September 2016
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Spring Nominations: 2016-2017 Excellence in Teaching Awards
Is there an instructor who you think deserves special recognition from your spring quarter 2016? If so, nominate that person for an Excellence in Teaching Award!
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Recent Thefts and Burglaries (September 2016)
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying the individual(s) responsible for a series burglaries and thefts that have occurred throughout the campus.
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Register to vote today on National Voter Registration Day
If you are not registered to vote, wish to change your party affiliation, or are not sure if you’re registered, we urge you to take a few minutes to do so today.
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Arboretum holds Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 15
The Fall Plant Sale offers dazzling, year-round color for Central Coast gardeners.
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Campus community invited to hear from diversity officer candidates
After the visits, the search committee will invite those present (via an online survey), to provide their assessment of the candidates’ presentations.
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Wildfire in Santa Cruz Mountains
Firefighters are responding to the Loma Fire reported approximately 7 miles east of Highway 17 in the Loma Prieta summit area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Drivers are advised to be aware of the emergency response vehicles and potential traffic congestion along Highway 17 and the surrounding area. Cal Fire is sharing information on its…
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Art professor to stage ‘exercise of freedom’ at former military police headquarters in Greece at Documenta 14
UC Santa Cruz art professor Elizabeth Stephens and her artistic collaborator Annie Sprinkle will participate this weekend in Documenta 14, one of the most prestigious art exhibitions in Europe.
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Making ‘green’ multicolor—and multicultural
The People of Color Sustainability Collective is getting high praise for increasing awareness about the various ways people of color contribute to sustainable practices
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Entering class increases diversity, access
The growth in undergraduate enrollment, 650 more California undergraduates than fall 2015, is part of the University of California’s commitment to enroll 5,000 more students across the UC system, providing greater access to the state’s students.
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Resources for supporting students in distress
We are happy to announce the completion of a mental health handbook for faculty and staff. This handbook represents a compilation of the best practices and thinking on recognizing and responding to student mental health issues based on input from UC CAPS directors and mental health practitioners throughout our system.
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Student of Color Conference
The Student of Color Conference (SOCC) is the annual University of California Student Association (UCSA) event where members come together to engage and challenge students of color and their allies to address issues of structural and cultural inequalities.
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Genomics leader David Haussler to advise Chan Zuckerberg science initiative
The professor of biomolecular engineering is among the experts who helped shape the initiative’s new focus on science.