2018
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UC Santa Cruz receives Mellon Foundation humanities grant to explore Earth Futures
Catastrophic environmental breakdown, mass species extinction, financial collapse, racist separatism, global nuclear war…there is much speculation these days that we are living at the end of democracy, liberalism, capitalism, a cool planet, and civilization as we know it…
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Building an inclusive community
We have received numerous reports about chalking graffiti and fliers posted on campus with white nationalist/white supremacist messages. As a university, UC Santa Cruz is committed to continued education for faculty, staff, and students about different forms of oppression.
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Community invited to housing project hearings
UC Santa Cruz will be holding two public hearings next week on Student Housing West’s revised draft environmental impact report.
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Earthquake preparedness drill and test of the UCSC emergency notification system, CruzAlert
On October 18 at 10:18 a.m., UC Santa Cruz will participate in The Great California Shake Out, an earthquake awareness and preparedness campaign.
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Revisions to the UC Policy on Vehicle and Driver Selection
The Office of the President invites comments on a proposed revision to Presidential Policy on the Use of Vehicles and Driver Selection (BFB-BUS-46).
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Fire training near Crown Meadow on Wednesday
Firefighters will be conducting training near Crown Meadow on Oct. 17, from 7:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m.
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SAB Fall Chancellor Forum on Oct. 30 and Staff Polls
With Chancellor George Blumenthal announcing his retirement, President Janet Napolitano is forming a search committee to find our next chancellor.
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Information and resources about upcoming strike activities
UC Santa Cruz received notice on Oct. 12, 2018 that there will be a labor strike beginning 4 a.m. on October 23 and ending at 3:59 a.m. on October 26, 2018 by AFSCME patient care technical workers.
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Getty Research Institute and PBS feature work by alumna book artist Felicia Rice
On October 20, The Getty Research Institute will present the world premiere screening of Visionaries, the newest episode from PBS’s award-winning documentary series, Craft in America. UC Santa Cruz arts alumna Felicia Rice is featured in that episode.
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Library Journal Utilization and Cancellation Survey
The University Library, in cooperation with the Academic Senate-COLASC and with the support of IRAPS, requests your input for the Library Journal Utilization and Cancellation Survey. The survey will be open from October 11, 2018 through January 23, 2019.
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Gary Griggs covers region’s history of natural disasters in new book
Griggs puts the natural disasters of recent decades into historical context in his latest book, ‘Between Paradise and Peril: The Natural Disaster History of the Monterey Bay Region.’
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Arts professor to participate in Television Academy Foundation’s 2018 Faculty Seminar Program
UC Santa Cruz associate professor of film and digital media L.S. Kim is one of 25 professors from colleges and universities across the country selected for the Television Academy Foundation’s 2018 Faculty Seminar Program.