Campus News
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Community studies majors present findings after six-month field study
The six-month full-time field study has been the heart of the community studies major at UC Santa Cruz since the program began in 1969. Last week, students in the reinstated major described their field-study experiences during a poster session.
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Formal Review – PPSM 21- Selection and Appointment
The University of California is proposing revisions to Staff Policy 21—Selection and Appointment, which applies to staff employees in the Professional & Support Staff (PSS) and Managers & Senior Professionals (MSP) personnel groups and to Senior Management Group (SMG) members.
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Time magazine ranks campus among top universities to diversify
To compile the ranking, Time looked at the percentage of undergraduate students at each institutions who were not part of the school’s largest racial group and how that changed between 1990 and 2014.
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Acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker to screen and discuss film about President Obama’s sister
The UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and the Living Writers Series will present two evening events with visiting Nigerian filmmaker Branwen Okpako, Feb. 10-11.
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Former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu headlines Climate Science and Policy Conference
Steven Chu, former U.S. secretary of energy and winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, will speak on “Climate Change and a Low-Cost Path to Sustainable Energy” at the Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy during the third annual Climate Science and Policy conference at UC Santa Cruz.
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Inaugural Fred Keeley Coastal Scholars learn by doing
Erica Ferrer (Cowell, ’16, marine biology) and Linda Pineda (College Eight, ’16, Earth sciences) are the inaugural recipients of the Fred Keeley Coastal Scholarship–a new program that supports hands-on summer research for UC Santa Cruz students interested in coastal sustainability.
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Your February challenge
One of the perquisites of being chancellor is that I attend an array of events across campus and beyond.
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Astronomy retiree Arnold Klemola establishes endowment for graduate students
Gift of $400,000 establishes the James Keeler Fund for Excellence in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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New analysis shows insect diversity is nothing new
An unbiased statistical analysis of insect fossil records finds diversity unchanged over the past 125 million years.
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Memorial gathering for Shireen Ahsan set for Feb. 2, 7 p.m . at Kresge Town Hall.
A memorial will be held for Shireen Ahsan Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. at Kresge’s Town Hall
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Flushing of campus water mains set to begin Monday, Feb. 8
During the week of Feb. 8, Physical Plant crews will conduct a campus water-main-flushing program.
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Study documents drought’s impact on redwood forest ferns
California’s prolonged drought has taken a toll on ferns in the understory of coastal redwood forests.