Campus Communications
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Phased Retirement Program Update
This notice is to inform you that the Phased Retirement program is scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2019.
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Announcing Ted Warburton as interim arts dean
I am delighted to announce that Edward (Ted) Warburton, a professor of dance in our theater arts department, has been named UC Santa Cruz’s interim arts dean, effective immediately.
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Suspect arrested in laptop theft
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department would like to thank the campus community for its assistance locating a suspect in the Wednesday night theft of a backpack and laptop from McHenry Library.
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Support for undocumented members of our campus community
We write to let the undocumented members of our community know there is nothing ambiguous about our support for you.
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Staff policy PPSM 21, Selection and Appointment Implementation for Students
The UC Office of the President recently revised an important staff policy, Selection and Appointment – PPSM 21. PPSM 21 revisions include changes to the background check process, disclosure of information, and employment eligibility determinations.
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Regents to vote on Student Housing West, Kresge College renewal
The Regents meet March 13–14 at UCLA. The agenda will soon be posted online, and the meeting will be streamed live.
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Outcome of UC negotiations with Elsevier
While we did make progress, particularly in the past few weeks, toward defining a model for open access publishing of UC research, Elsevier was ultimately unwilling to meet UC’s key goal.
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Troubling posts on social media
In the past few days on social media, deeply troubling allegations that a faculty member in the Baskin School of Engineering has harassed, discriminated, and abused students on the basis of their race, ethnicity, religion, and/or gender have surfaced.
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Reminder: Share your Strategic Academic Plan insights by March 1
Reminder: Your innovative ideas and/or suggestions must be received by Friday, March 1, for us to make a timely submission of the revision to the Academic Senate for its review.
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Update on fire at Earth and Marine Sciences Building
The Earth and Marine Sciences Building remains closed tonight, following today’s fire. With clean-up efforts underway, the campus fire marshal approved the building’s reopening for 8 a.m. Saturday—with the exception of the third and fourth floors of the C wing, which will continue to be closed until the cleanup and restoration of the area is…
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Biologist Olena Morozova Vaske appointed to endowed chair in pediatric genomics
At an investiture ceremony, Vaske was honored as the inaugural holder of the Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics.
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Call for proposals—Recruitment and support of undergraduates from outside California
UCSC is working to grow enrollment of undergraduate students from outside of California.