2016
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Reorganization of Divisional Undergraduate Affairs Office
The Division of Physical and Biological Sciences is reorganizing its undergraduate advising unit.
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Update on CP/EVC recruitment
In September, the search committee plans to begin evaluating files. The committee will select eight to 10 applicants for screening interviews. The names of those applicants will remain confidential.
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Racist and anti-Semitic fliers received on networked campus printers
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has received several reports of racist and anti-Semitic fliers being printed on networked campus printers.
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Catherine Jones wins 2016 Abbott Prize for best book on the history of children
Associate professor of history Catherine Jones has been honored with the Grace Abbott Book Prize for the best book published in 2015 on the history of children and youth.
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Seismologist Susan Schwartz elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Schwartz was honored by the AGU for exceptional contributions to the Earth sciences.
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Geophysicist Robert Coe honored by American Geophysical Union
The AGU has awarded the John Adam Fleming Medal to Robert Coe, professor emeritus of Earth and planetary sciences.
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Smell of smoke from fire at Wilder Ranch near campus
Overnight and this morning a strong smell of smoke was apparent on campus, particularly on the west side.
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Follow-up of Kepler data yields more than 100 confirmed exoplanets
International team reports the biggest haul of new worlds yet uncovered by NASA’s K2 mission.



