March 2018 News Archive

Student Housing West environmental study now available for review and comment

By Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services — Student Housing West—our effort to further increase on-campus housing for our existing students—is entering the next stage of project review.

Get informed for Tsunami Preparedness Week

Seismologists introduce new measure of earthquake ruptures

Seismologists have developed a new measurement of seismic energy release that can be applied to large

FAQs on Student Housing West

Student Housing West is critical in addressing the demand for housing and helps to support student success.

Making difficult choices to provide campus housing

Today, the state finds itself in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. In our own community, there is a lack of housing, and what is available is prohibitively expensive and in some instances simply unsafe. As campus leaders, we have developed bold plans to try to help our students—plans that will also aid the greater community.

Marine researchers say recent sea star wasting disease epidemic defies prediction

Some sea star communities on the west coast could recover, but marine scientists still can’t pinpoint the environmental factors behind the unprecedented disease

UC Santa Cruz graduate programs rank among best in nation in U.S. News survey

The U.S. News and World Report's 2019 Best Graduate Schools guide evaluates graduate schools in business, education, engineering, law, medicine, nursing, social work, criminology, public affairs, and the sciences.

Understanding shari’a

Mark Fathi Massoud, associate professor of politics and legal studies at UC Santa Cruz, will delve into the realities, subtleties, and richness of Islamic law and ethics at

Campus web refresh to improve readability, accessibility

UC Santa Cruz websites will undergo a visual refresh on March 26, the first step in a plan to improve the campus’s online presence.

What does a forest hear? Canadian artists bring epic sound art project to Arboretum

"FOREST (for a thousand years...)", a 28-minute sound installation by renowned Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, will open April 7, outdoors in the redwood grove

Kresge College: A village of independent voices

With its focus on participatory democracy, creative media, and collaborative, student-driven education, Kresge College attracts students who seek autonomy, and want to chart their own course in a

Soil fungi may help determine the resilience of forests to environmental change, according to UC Santa Cruz study

A major new study by Kai Zhu reveals that soil fungi could play a significant role in the ability of forests to adapt to environmental

SAP update: survey results, themed groups, and upcoming workshop

NIH grant funds high-end instrument for shared biomedical research facility

UC Santa Cruz establishes a Bay Area facility in electron paramagnetic resonance with a $1.5-million grant from NIH's High-End Instrumentation

Strategic academic planning update

The campus has seen great results with its prioritization survey, with 616 individuals responding: 273 faculty, 211 staff, 80 undergraduates and 52 graduate students.

Textbook on number theory acclaimed for its novel approach

Mathematics professor Martin Weissman's new book has received an honorable mention in the 2018 PROSE Awards and raves from fellow

Act of love

Chancellor George Blumenthal presented accomplished actress Adilah Barnes with the the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for her many artistic contributions to UC Santa Cruz. Barnes was back on

Influential historian Hayden White dies at 89

Hayden V. White, professor emeritus in the History of Consciousness Department at UC Santa Cruz, died at his Santa Cruz home on March 5, 2018, at age 89.

Come home, Banana Slugs

Returning Banana Slugs are in for three days of fun, relaxation, nostalgia, thought-provoking discussions, sunsets, wine tasting, al fresco picnicking, and a pulse-raising 'fun run' through the redwoods

Alumna and Renowned Actress Adilah Barnes Returns to Campus for A Raisin In The Sun

Being very successful for over 50 years in the entertainment industry is no small feat. But actress Adilah Barnes takes it all in her

Silicon Valley Campus raising profile

By Scott Brandt, Vice Chancellor, Office of Research — The role of UC Santa Cruz in Silicon Valley—an extension of our mission of education, research, and service—is focused

UC Santa Cruz prof and grad student are among honorees at 2018 NEXTies

The local awards show will be held at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz on Friday, March

UC Santa Cruz ranked among top schools for game design

As in past years, UC Santa Cruz is featured on Princeton Review's 2018 lists for top undergraduate and graduate programs in game

Homegrown help

New ag tunnels will allow the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Garden to provide a year-round supply of healthy, low-cost produce to dining halls, food pantries, and market

Nominations for UC Santa Cruz's Outstanding Staff Award

Make your nomination for the UC Santa Cruz Outstanding Staff Award today.

Four kinds of algal toxins found in San Francisco Bay shellfish

Researchers monitoring San Francisco Bay for algal toxins have found a surprising array of different toxins in the water and in mussels collected from the

Antigen study supports new approach to vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus

RSV causes serious respiratory disease in infants and older adults, but past efforts to develop a vaccine have met with frustration and

'And Then They Came for Us' brings history into the present

The Humanities Institute and Cowell College will present a special screening of "And Then They Came for Us," winner of the Accolade Global Film 2017 Humanitarian Award, on

Grant to transform upper floor of Science and Engineering Library

A $5 million grant will kick-start the Science and Engineering Library’s transformation and name floor to honor legendary astrophysicist Sandra

Excitement, growth surround track and field program

On the path to building a competitive West Coast program, men and women's track and field will be at the Hornet Invitational at Sacramento State on March

SAP update—landscape analysis available, register for workshop

Register by March 15 to attend the all-campus Future State Design Workshop on Tuesday, March 20 in 108 DARC.

Author calls on faculty to reimagine higher education

Cathy N. Davidson delivered a talk based on her latest book, which argues that our universities are based on an outdated and unequitable model, and pushes for a

Student Housing West—What is happening now?

By Sue Matthews, Associate Vice Chancellor, Colleges, Housing, and Educational Services — The campus is invited to attend open forums to learn more about Student Housing West.

Campus receives Mellon Foundation grant to help create new forms of digital publication

UC Santa Cruz is the lead institution on a $100,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to help build

Giving Day 2018 shatters records

Giving Day 2018, a 24-hour online festival of giving, set a new high bar last week, yielding more than $600,00 with more than 6,300 gifts for 160

Mothers in science offer solutions to the conference-childcare conundrum

A Working Group of Mothers in Science has proposed guidelines for scientific conferences to remove barriers for

Symposium explores social mobility, student success

In an effort to share the best means of supporting student success, UC Santa Cruz and CollegeNET hosted a symposium for educators across northern

Leadership change in the Graduate Division

Dean of Graduate Studies Tyrus Miller has accepted a position with UC Irvine to serve as dean of its School of Humanities.

Do universities have an ethical role to play?

The revered feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker will make a passionate defense of universities as places of ethical and critical thinking during her Alumni Weekend talk at Quarry

From Student Artist to Hollywood Producer, Alumnus Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Has Always Been Passionate About the Arts

From his passion for the arts and accompanying his father on travels around the globe, to his keen enthusiasm for collaboration and bringing outstanding creative projects to fruition,

Gun control advocate Gabby Giffords joins fundraiser for Gabe Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship

Former Arizona Congresswoman and gun control advocate Gabby Giffords attended a fundraising event to support the Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial

High surf warning

Please be advised that the National Weather Service has issued a high surf warning for Friday and Saturday. High surf can create dangerous conditions on or near the ocean.

CENIC recognizes UCSC's Hyades supercomputer cluster connection

Project connecting Hyades to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's computing center earns CENIC Innovations

Reports of animal cruelty

The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is aware of reports about a video circulating on social media in which a woman disclosed a deeply troubling act of animal cruelty.

Ecologist Erika Zavaleta elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

Zavaleta was honored in recognition of her contributions to the science of