2018
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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 a sustainable system for the digital publication and discovery of historical records.
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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 projects, according to preliminary tallies.
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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.
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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 California.
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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 Amphitheater.
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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, it’s no wonder that Brian was destined to become such a successful Hollywood film producer.
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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.
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Revisions to the UC Policy on Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace
The University of California Office of the President has issued a technical update to the UC Policy on Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace.
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Ecologist Erika Zavaleta elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
Zavaleta was honored in recognition of her contributions to the science of ecology.
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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.

