January 2016 News Archive
- January 29, 2016
All-gender restroom sign design survey: Tell us what you think
The Gender Inclusive Facilities Implementation Workgroup seeks your feedback on proposed designs for all-gender restroom signs.
- January 27, 2016
Prestigious Switzer Fellowship awarded to UCSC grad student
Graduate student Joseph Hoyt has been awarded a Switzer Environmental
- January 27, 2016
Mercury levels in rainfall are rising in parts of North America, study finds
Trends are consistent with increased mercury emissions in Asia and decreased emissions in North
- January 26, 2016
UC Santa Cruz awarded four NEH grants
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded four grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support faculty research and the Dickens
- January 26, 2016
Missing student Shireen Ahsan’s body recovered
We’ve been informed today that the body of Shireen Agha Ahsan has been found and identified. Shireen, 19, a Kresge College sophomore, had been missing since January 18 when she was swept into the ocean from a rock near Bonny Doon Beach.
- January 26, 2016
Wells Fargo funds coastal sustainability fellowships and graduate program
$560,000 grant will support graduate fellowships and development of a new graduate
- January 25, 2016
LASER talk to spotlight research on pumas, filmmaking, river people, and ancient DNA
UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will present its first LASER talk of 2016 on Tuesday, February 2, on campus at the Digital Arts Research
- January 22, 2016
Women in Science Summit on January 28 to spotlight diversity
UCSC faculty helped organize a Women in Science Summit at the California Academy of
- January 22, 2016
Endangered species: American public libraries
Focusing his lens on shared commons that are under threat, alumnus Robert Dawson spent 21 years photographing 526 of the nation’s public
- January 21, 2016
Nominations: 2015-2016 Excellence in Teaching Awards
Is there an instructor who you think deserves special recognition? If so, nominate that person for an Excellence in Teaching Award.
- January 20, 2016
Institute of Arts and Sciences to launch campuswide 'Collective Museum' Feb. 11
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) at UCSC will kick off its innovative first exhibition project--Collective Museum, by the Portland-based artist group Public Doors and Windows,
- January 20, 2016
Active learning movement gains momentum
Classrooms across campus are seeing less lecturing and more student
- January 20, 2016
Two UC Santa Cruz students are missing
We are deeply saddened to inform you that two of our students are missing after being swept into the ocean near Bonny Doon Beach late Monday afternoon.
- January 19, 2016
After Paris climate deal, what's next?
After a landmark deal at last month’s United Nations climate change conference, three UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professors who closely follow climate change offer thoughts on next
- January 19, 2016
UC’s Global Food Initiative addresses student food security challenge
It’s hard to do your best academically when you’re not eating well, but that’s the dilemma facing many University of California students.
- January 19, 2016
Nominations for UCSC's Outstanding Staff Award
Make your nomination for the UCSC Outstanding Staff Award today.
- January 15, 2016
'UCSC Mobile' puts campus tools and information on one mobile-friendly site
ver wish you had all of UC Santa Cruz’s useful references together in one mobile-friendly site? The new UCSC Mobile app is for you!
- January 15, 2016
Holocaust survivor and scholar Hedwig Rose to give public talk at UCSC on Jan. 21
Following her father’s arrest by the Nazis in 1942, six-year-old Hedwig Rose, her mother, and sister spent three years hidden in an Amsterdam cellar by a Christian friend
- January 15, 2016
Free health screenings offered to UC Santa Cruz employees
UC Santa Cruz employees are eligible for free “Know Your Numbers” health screenings Thursday, Jan. 28, at the 2300 Delaware building and Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the OPERS main building conducted by Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz.
- January 15, 2016
Task force submits recommendations on new retirement benefits for future UC employees
President Napolitano will next invite feedback on the task force recommendations from faculty, staff, and others over the coming weeks to help inform the proposal she is expected
- January 14, 2016
Film by UC Santa Cruz art professor nominated for Academy Award
Last Day of Freedom, an animated short by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones and San Francisco artist Nomi Talisman, has been nominated for an
- January 14, 2016
Black Lives Matter co-founder to speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, who helped bring to life one of 21st century America’s most influential and high-profile civil rights movements, will be the keynote speaker
- January 14, 2016
Students, chapter recognized for work in advancing science diversity
The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science gives undergraduate students opportunities to meet with professionals in their fields, showcase their work, and ask
- January 12, 2016
UC Santa Cruz names Alexander Wolf new dean of Baskin School of Engineering
Currently a professor of computer science at Imperial College London, Wolf will begin his term as dean on July 1,
- January 12, 2016
Welcome to Winter Quarter
Welcome back for Winter Quarter and Happy New Year. I hope you all enjoyed a restful break.
- January 11, 2016
Jenny Reardon, sociologist between science and justice
Reardon creates innovative forums in which scientists and non-scientists alike are invited to think together about the meaning of common concerns, such as those of race, genetics or
- January 11, 2016
UC Santa Cruz alumna to join National Council on the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced today that UC Santa Cruz alumna Patricia Limerick is one of three prominent and accomplished individuals who will join the Endowment’s
- January 11, 2016
Student interest in UC Santa Cruz reaches another all-time high
UC Santa Cruz attracted a record 49,133 applications from high school seniors and 9,969 applications from transfer students—also an all-time high—during the recent application cycle for a total
- January 11, 2016
Stem cell researcher receives American Society of Hematology Scholar Award
The ASH has awarded a $100,000 research fellowship to postdoctoral researcher Jana
- January 11, 2016
Upcoming blood drive for staff and faculty
The Staff Advisory Board is sponsoring a Red Cross blood drive for staff and faculty from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the Stevenson Event Center.
- January 11, 2016
Pre-retirement planning workshop series scheduled
This year’s Pre-Retirement Planning Workshop series has been scheduled for Feb. 23 through March 29.
- January 11, 2016
Craft becomes art for celebrated Kiowa artist and alumna
Alumna Teri Greeves uses the traditional skill of beadworking to tell stories in new ways, to create a new language that draws people
- January 8, 2016
Ivéta Gourmet to open campus café at Quarry Plaza during winter quarter
The owners of Ivéta Gourmet, who run a popular café on Santa Cruz’s west side, will open a café in the Graduate Student Commons building at Quarry Plaza
- January 8, 2016
Management skills assessment program – call for applications
Staff Human Resources is pleased to announce recruitment for the Spring 2016 Management Skills Assessment Program (MSAP).
- January 8, 2016
Community Crime Bulletin – 647(j) PC; Peeping in Bathroom, College 10
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is seeking the community's assistance in obtaining suspect information about a peeping incident that occurred Monday, January 4th between the hours of 10PM and 10:30PM, at the 1st floor bathroom of College 10, Residential Building 4.
- January 7, 2016
Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities to deliver 2016 Maitra Lecture
The Institute for Humanities Research will present the 15th annual Maitra Lecture, featuring alumnus William “Bro” Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, on Thursday, January
- January 7, 2016
Film, panel to focus on tech industry’s diversity shortcomings
Sponsors hope that girls in middle school, young women, and underrepresented groups who see the movie will be inspired by the role models in the profession and see
- January 6, 2016
UC Santa Cruz, UC Hastings offer joint law, masters in applied economics, finance
UC Santa Cruz and UC Hastings College of the Law will offer a concurrent degree program that gives candidates a law degree and a master’s in applied economics
- January 6, 2016
Sue Carter receives leadership award from UC President Napolitano
Award recognizes Carter's efforts to deepen climate change teaching and research at UC Santa
- January 4, 2016
Keep your bike safe from thieves
As we start of the winter quarter, here are some tips and suggestions to help keep your bicycle safe.
