Campus News
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New long-term NIH grant supports breast cancer research
Cancers are easier to treat if caught early on in their development. Once the cancer cells metastasize and spread around the body, the disease becomes more difficult to target. Shaheen Sikandar, an assistant professor of MCD Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was recently awarded up to seven years of funding from the…
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Student mural at Porter envisions a future without police
A mural by Irene Juarez-O’Connell, addressing community safety and policing, is now on display at the Porter Study Center at Porter College.
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UCSC welcomes new Title IX director
Julie Lewis has been named UC Santa Cruz’s new Title IX director. She started her role on August 21, 2023.
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Fall course materials needed
The Bay Tree Campus Store is calling all faculty members to submit their course adoptions for the fall quarter as soon as possible to guarantee textbook availability at the best price for UCSC students.
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Notice of policy action – Policy on Vaccination Programs
The Policy on Vaccination Programs – With Interim Revisions was updated with interim revisions effective August 16, 2023. A systemwide review of this policy will take place in Fall 2023, with an expected issuance/effective date in early 2024.
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Campus leaders showcase innovation, entrepreneurship efforts to special Regents committee
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive and other campus leaders showcased the university’s innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives to a group of UC regents and external advisors on Monday.
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HSI Initiatives and El Centro invite campus community to celebrate National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Awareness Week
As we prepare to welcome our students, staff, and faculty to the start of the 2023 fall quarter, we are excited to first celebrate National Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Awareness week next week: September 11 – 17.
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GREAT program creates new opportunities for students to participate in research
This summer, the “Genome Research Experiences to Attract Talented Undergraduates into the Genomics Field to Enhance Diversity” (GREAT) programmed welcomed six students from California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) to an intensive eight-week research program at UC Santa Cruz.
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In Memoriam: Linda Burman-Hall (1947-2023)
The UC Santa Cruz Arts Division community was deeply saddened to hear that Professor Emerita Linda Burman-Hall, recently passed away very suddenly while travelling in Malaysia. She joined the UC Santa Cruz Music Department as a Lecturer in 1976, and has been a vital part of the community for the past 47 years.
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New blood test for noncoding RNA significantly improves cancer detection
Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Daniel Kim and his lab are developing more accurate and powerful liquid biopsy technologies that take advantage of signals from RNA “dark matter,” an understudied area of the genome.
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Five UC Santa Cruz projects win California Climate Action Grant funding
Millions of dollars in new funding will support UC Santa Cruz and partners in tackling some of California’s toughest climate change challenges through innovative research and community engagement.
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Retired faculty member Linda Anderson connects to her nature-loving roots volunteering at the Arboretum
Retired UCSC marine sciences instructor and researcher grew up appreciating California native plants. Now as a retiree, she leads volunteer groups and projects to celebrate Santa Cruz’s local ecology.