Campus News
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Slugcast rewind: Listen to episodes from the week of May 6
Hosted out of the Student Affairs and Success divisional office, Slugcast is the official UCSC podcast.
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Improved nutrition, sanitation linked to beneficial changes in child stress and epigenetic programming
A new study led by a global-health researcher at UC Santa Cruz provides some of the clearest and most comprehensive evidence to date on what is known about stress physiology and “epigenetic programming.”
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UC Santa Cruz Arts Division presents “An Iliad”
Professor Patty Gallagher, in collaboration with other UCSC faculty, arranged an upcoming of ‘An Iliad,’ a retelling of Homer’s classic. The show represents years of work, and has been showing around the world since 2022.
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Staff Appreciation Picnic postponed
This year’s Staff Appreciation Picnic on May 9th, is being postponed in light of current events.
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Prescribed burns in Big Basin Redwood State Park until May 9
California State Parks is conducting prescribed burns in Big Basin Redwood State parks until May 9, which is leading to a noticeable smell of smoke on campus.
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Campus status updates
This page is being updated with important information for the UC Santa Cruz community.
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Preserving the past, embracing the future
An anonymous gift to UC Santa Cruz will help restore the historic cooperage building as a vibrant community hub and new campus gateway
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Ecological Society of America names Dan Costa a lifetime fellow
Dan Costa, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of Marine Sciences, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.
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May 11 is “Clean Up Day” throughout Santa Cruz County
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in Santa Cruz County “Clean Up Day” on May 11. Organized by Trash Talkers, the goal is to make Santa Cruz County the cleanest county in the state. PitchinSantaCruz.org is inviting anyone interested in being part of the All County Clean-up Day to sign up.
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Three University of California, Santa Cruz professors receive Mellon Foundation Affirming Multivocal Humanities grants
The Mellon Foundation has awarded three University of California, Santa Cruz, departments prestigious grants of $100,000 each for work that champions groundbreaking research in the realms of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.
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Slugcast rewind: Listen to episodes from the week of April 22
Hosted out of the Student Affairs and Success divisional office, Slugcast is the official UCSC podcast.