity in astronomy
The May 22 investiture ceremony honored Ramirez-Ruiz as the inaugural holder of the Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy.
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Dismissal of Greek letter organization
I write to inform the campus community that the Greek letter organization Theta Chi has been dismissed following a university investigation that began in the wake of the tragic death off campus last year of one of its members.
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UC Santa Cruz graduate student finishes third-place in Grad Slam
Rachel Harbeitner, a fifth year Ph.D. student in Ocean Sciences, finished third in the systemwide UC Office of the President Grad Slam held May 10 in San Francisco at LinkedIn. Hartbeitner’s presentation, Tiny carbon eaters of the deep sea, includes the surprising research finding that deep-sea, ocean-floor bacteria consume dead plankton (carbon bodies) and release carbon dioxide back…
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Campus community eligible to buy discounted LED bulbs
Under the Million Light Bulb Challenge community buy program supported by UC’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative, all UC students, staff, faculty and alumni can purchase light bulbs at nearly half the price of online competitors.
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Campus review of revisions to the UC Santa Cruz Water Protection Policy
In response to changes in regulatory requirements, Business and Administrative Services is proposing updates the UC Santa Cruz Water Protection policy and invites your comments.
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Regents approve lease for temporary university house
With the current University House deemed uninhabitable, UC President Janet Napolitano recommended that a property be rented near the main campus to house the incoming chancellor and host small dinners and events for fundraising and celebrating faculty and student success until University House is rebuilt.