Faculty
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Author calls on faculty to reimagine higher education
Cathy N. Davidson delivered a talk based on her latest book, which argues that our universities are based on an outdated and unequitable model, and pushes for a student-centered approach to education.
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Student Housing West—What is happening now?
By Sue Matthews, Associate Vice Chancellor, Colleges, Housing, and Educational Services — The campus is invited to attend open forums to learn more about Student Housing West.
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SAP update—landscape analysis available, register for workshop
Register by March 15 to attend the all-campus Future State Design Workshop on Tuesday, March 20 in 108 DARC.
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Campus receives Mellon Foundation grant to help create new forms of digital publication
UC Santa Cruz is the lead institution on a $100,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to help build a sustainable system for the digital publication and discovery of historical records.
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Symposium explores social mobility, student success
In an effort to share the best means of supporting student success, UC Santa Cruz and CollegeNET hosted a symposium for educators across northern California.
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Do universities have an ethical role to play?
The revered feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker will make a passionate defense of universities as places of ethical and critical thinking during her Alumni Weekend talk at Quarry Amphitheater.
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Revisions to the UC Policy on Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace
The University of California Office of the President has issued a technical update to the UC Policy on Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace.
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Gun control advocate Gabby Giffords joins fundraiser for Gabe Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship
Former Arizona Congresswoman and gun control advocate Gabby Giffords attended a fundraising event to support the Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship.
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UC expands free online course offerings for California high school students
The University of California announced a major expansion of UC Scout, its online learning program to provide California high school students with free access to the courses they need to be eligible and competitive for admission into college.
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Ecologist Erika Zavaleta elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
Zavaleta was honored in recognition of her contributions to the science of ecology.
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Robin Hunicke to host Game Developers Choice Awards
Associate arts professor Robin Hunicke is set to host this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards, which will take place on March 21 during the 2018 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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Community Studies founder William H. Friedland dies at 94
William H. “Bill” Friedland, professor emeritus of community studies and sociology at UC Santa Cruz, whose life and career encompassed the major social movements of the 20th century, from labor struggles during and after World War II, to farm worker and youth movements of the 1960s, to the agriculture-food awareness of today, died at his…