Campus News
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Chemist Phil Crews earns mentorship award for work with undergrad researchers
A $20,000 grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation supports undergraduate research in chemistry.
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Disturbing email sent to members of campus community
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department and Information Technology Services have received several reports about a disturbing email sent to some campus community members Thursday night.
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Analysis of metastatic prostate cancers suggests treatment options
A new study of prostate cancer provides computational approaches to identify individualized targets for therapy.
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National conference marks 10 years of growth in sustainable agriculture education
With growing numbers of students and educators interested in sustainable agriculture, food justice, and experiential education, the Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) conference held July 29–31 at UC Santa Cruz highlighted hands-on educational efforts that bridge scientific and social issues.
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UC president encourages teenage girls to aim high during visit to campus
UC President Janet Napolitano visited UC Santa Cruz this week and stopped in on Dickens Universe, UCSC Farm, games and robotics programs, Youth Empowerment Institute, and COSMOS sessions.
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Energetic cost of rearing a pup seen in soaring metabolic rate of sea otter mom
New measurements show resting metabolic rate of a female sea otter increases by over 50 percent when she is nursing a pup.
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Advocates for social and food justice
UC Santa Cruz students at the Sustainable Agriculture Educators Association conference show how they advocate for social justice, nutrition security, and food equity.
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Reorganization of Divisional Undergraduate Affairs Office
The Division of Physical and Biological Sciences is reorganizing its undergraduate advising unit.
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Linking agriculture and art
Harrell Fletcher, a former UC Santa Cruz Farm apprentice who recently created the campus-wide art project Collective Museum, will return as keynote speaker for the sixth annual Farm to Fork benefit dinner.
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Update on CP/EVC recruitment
In September, the search committee plans to begin evaluating files. The committee will select eight to 10 applicants for screening interviews. The names of those applicants will remain confidential.
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Racist and anti-Semitic fliers received on networked campus printers
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has received several reports of racist and anti-Semitic fliers being printed on networked campus printers.
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Catherine Jones wins 2016 Abbott Prize for best book on the history of children
Associate professor of history Catherine Jones has been honored with the Grace Abbott Book Prize for the best book published in 2015 on the history of children and youth.