June 2018
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Farm ranked among top college farms
The UC Santa Cruz Farm has been ranked among the top 15 college farms in the country by Best Value Schools.
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In Memoriam: Alex Beletsis
Cowell College student Alex Beletsis passed away after an accident near the end of spring quarter.
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UC issues new policy on export controls
The University of California Office of the President has issued a new policy on Export Controls effective June 21, 2018.
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Thank Instagram and Snapchat for your fading memories
Research by UC Santa Cruz doctoral student Julia Soares has found compelling evidence that the act of taking a photograph impairs people’s memories of the event.
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B. Ruby Rich invited to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
UC Santa Cruz arts dean’s eminent professor of film and digital media B. Ruby Rich has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year. The world’s preeminent film organization, it is best known for presenting the annual Academy Awards.
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A year of strategic academic planning
Over the past eight months we’ve made tremendous progress on our Strategic Academic Plan. We’ve reached campus consensus on our design principles; catalyzed vital interdisciplinary plans for collaboration among researchers; begun to think about ways to reduce or eliminate campus barriers that stand in the way of research, teaching, and learning; and are well on…
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California Whistleblower Protection Act – Annual Notice
The University’s Whistleblower Policy provides multiple avenues for employees to bring forward concerns of potential employee misconduct. Faculty and staff are encouraged to bring forward concerns about possible improper governmental activity directly to their supervisor, department head, Locally Designated Official (LDO) or other appropriate university offices or officials.
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ISEE receives presidential award for excellence in STEM mentoring
The UC Santa Cruz Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).
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Staff Appreciation Picnic this Wednesday
The Staff Advisory Board will be hosting the Staff Appreciation Picnic this Wednesday, June 27th, from 11:30am-1:30pm in the newly renovated Quarry Amphitheater.
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‘Electrogeochemistry’ captures carbon, produces fuel, offsets ocean acidification
Researchers analyzed the global potential for ‘negative emissions energy’ using electricity from renewable sources to generate hydrogen fuel and capture carbon dioxide.
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Astronomer Alexie Leauthaud wins DOE Early Career Award
The award from DOE’s Early Career Research Program supports Leauthaud’s research on dark energy.
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Climate scientist Nicole Feldl wins NSF CAREER Award
NSF grant includes funding for climate research and for a cross-disciplinary environmental game project for students to develop a learning game about climate science.