Campus News
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Geographers recognize Guthman book, Wilted, about the strawberry industry
Julie Guthman has been awarded the 2019 Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography for her book, Wilted.
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Chancellor announces workgroup, advisory committee to support graduate students
Chancellor Cynthia Larive announced a new Senate-Administrative Graduate Education working group to develop a comprehensive, actionable plan for strengthening graduate education and a Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Graduate Education.
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Twelve grad students to showcase work during Grad Slam
The event returns to the Kuumbwa Jazz Center at 320-2 Cedar St. in Santa Cruz and is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
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Planned power outage scheduled for March 21, March 28
On March 21st and March 28th the campus will be shut-down to install all the required equipment to connect a new photovoltaic system to the campus grid and perform testing.
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Heising-Simons Foundation supports exoplanet imaging projects at UC Santa Cruz
Three new grants totaling $2.4 million will fund work at UCSC on new instruments and technologies to support research on planets beyond our solar system.
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Campus community input needed for grassland management plan
Justin Luong is trying to prioritize different campus grasslands for protection, given campus enrollment goals, sustainability goals, and the long range development plan.
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Clarification of programs offered to graduate students
Last week, acting Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Quentin Williams and I met with graduate students, department chairs, and faculty regarding the grading and teaching strike. We came away with a strong sense of our shared commitment to supporting our graduate students. We also heard genuine confusion about the quality and scope of…
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In Memoriam: Thomas Schleich (1938–2020)
It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of our wonderful colleague Professor Thomas Schleich. Born in 1938 and originally from Staten Island, New York, Tom received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. After graduate school, he moved to Dartmouth University and then the University of Oregon,…
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CP/EVC recruitment update
Although, we originally planned for CP/EVC finalists to visit campus during winter quarter, the visits have been postponed until spring quarter. When additional information becomes available, it will be posted online. Please feel free to email us with questions at cpevc-search@ucsc.edu.
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UC Santa Cruz joins national “tech for social good” network
UC Santa Cruz has been accepted into a new national network of colleges and universities that have made an explicit commitment to developing technology that will advance the public interest.
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UCOP seeks comments on proposed ‘Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name’
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on the proposed Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name. The policy addresses the following key issues: Providing three equally recognized gender options on university-issued documents and information systems — female, male, and non-binary. Providing an efficient process for students and employees to amend…
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Campus conference to inaugurate new ‘Helene Moglen Lecture in Feminism and Humanities’
UC Santa Cruz will present Writing for Living, a conference in honor of emeritus dean of humanities and literature professor Helene Moglen (1936-2018), on March 13-14 at the Humanities Division.