June 2018
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New Grateful Dead Archive exhibit opens at McHenry Library
“Put Your Gold Money Where Your Love Is, Baby: Counterculture, Capitalism, and the Grateful Dead” is the title of a new exhibition now open to the public at UC Santa Cruz.
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Student Health Services reduced hours on Friday, June 15th
The Student Health Center, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), CARE and Student Health Outreach Promotion (SHOP) will be closed between 11:30am—1:30pm on Friday, June 15th.
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Undergraduate Education seeks part-time administrator: Oakes College Provost
In 2018-19, the Division of Undergraduate Education is undertaking a search for a part-time faculty administrator.
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Help from the wizarding world
A gift from a Harry Potter–themed virtual running club enables a UC Santa Cruz professor to observe whales in Antarctica
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Commencement stories: Isabell Retamoza
Isabell Retamoza is a literature and feminist studies major and THI undergraduate fellow, with plans to study law at Northwestern University.
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Researchers discuss educational needs of Latino, immigrant, and disadvantaged youth
A recent informal interdisciplinary workshop focused on the educational needs and experiences of Latino and immigrant youth.
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Permit and bus pass renewal; North Remote changes
Annual parking permits and faculty/staff Metro bus passes expire on June 30, 2018, and the North Remote lot is changing on September 1, 2018.
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Enhancing staff engagement
Reminder: UC Santa Cruz will be hosting a listening session at 2 p.m. today at the Stevenson Event Center on the main campus.
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Commencement stories: Henry Hinton
Henry Hinton, graduating with a bioengineering degree from the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, will be attending Harvard University for his electrical engineering Ph.D. in the fall.
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Global experts attend academic summit on solitary confinement
Forty-five of the world’s experts on the psychological and physical effects of solitary confinement gathered in Santa Cruz recently for a two-day academic summit.
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Climate scientist James Zachos appointed to Ida Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean Health
Zachos has spent his career studying episodes of climate change in Earth’s distant past and their relevance to current global warming.
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Harry Potter course leaves students spellbound
Renee Fox, an assistant professor of literature at UC Santa Cruz, was not quite sure what to expect when she offered a class on Harry Potter for the first time this winter. Then the course became a surprise hit with students.