2021
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Fall 2021 Campus Move in September 16 – 19, 2021
This week we are preparing to welcome more than 9,000 residential students to our campus community. University Housing will open its doors for large-scale move-in activities beginning Thursday, September 16 and continuing through Sunday, September 19.
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Update on winter quarter instructional planning
As we return to operating as an in-person university, we will continue to follow public health requirements and guidance.
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Asymptomatic Testing Requirements and Logistics
Vaccinated students living on campus must get a COVID-19 test within five to seven days of moving to UC Santa Cruz.
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Manel Camps appointed faculty director of UCSC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development
UCSC has appointed Manel Camps, professor of microbiology and environmental toxicology and provost of Crown College, to serve as the director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.
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Recommitting to strengthening student success was the prevailing theme of campus leadership gathering
UC Santa Cruz leaders discussed multi-dimensional, campuswide strategies to strengthen the undergraduate and graduate experience to support the success of students and help prepare them for successful careers and meaningful lives after graduation.
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Pairing research excellence and status as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, UC Santa Cruz launching new programs to advance educational equity
Committed to creating educational equity that will help lead to real, transformative change, UC Santa Cruz will launch an array of new programs to support the success of Latinx, low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students and prepare them for rewarding careers once they graduate.
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UCSC wins funding for new programs to support underrepresented doctoral students
Grants from the UC Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative will prepare students for faculty careers in biomedical sciences and Latin American and Latino Studies.
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The writing on the wall: exploring the cultural value of graffiti and street art
Doctoral candidate’s research interprets graffiti’s deeper meaning among Latinx and Black urban subcultures in Los Angeles.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
September provides our campus with two platforms to recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx Americans and share with the public the important role UC Santa Cruz and other universities play in creating educational equity.
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Three-year Equity Compensation Program for non-represented staff
Today we are sharing our decision to implement specific changes to staff compensation practices for non-represented staff, building on the work of our staff compensation task force and acknowledging the voices of other campus advocates.
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Giving Day 2021: Widening the circle of support
Giving Day, UC Santa Cruz’s wildly successful and fast-paced 24-hour crowdfunding contest, returns on November 3, with a strong emphasis on programs designed to support students in these challenging times.
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Karen Tei Yamashita to receive 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of literature Karen Tei Yamashita will be awarded the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards.