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September 2020 News Archive

September 30, 2020
Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report
The University of California, Santa Cruz, is committed to assisting all members of the community in providing for their safety and security. In compliance with a federal law known as the Jeanne Clery Act, the Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report for 2019 (PDF) is online and also included as an attachment. More information can be found online.
September 30, 2020
Adobe Creative Cloud Available to UCSC
Exciting News! Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps software will soon become available free of charge to all UCSC active faculty, staff, and campus enrolled students. This productivity suite includes Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, and much more.
September 29, 2020
Rising from the ashes
Archaeological researchers from UC Santa Cruz are among the volunteers searching through rubble for homeowners who lost their loved ones’ cremains in the fires that ravaged Oregon and
September 29, 2020
Joint Statement on Pan-African Research Fellowships
On June 2, the Black Student Union at UC Santa Cruz wrote an open letter entitled “The Unrelenting Anti-Blackness of 2020” to advocate for transformational change that addresses anti-Blackness and inequity on the UCSC campus. Too often, our campus has responded to student advocacy with deflection, making meaningful change difficult to achieve.
September 29, 2020
What fall will look like at the UCSC campus
Our campus is taking an extremely conservative tack, among the most conservative in the country. Of the roughly 1,500 courses we will offer this quarter, only six will be held on campus, comprising just 54 students. The rest will be offered remotely, with students logging in to classes from wherever they are located.
September 29, 2020
Convocation celebrates new students, academic year
Chancellor Cynthia Larive, interim Vice Chancellor Jennifer Baszile, SUA President Shivika Sivakumar, college provosts, resource center directors and the president of the UC Santa Cruz alumni council welcomed
September 29, 2020
Focused on sustainability, UC Santa Cruz among Sierra's top 25 'Cool Schools'
The campus, No. 21 on Sierra's ranking, earned distinction for research, curriculum, and transportation.
September 29, 2020
Two UCSC physicists elected Fellows of the American Physical Society
Physicists Onuttom Narayan and Stefano Profumo were honored by APS for their exceptional contributions to
September 28, 2020
Strategic sourcing manager honored with first women in supply chain award
Kathleen Rogers, senior strategic sourcing manager for UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded Supply & Demand Chain Executive's first Women in Supply Chain Award.
September 28, 2020
Seed funding grants support plans for innovative research centers
The UCSC Office of Research has awarded seed funding to six campus research groups to support their efforts to develop innovative new research centers.
September 27, 2020
All clear—fire in Wilder Ranch controlled
Fire crews have the fire in Wilder Ranch under control.
September 27, 2020
Wildfire in Wilder Ranch
CalFire and Santa Cruz fire agencies are fighting a wildfire that is about a mile north of campus in Wilder Ranch. There is no threat to campus at this time. However, people should be prepared in the event that changes.
September 25, 2020
Alumna Martha Mendoza wins Emmy for work on child detention documentary
‘Kids Caught in the Crackdown’ documentary from PBS Frontline and Associated Press investigates the detention of migrant children in federally-funded
September 25, 2020
2021 UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development: Call for Nominations
The 2020 UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI) Program is now accepting nominations. UC WI is a unique professional development program designed to help women identified professionals advance in their UC careers.
September 24, 2020
Bioelectronic device achieves unprecedented control of cell membrane voltage
A closed-loop biohybrid device driven by a machine learning algorithm maintained a set membrane voltage in human stem cells for 10
September 23, 2020
Hope in the time of dystopia
The celebrated author Margaret Atwood offered some words of cautious encouragement and measured during her virtual dialogue with alumna and author Kate Schatz. The event was part of
September 23, 2020
Legal assistance for employees impacted by wildfires
The aftermath of the wildfire continues to impact so many in our community. We are pleased to share that resources are available for those faced with legal and financial issues resulting from the fires.
September 22, 2020
Giving Day 2020: Coming together to enrich the student experience
Giving Day, a high-octane, 24-hour online event of nonstop giving, will be held on Wednesday, September 30. This playful but impactful philanthropic event will have an all-online format
September 22, 2020
Wildfire relief grants awarded to employees, students
Through generous gifts from alumni, donors, and the campus community, UC Santa Cruz has been able to provide more than 60 grants to the employees who were most severely impacted.
September 22, 2020
Astrophysicist Jonathan Fortney awarded 2020 Farinella Prize
Jonathan Fortney has been awarded the 2020 Paolo Farinella Prize from the Europlanet Society for his contributions to the understanding of the structure, evolution, and atmospheric dynamics of
September 21, 2020
UC Santa Cruz alumna Maya Rudolph wins two Emmy Awards
Last night, UC Santa Cruz alumna Maya Rudolph picked up her second Emmy of the week for her impression of California senator and Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris
September 21, 2020
LALS doctoral candidate Candy Martínez awarded Native American Scholars Initiative Fellowship
Candy Martínez, a PhD. candidate in Latin America Latino Studies, has been named a 2020-2021 Andrew W. Mellon Native American Scholars Initiative Fellow at the American Philosophical
September 18, 2020
Facing the new academic year with hope and community
This new academic year will not have the same in-person events we have enjoyed in the past, but it remains a new beginning for many of our students and for our campus.
September 17, 2020
Constitution Day and exercising the right to vote
Citizens exercising the right to vote is a bedrock of our constitutional democracy, and we encourage you to participate in this most fundamental aspect of civic engagement. With the general election about six weeks away, now is the time to make sure you're prepared to cast a ballot.
