Campus Communications

  • Fred Keeley bequest will support UC Santa Cruz environmental policy institute

    Santa Cruz County Treasurer Fred Keeley has made a planned gift of $250,000 to the University of California, Santa Cruz, to support the campus’s STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research. Keeley, a former state assemblyman and a longtime supporter of UCSC, has included the STEPS Institute in his personal will because of his high…

  • UCSC recirculates portion of Draft LRDP EIR’s traffic section for public comment

    UC Santa Cruz is recirculating additional traffic analysis for public comment as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Report related to the campus’s proposed Long-Range Development Plan (LRDP). The recirculated analysis evaluates traffic conditions on sections of Highways 1 and 17, assuming full implementation of the LRDP. The additional traffic analysis is the only part…

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: You are invited to cover King Convocation, film screenings

    Keith Beauchamp, the filmmaker drawing acclaim for The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, and Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of the national advocacy group PolicyLink, will speak at UCSC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation at 7 p.m. February 28. In addition, Beauchamp will be hosting two screenings of the film to which…

  • UC Santa Cruz protest no longer on Pentagon’s ‘credible threat’ list

    The Department of Defense has removed mention of a campus demonstration at the University of California, Santa Cruz, from the TALON (Threat and Local Observation Notice) database, following recent efforts by UCSC Chancellor Denice D. Denton and members of California’s congressional delegation. Chancellor Denton advocated for change in Defense Department database For more information, go…

  • UC Santa Cruz appoints seasoned advancement professional as new vice chancellor of University Relations

    Donna M. Murphy, an accomplished university advancement executive, has been selected to become the new vice chancellor of University Relations at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The announcement by Chancellor Denice D. Denton follows a national search to fill the position. Murphy will join the campus’ senior leadership team on February 21. Donna M.…

  • Chancellor Denton extends ‘comment’ period for LRDP’s Draft EIR

    Chancellor Denice D. Denton announced today (November 30) that UC Santa Cruz will extend to January 11 the time in which the public may comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Report of the campus’s proposed Long Range Development Plan. Responding to a request made by the City of Santa Cruz, the extension emphasizes UCSC’s intent…

  • UC Santa Cruz names associate vice chancellor for development

    Jennifer Svihus, a former development officer at UC San Diego, has been named associate vice chancellor for development at UC Santa Cruz. Svihus will coordinate fundraising efforts campuswide and plans to lay the groundwork for the campus’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign. The comprehensive campaign will build on the success of the just-completed Cornerstone Campaign, which…

  • UCSC presents Jack Baskin with achievement award

    Santa Cruz philanthropist and community leader Jack Baskin was honored at the UC Santa Cruz annual Scholarships Benefit Dinner as the first recipient of UCSC’s Fiat Lux award. Chancellor Denice Denton and UC Santa Cruz Foundation President Anuradha Maitra Luther presented the award during the annual event that celebrates raising of funds for student support.…

  • UC Santa Cruz raises $2.7 million for student support

    Chancellor Denice D. Denton announced that $2.7 million was raised in the last year to benefit scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students at UC Santa Cruz. The announcement was made on Saturday (November 5) to approximately 350 campus supporters at the annual Scholarships Benefit Dinner. At the dinner a year ago, campus officials…

  • Secretary of State Bruce McPherson speaks at UCSC Nov. 17 at 4 p.m.

    The community is invited to attend a free public talk by California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson at 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, in the Colleges Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room at the University of California, Santa Cruz. McPherson will deliver a talk entitled “The Importance of Voting in the Democratic Process,” as the…

  • Denice D. Denton to be invested as UCSC’s ninth chancellor on Friday, November 4

    Denice D. Denton will be invested as the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in an afternoon ceremony on Friday, November 4. Presided over by University of California President Robert C. Dynes, the public event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall at UCSC’s Music Center. Brief ceremony will follow…

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Two outreach events set for Watsonville Schools to help celebrate the investiture of UC Santa Cruz’s new chancellor, Denice D. Denton.

    Reporters are invited to cover appearances by Harvard physicist Lisa Randall, who will meet with 100 Watsonville High School students on November 2, and renowned percussion ensemble, SO PERCUSSION, who will conduct a performance/demonstration at the Watsonville Charter School for the Arts on November 9. These two events are part of the celebration of the…

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