2019
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Information and resources about strike activities on May 16, 2019
The University of California has been informed that there will be an labor strike on all of its campuses and medical centers on Thursday, May 16, beginning at midnight and going through 11:59 p.m.
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Engage with “alternative Nobel” laureates this spring and summer
UC Santa Cruz is hosting a week-long summer institute with Right Livelihood Award laureate Nicanor Perlas, who received the “alternative Nobel” in 2003 for his work opposing corporate globalization.
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NIH grant funds research on role of prion proteins in neurodegenerative diseases
The prestigious NIH MIRA grant funds biochemist Glenn Millhauser to expand his research on the function of prion proteins and their role in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s.
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Cal Fire aims to wrap up pile burns near campus before fire season
Cal Fire has advised campus officials that state fire crews over the next two weeks aim to wrap up the burning of vegetation piles they have assembled near campus, weather conditions permitting.
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SAP final review, a survey, and three town halls
Over the past 18 months, our faculty, leadership, staff, students, and alumni have expended incredible energy working together to create a Strategic Academic Plan.
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UCSC partners with LA Museum of Art for symposium on work of arts professor Isaac Julien
UC Santa Cruz is collaborating with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to present a daylong symposium on the works of influential British filmmaker and installation artist, Isaac Julien, who recently joined the campus as a distinguished professor of the arts.
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The healing power of yoga
Powerful Netflix documentary ‘I Am Maris’ explores student Maris Degener’s fall into anorexia, her discovery of yoga as a healing tool, and her eventual recovery.
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Jenny Reardon participates in Vatican workshop on personalized medicine
Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon, a leading voice in the field of genomics, was one of 15 participants invited to attend a workshop on personalized medicine hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
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Two UC Santa Cruz professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Physicist Michael Dine and biologist Susan Strome were elected to the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Astronomers assemble wide view of the evolving universe
A team led by UC Santa Cruz astronomer Garth Illingworth used 16 years of Hubble Space Telescope observations to create a new portrait of the distant universe.
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Undergraduate with a love for politics eager to give back
Inspired by the election of President Barack Obama and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Davon Thomas is forging his own path through the political sphere, currently serving as the vice president of External Affairs for the Student Union Assembly.
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College-bound students celebrate at the Civic Auditorium
More than 200 students from regional high schools attended a first-ever UC-sponsored celebration for college-bound students at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.