April 2016
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UC Santa Cruz art professor Dee Hibbert-Jones wins 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones has been awarded a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship in film and video.
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Student-organized events highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Four weeks of events and activities are scheduled this month to raise awareness and support survivors of sexual violence as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).
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Hitting it out of the park
Not playing softball was not an option for student Nessa Esparza—so she went to bat for the first women’s competitive fast-pitch softball team at UC Santa Cruz.
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Nominations needed for Student Volunteer Center’s annual service recognition awards
The Student Volunteer Center is hosting its annual Service Recognition Ceremony. We want to honor anyone who has had exemplary service work, on or off campus, during their time at UC Santa Cruz.
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News of potential Metro transit cuts is cause for great concern
By Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services — UC Santa Cruz leadership has been actively engaged in providing feedback to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District about the proposed cuts and their impact on our campus.
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UC Santa Cruz receives $1 million to support Institute of the Arts and Sciences
Alumnus Nion McEvoy has donated $1 million to support programming for UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences over the next five years.
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WellTrack, an online resource for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression
Counseling and Psychological Services is adding a new tool to help with emerging concerns prior to the need for therapy, to add to the many therapeutic options currently offered.
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Reich delivers stinging indictment of ‘crony’ capitalism
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discussed the problems of contemporary capitalism and politics before a full house at the Rio Theatre Tuesday (April 5), an event hosted by the UC Santa Cruz Blum Center for Poverty, Social Enterprise and Participatory Governance.
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Sexual harassment and sexual violence at UC Santa Cruz
There is no place within our campus community for those who commit acts of sexual violence or sexual harassment.
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Campus power system upgrades
Physical Planning and Construction is now in the midst of a cogen optimization project that will provide uninterrupted power to buildings on Science Hill, even when PG&E’s service cuts out. We are expecting this project to be complete by fall 2017.
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New facility to support research by streamlining hazardous waste management
The Environmental Health and Safety Facility, funded by the state through the UC Office of the President, will help ensure the campus continues to comply with state and federal regulations.