Campus News
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Your guide to dining on campus in 2023
11 UCSC Dining locations plus a variety of vendors provide options all over campus.
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UCSC alumna and special advisor to the chancellor earns international recognition for contributions to science, community building
Matlock, a cognitive science professor at UC Merced and special adviser at UC Santa Cruz, studies language use in real world contexts, including climate change, politics, technology, and health.
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Slug Bike Life builds on bike culture through county-wide partnership
UC Santa Cruz’s Slug Bike Life has been awarded $712,000 for phase II of the bike safety, information and encouragement program.
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Candidate 1: Executive director of public safety and police chief
The finalists for the position of Executive Director of the Department of Public Safety /UC Santa Cruz Police Chief will be on campus beginning Feb. 6 and ending Feb. 14.
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Two new species of rare succulents found in Mexico named by UCSC botanist
A retired staff botanist at the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden studied the rare plants found on an island off the coast of Baja California and identified two new species of dudleya.
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NIH grant funds research on a powerful new approach to drug development
A new NIH MIRA grant funds biochemist Scott Lokey’s efforts to develop complex, membrane-permeable molecules as next-generation therapeutic agents.
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Sanya Cowal: Resilience and agency
Sanya Cowal was awarded the Jessica Roy Memorial Scholarship in 2022. Learn more about how scholarships support students at UC Santa Cruz.
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Accrued Vacation Payout Program for those impacted by the California winter 2022-23 storms
Support for our community members who have been impacted by the California winter 2022-23 storms.
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Support and resources following video released by Memphis Police of beating
Dear Campus Community, Earlier today, the Memphis Police Department released deeply disturbing body camera footage of five police officers brutally assaulting Tyre Nichols. He died three days later. The Memphis Police Chief has called the officers’ actions “heinous, reckless, and inhumane.” The officers involved have been fired, arrested and charged with second-degree murder. No outcome…
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UC COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirements
We are reaching out to inform you about the university’s updated Policy on Vaccination Programs, which reflects the following information regarding vaccination and booster requirements.
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Search for Vice Chancellor for Research underway
We are pleased to announce the kickoff of a national recruitment for Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR).