2019
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Announcing 2020 Campus Elections
The Dean of Students Office is pleased to announce the 2020 Campus Elections process.
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Avoid email scam targeting students
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has been notified of an email scam being perpetrated on students from someone saying they work at Cisco Systems, Inc. and need to hire a student as a part-time personal assistant.
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Institute of the Arts and Sciences kicks off 2019-20 Traction: Art Talks speaker series
‘Traction: Art Talks’ is a twice-quarterly artist speaker series launched by UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences in 2017. The goal is to introduce students and the public to some of the most important artists working today.
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Deer Alert – Rutting Season
This time of year drivers and cyclists need to be extra vigilant about deer darting into roadways. It is deer rutting season, when the bucks are in hot pursuit of mates.
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When exoplanets collide
Scientists thought they found clues pointing to a collision between two exoplanets ten years ago. Now they found more evidence of a catastrophic collision.
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Get prepared for UC Path
In advance of UC Path’s launch in January 2020, employees should ensure their home address is correct in At Your Service Online and also consider signing up for direct deposit if they are still receiving a paper check.
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Associate admissions director earns award for outstanding service
David Kamimoto was recognized last month by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) for his long-standing commitment to ethical practices and standards, and service to the organization.
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Biophysicist David Kliger investigates how a protein goes wrong and causes blindness
Abnormal versions of the protein rhodopsin lead to blindness in people with the genetic disease retinitis pigmentosa.
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Learning on the playground: How elementary school recess enhances every aspect of child development
Recess is a lot like school lunch: Some kids get lasagna with an organic green salad, some get a burrito out of a box, and some do without. Like lunch, who gets recess—and who gets good recess—is often determined by what school district a student lives in.
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Dee Hibbert-Jones receives 2019 International Documentary Association grant for new animated film
UC Santa Cruz professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones has won a 2019 International Documentary Association (IDA) grant for “Run With It”–an animated documentary film she is currently working on in collaboration with San Francisco artist Nomi Talisman.
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Novel nanoprobes show promise for optical monitoring of neural activity
A new approach for studying neural circuits offers advantages over both microelectrodes and fluorescence-based optical techniques that require genetic modifications.
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Whole genome sequencing could help save pumas from inbreeding
The first complete genetic sequences of individual mountain lions point the way to better conservation strategies for saving threatened populations of the wild animals.