September 16, 2020
The global land rush
In her new book, 'Fields of Gold, Financing the Global Land Rush,' Madeleine Fairbairn looks at forces and players that have transformed farmland into a novel financial asset
September 16, 2020
New federal funding supports student success, equity
Five years of federal funding from the Title V Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Program will support a new project, "Graduating and Advancing New American Scholars (GANAS) - Career
September 15, 2020
2020 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture to feature visionary author Margaret Atwood
Award-winning poet, novelist and essayist Margaret Atwood will be featured in conversation with UCSC alumna Kate Schatz, the New York Times bestselling author of "Rad American Women A-Z,"
September 15, 2020
UCSC engineers developing all-electric power train for future aircraft
Funding from the Department of Energy for the UCSC team is part of a major effort to develop carbon-neutral hybrid electric
September 14, 2020
Outstanding Staff Award honoree is a passionate advocate for STEM diversity
Yulianna Ortega, the campus's STEM Diversity Programs director, has earned the trust and respect of fellow staff members, faculty, and students across divisions. Ortega, this year's Outstanding Staff
September 14, 2020
ARCS Foundation scholarships support UCSC graduate students
Sixteen UC Santa Cruz graduate students have received scholarships worth a total of $160,000 from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS)
September 14, 2020
UC Santa Cruz ranks again as a top university for social mobility
The ranking (No. 4) speaks to the campus’s success in offering a world-class education to low income and first-generation
September 10, 2020
New art game explores intersection of personal trauma and climate induced wildfires
Sin Sol (No Sun) is an augmented reality game that allows players to experience the feelings of a climate change event. Set 50 years in the future, it
September 10, 2020
High-fidelity record of Earth’s climate history puts current changes in context
A continuous record of the past 66 million years shows natural climate variability due to changes in Earth’s orbit around the sun is much smaller than projected future
September 10, 2020
SHS Closures
Student Health Center will be closed for mandatory staff trainings during these dates and times.
September 9, 2020
Summer Session helps students earn degrees
UC Santa Cruz staff and faculty have been steadily working to increase summer session enrollment, leading UCs in online offerings and working with departments to offer the classes
September 9, 2020
Cooperative research effort documents northward migration of kelp forests
From Alaska to Mexico, warming waters are driving widespread changes in these highly productive coastal
September 8, 2020
Post-fire building assessment now complete
Effective immediately all facilities on the residential campus can resume their pre-evacuation status. The only activities that may resume are those that had been approved prior to the Aug. 20 evacuation through the COVID-19 resumption approval process.
September 8, 2020
Antiracist efforts must be ongoing, ever-improving
Antiracist work needs to extend beyond two days or even a summer, and needs to be ongoing, ever-improving, so that we can meaningfully heed the call of our undergraduate and graduate students, as well as our faculty and staff, to be antiracist, dismantle antiblackness, and continue active practices of inclusion so that our BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color) communities can be successful and thrive at UCSC.
September 8, 2020
Year in Review: Campus successes tied to Principles of Community
While adapting to a global pandemic and responding to a massive wildfire, UC Santa Cruz has achieved some historic success.
September 8, 2020
Election series looks at critical moment in time
The four-part series will address how social movements on the left and right have shaped what is at stake in the election, what institutional barriers to democracy exist
September 8, 2020
Interim Public Health Policy (Policy BAS-0011)
The campus community’s response to the CZU Lightning Fire demonstrated how our individual actions collectively enable us to accomplish a monumental task to support the health and safety of the Banana Slug community.
September 4, 2020
Next phase of building resumption - additional buildings cleared to open
Effective immediately, the following buildings have been cleared by Chancellor Larive to reopen. These locations may only resume operations that were in effect on Aug. 20, 2020, prior to the campus emergency declaration, and approved through the COVID-19 resumption process.
September 4, 2020
Additional support for employees impacted by wildfire - launch Wildfire Relief Fund grant applications
In our continued efforts to support our employees who have been impacted by the wildfire, we have launched a new grant program to assist affected faculty and staff with unexpected financial expenses.
September 3, 2020
Next phase of building resumption - additional buildings cleared to open
Effective immediately, the following buildings have been cleared by Chancellor Larive to reopen. These locations may only resume operations that were in effect on Aug. 20, 2020, prior to the campus emergency declaration, and approved through the COVID-19 resumption process.
September 3, 2020
Next phase of building resumption - additional buildings cleared to open
Effective immediately, the following buildings have been cleared by Chancellor Larive to reopen. These locations may only resume operations that were in effect on Aug. 20, 2020, prior to the campus emergency declaration, and approved through the COVID-19 resumption process.
September 2, 2020
Zoom Meeting Change - Sept. 9
Zoom is making a global change to all Zoom accounts that requires all meetings to have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled. ITS is implementing this change on Wednesday morning, Sept. 9 to all UCSC staff and functional accounts.
September 2, 2020
Next phase of building resumption - additional buildings cleared to open
Effective immediately, the following buildings have been cleared to reopen. These locations may only resume operations that were in effect on Aug. 20, 2020, prior to the campus emergency declaration, and approved through the COVID-19 resumption process.
September 1, 2020
In the line of fire
Alumnus Adam Lowdermilk had built a career as a musician, but the tragic 2018 Camp Fire prompted a change of heart and a leap into
September 1, 2020
New data science institute includes a focus on ethics and algorithms
The Institute for Foundations of Data Science is a collaboration between UC Santa Cruz, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of
September 1, 2020
Upcoming Change to Zoom Meetings
To further improve the security of Zoom meetings, Zoom will be making a change on Sept. 27 that requires all meetings to have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled.