2018
-
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 pop-ups on campus as part of the effort to address food insecurity.
-
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 design.
-
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 on four key areas.
-
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 23.
-
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 bay.
-
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 disappointment.
-
‘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 March 14 at the Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz.
-
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 Faber
-
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 16-17.
-
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Cathy N. Davidson delivered a talk based on her latest book, which argues that our universities are based on an outdated and unequitable model, and pushes for a student-centered approach to education.
-
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.
-
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.