Campus News
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UCSC wins prestigious “gold” recognition for green building
UC Santa Cruz is getting high honors for “going green.” The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the campus its first “Gold” sustainability and innovation prize in recognition of the newly retrofitted and expanded Cowell Student Health Center.
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Arboretum propagates cuttings from the last wild S.F. manzanita
Arboretum staff propagated cuttings from the last known San Francisco manzanita in the wild.
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Nominations sought for UCSC’s Outstanding Staff Award
Please help us honor UCSC’s outstanding staff by nominating a colleague who goes”above and beyond” to provide distinguished service to students or colleagues; works to grow and improve programs on campus; and contributes to UCSC’s unique intellectual and physical environment.
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Men’s hoops: Half and half in Texas
The men’s basketball team recently traveled to Irving, Texas, for a two-game tournament, with split results.
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Reception for Chip Lord’s ‘Public Spaces’ exhibit at Sesnon Gallery on Feb. 2
Emeritus film and digital media professor Chip Lord has dedicated much of his art practice of the last 20 years to the changing landscape of urban and public space. His new exhibition “Public Spaces” is a survey of photographic and video projects including Movie Map, 2003; Awakening from the 20th Century, 1994; and In Transit,…
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UCSC astronomers find most distant galaxy candidate yet seen
Astronomers have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen, about 13.2 billion light-years away.
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Library wins prestigious award for promotion of Grateful Dead Archive
The University Library is one of five libraries nationwide that has received the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award—which “recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in library public relations.”
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UCSC in the News
The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed emerita humanities professor Judy Yung for an article about Asian Americans’ political rise after Ed Lee was sworn in as new mayor of San Francisco.
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Our University – budget, HR and other UC news
See these and other news stories for UC faculty and staff in the January Our University, UC’s systemwide newsletter for faculty and staff.
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Rev. Deborah Johnson to receive Tony Hill Memorial Award
The Reverend Deborah L. Johnson, founding minister and president of Inner Light Ministries, has been chosen as the recipient of the third annual Tony Hill Memorial Award.
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UCSC hosts alumni and friends night at SAP Open Tennis Tournament
Fernando Verdasco and Gael Monfils will play during UCSC Alumni and Friends Night at the SAP Open Tennis Tournament on February 9.
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In Memoriam: Wayne Brumbach
Wayne B. Brumbach, longtime director of UCSC’s Office of Physical Education Recreation and Sports (OPERS) passed away this month at the age of 92. Please see his newspaper obituary. The following remembrance was submitted by Nick Royal, Merrill College fellow: “Wayne came to UCSC in 1969, the same year I did, and the second year…