Faculty
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April 20 DUI checkpoint and law enforcement efforts
Members of the UC Santa Cruz community and campus neighbors, please be advised there is the potential for traffic disruptions and hazards during the afternoon of Saturday, April 20 because of the unsanctioned gathering known as “4–20”. The greatest impact is expected from 3–6 p.m.
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Entrepreneurs emerge as a force in Europe’s refugee emergency
Camilla Hawthorne, assistant professor of sociology, says economic stagnation and a resurgence of racist nationalism are shaping conversations about what it means to be Italian in the 21st century.
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UC Santa Cruz philosophy alumnus Jeffrey Stewart wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for biography
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (Cowell College ’71, philosophy) has been awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for “The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke,” his definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Help identifying person-of-interest in car burglaries
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying a person-of-interest in connection with a rash of campus car burglaries.
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Admissions director forged path as first-gen college student
Blia Yang, the director of undergraduate admissions, may very well be the first Hmong admissions director in the state—or at least the UC system.
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Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall, cafes now open
The temporary Cowell and Stevenson Commons closure has ended, and the Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall and Stevenson Coffee House are open once again for regular business hours.
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‘Hi-Phi Nation’ philosophy podcast host to launch humanities residency at UC Santa Cruz
Barry Lam—an associate professor of philosophy at Vassar College and host of the philosophy podcast “Hi-Phi Nation” on Slate—is coming to UC Santa Cruz this week to begin a two-week residency.
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UC Santa Cruz joins Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
The National Academies have joined with colleges and universities to found the collaborative, aiming to prevent sexual harassment across all disciplines and among all people in higher education.
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Campus status updates — labor strike
Several labor unions are participating in a systemwide strike. UC Santa Cruz is providing real-time updates about the strike and its impacts today.
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Campus review of newly proposed research policies
The policies establish clear and uniform allocation of income derived from intellectual property related to institutional work at UC Santa Cruz and support the IATC mission to build a vibrant, entrepreneurial culture to accelerate the adoption of inventions, cultivate sustainable strategic partnerships, and enable our campus to be an innovation powerhouse delivering social and economic…
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New book by Carolyn Burke examines four artists who profoundly shaped 20th-century art
“Foursome”–the latest book by longtime UCSC humanities research associate Carolyn Burke–chronicles the lives of four of the most extraordinary and influential painters and photographers of the early 20th century.