October 2020
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Open Enrollment 2020
The annual Open Enrollment (OE) period Open Enrollment will take place from 8 a.m. on Oct. 29 through 5 p.m. on Nov. 24. Changes made during Open Enrollment become effective on January 1, 2021.
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Update about the campus budget, voting and COVID testing
The economic impacts of COVID are also sobering, for families and our country. The University of California system is not immune to these realities.
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Campus publishes reports on CARES Act funding
UC Santa Cruz has published two reports summarizing how it has used funding received through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Genetic analysis system yields new insights into bacterial pneumonia
Using a CRISPR interference system to study virulence genes in a mouse model of pneumonia, scientists observed surprising variability in how the disease progresses.
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Big Ideas contest offers up to $20,000 for big ideas in social innovation
Big Ideas contest, open to all UC students, seeks student-led, early-stage projects or ideas with a social impact focus.
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Scientists discover how a common mutation leads to ‘night owl’ sleep disorder
A small change in a key component of our biological clocks lengthens the clock period, causing people to stay up late at night and sleep late in the morning.
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MacArthur ‘genius’ grant winner reflects on early influences at UC Santa Cruz
Forrest Stuart has built his career pursuing burning questions about the societal underpinnings of poverty and criminalization across disciplines. Stuart said his research focus has been influenced both by his childhood and the formative experiences of his undergraduate education at University of California, Santa Cruz, where he earned his bachelor’s in politics in 2004.
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Planned power outage announced for Santa Cruz County
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced late Friday that it will likely preemptively cut power tonight to a large swath of Central and Northern California, including parts of Santa Cruz County, to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires during dry and extremely windy weather forecast for later this week. Thirty-eight counties may be affected by…
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UCSC Library completes project to make 670 Cabrillo Music Festival recordings available to public
The project preserves and now makes available live Festival performances from 1964 to 1990, featuring works by such experimental artists as John Cage, Annea Lockwood, and Lou Harrison.
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Campus conducting post-CZU Fire community experience survey
The campus is conducting a Post-CZU Fire Campus Community Experiences Survey. The intent of the survey is to hear the perspectives of our community members about the campus response to the fire. An email invitation was sent out yesterday to faculty, staff and students. Please check your email for your survey invite. The survey should…
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UC Santa Cruz iGEM team seeks a solution to plastic waste
Through campus shutdowns, wildfires, and a two-week quarantine, 13 UCSC students have been finding ways to research a solution to agricultural plastic pollution.
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Information forum materials
The video, slide deck and Q-and-As from the October 2020 information forum.