July 2015 News Archive

UC Santa Cruz alumnus Brannon Braga wins Peabody award for ‘Cosmos’

UC Santa Cruz alumnus Brannon Braga (Film & Digital Media, 1990) has received a Peabody Award for the science documentary television series, "Cosmos: A Spacetime

New Presidential Chair to support Dickens Project and Literature Studies at UC Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz has received a $500,000 gift, plus matching funds from the UC Regents, to establish a $1 million Jordan-Stern Presidential Chair for Dickens and Nineteenth-Century

Summertime, and the research is happening

Transfer student Guinevere Ashley, who is working this summer in a campus lab, has found meaning and purpose in biomedical sciences

Sad news about the loss of a dear friend

Chancellor Blumenthal shares news of the death of Karen Sinsheimer, wife of Chancellor Emeritus Robert

2015-16 Salary Increase Program

At the direction of President Janet Napolitano, UC Santa Cruz is making plans to implement a systemwide salary increase program for non-represented staff for fiscal year 2015-16.

Year-long UC Santa Cruz seminar to examine global migration and non-citizenship

The phenomena of global migration, disenfranchisement, and hardships of living in territories while not holding traditional citizenship will be examined in a year-long seminar conceived by five UC

A loss that touches us all

With many in the community, we are grieving the tragic death of Madyson "Maddy" Middleton, the 8-year-old girl whose disappearance Sunday prompted a tremendous outpouring of concern.

Courtesy notice regarding annual systemwide payroll disclosure

As part of the university’s commitment to being transparent and publicly accountable for its conduct, including the way it compensates its faculty and staff, UC is conducting its annual disclosure of systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2014. This disclosure parallels last year’s payroll disclosure and is consistent with similar practices at many other public institutions.

Surfing the web of life

UC Santa Cruz faculty members who ride the waves say the sport is beautiful and spiritual—and allows their minds the space to

University approves updated Non-research Animal Policy

The updated policy aligns the Coastal Science Campus with the restriction on domestic animals at the main campus. The policy exempts service animals, as defined by the Americans

NOAA scholarship supports graduate student's elephant seal research

Grad student Sarah Kienle is one of four students nationwide selected by NOAA to receive a 2015 Nancy Foster Scholarship.

Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP) – Call for Applications

Staff Human Resources is pleased to announce recruitment for the Fall 2015 Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP).

Warhol Foundation grant goes to Institute of the Arts and Sciences project

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded a $30,000 grant to support an innovative artist residency and exhibition developed by the Institute of the Arts

Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall named president-elect of American Historical Association

Humanities Dean Tyler Stovall has been chosen as president-elect of the American Historical Association, the largest professional organization in the U.S. devoted to the study and promotion of

Study identifies ways to reduce flood risk while protecting natural habitat

Scientists from UC Santa Cruz and The Nature Conservancy release a timely report as forecasts indicate El Niño could bring dangerous flooding to

In Memoriam: Robert A. Ludwig (1948-2015)

Keck Foundation awards UC Santa Cruz $2 million for human genome variation project

The Human Genome Variation Map being developed by the UCSC Genomics Institute will be a valuable new resource for medical

Power outage early a.m. July 22

Last night there were two power outages (one from approximately 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. and a second from 3:15 a.m. to 4 a.m.) that impacted the whole campus except for Family Student Housing and Lower Campus.

Aug. 15 — PG&E testing natural gas pipeline

PG&E, which provides natural gas to UC Santa Cruz, will be testing its main pipeline through Santa Cruz County beginning Aug. 15. In order to do this testing, PG&E will be reducing the gas supply to its customers served by this pipeline.

Alumna Priya Ganguli wins GSA Outstanding Woman in Science Award

The Geological Society of America will award the 2015 Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award to Ganguli, who earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Earth sciences

Gift to UC Santa Cruz funds new chair in water resources and food sustainability

UC Santa Cruz has received $500,000 from the Helen and Will Webster Foundation that with matching funds from UC Regents has established the Stephen R. Gliessman Presidential Chair

Data security

Ensure that your computer and mobile devices are up to date with the latest software and operating system updates and patches.

The Magic of Tidying Up—Digitally

Graduate student earns life sciences fellowship

UC Santa Cruz graduate student Jessica Perez-Cunningham was selected to receive a fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's newly expanded Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study Program.

Chancellor names professors Haney and Strome as UC Presidential Chairs

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal has named professors Craig Haney and Susan Strome to three-year terms as UC Santa Cruz Presidential Chairs.

Arts Division emeriti faculty receive Dickson Emeriti Professorship Award

Two UC Santa Cruz arts professors received Edward A. Dickson Emeriti Professorships for the 2014-15 academic year in recognition of their outstanding contributions and achievements in artistic scholarship

Study finds surprisingly high geothermal heating beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

UC Santa Cruz team reports first direct measurement of heat flow to the bottom of the West Antarctic ice

Astronomer Douglas N.C. Lin receives prestigious Bruce Gold Medal

Lin will receive the 2015 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of the

Community Alert Bulletin

The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has received two reports today regarding a suspicious person reported to be carrying a large knife or machete in the wooded area located in the northern remote part of the campus between Chinquapin and Twin Gates.

UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project receives $250,000 to fight high-risk neuroblastoma

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation has awarded the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute a $250,000 grant for pediatric cancer

UC Santa Cruz grad River Charles earns Sutter scholarship for medical school

River Charles will receive the Primary Care Physician Award from Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center and the Central California Alliance for

Ion channel mechanics yield insights into optogenetics experiments

UCSC researchers have determined the molecular mechanism of proteins that make nerve cells respond to

In 50th year, campus will enroll class with exceptional academic credentials

With the largest applicant pool in the history of the campus, and a smaller freshman class than the previous year, UC Santa Cruz increased its admission selectivity.

Record-setting toxic algae bloom persists along U.S. West Coast

An extensive bloom of toxic algae along the West Coast has waxed and waned since it first appeared in early May, but it hasn't gone away.

UC Santa Cruz develops innovative online courses available to all UC students

UC Santa Cruz faculty are venturing into the brave new world of online

In Memoriam: Andrew Shan

We regret to tell you that Andrew Shan, a first year student at the University and a member of Kresge College, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015.