March 2015
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Public higher education can again transform California
As Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano spar over the future of the University of California, my question is this: Are we content to offer today’s students, who are more racially and socioeconomically diverse than ever, less than their predecessors received?
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UC budget questions remain unresolved
By Alison Galloway, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor — We are still awaiting resolution on the UC budget for academic year 2015-2016. Much will depend upon negotiations between Governor Brown and UC President Napolitano.The final budget will probably not be clear until the end of June. However, there are a few points that we…
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New chief communications officer starts Wednesday
Sherry Main joins UC Santa Cruz Wednesday, April 1, as assistant vice chancellor for communications and marketing.
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Faculty research lecture features prison and incarceration expert Craig Haney
Haney has been selected to deliver the 49th annual Faculty Research Lecture scheduled for Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at 7 p.m. at the Music Recital Hall on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Workshop explores how digital technology changes the way financial markets function
The Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN) at UC Santa Cruz will hold a one-day workshop Friday, April 3 that looks at how digital technology has changed the way markets function. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Student support gives major boost to Quarry reopening
Efforts to restore and reopen the landmark Quarry Amphitheater received a major boost with the endorsement of using up to $6.38 million in existing student fee reserves toward the project.
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LASER talk to explore research in bio-acoustics, film, archaeology, and art
UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will continue its series of LASER talks on campus this spring on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in the Digital Arts Research Center. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Alumni Weekend—Come Home
Every Alumni Weekend feels like a milestone for returning Banana Slugs and a chance to be part of a living history. But this year those impulses will be stronger than ever since the event serves as one of the anchor pieces of the campus’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration.
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UC Santa Cruz ranked among top graduate schools for game design
Princeton Review’s 2015 list of the top 25 graduate schools to study game design features UC Santa Cruz at number 8.
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Bettina Aptheker: Building Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz
A scholar of history with a national reputation for her talents as an instructor, Bettina Aptheker taught one of the country’s largest and most influential introductory feminist studies courses for nearly three decades at UC Santa Cruz. Starting out in 1980 as the sole lecturer in the Women’s Studies Department, she became the department’s first…
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Local seventh graders set sights on college
Half of Santa Cruz County’s seventh graders – more than 1,400 – attended the 7th Grade College and Career Summit on campus on Friday, March 20.
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Historic hay barn rises again to become a center for sustainability programs
Over a weekend, volunteers joined professionals to raise the timber-framed superstructure for the re-creation of the Cowell Ranch hay barn on the UC Santa Cruz campus.