2021
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Interim Conflict of Interest Related to Consensual Relationships
In October of last year, the Office of Equity and Equal Protection issued a new policy on conflicts of interest related to consensual relationships under a 6-month interim status.
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Physics grad student awarded DOE support for research at national lab
Eli Nygren, a graduate student in physics at UCSC, is among 78 outstanding U.S. graduate students to receive support from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program.
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Enrollment opens for UCSC Summer Session Remote
UC Santa Cruz Summer Session enrollment is underway. Anyone can take a wide range of remote courses offered across multiple departments.
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Motorists should expect traffic delays along McLaughlin Drive in May, June
Construction crews are expected to begin road maintenance work sometime in May or June 2021 on McLaughlin Drive between the McLaughlin Drive / Heller Drive intersection to the bridge east of Science Hill.
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Project to read genomes of all 70,000 vertebrate species reports first discoveries
A bold project to read the complete genetic sequences of every known vertebrate species has reached its first milestone, publishing new methods and the first 25 high-quality genomes.
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Planning for fall, UC vaccination policy coming, changes to national mask guidance
Planning for the fall quarter remains in full swing, as we look to balance the desires of so many to return to campus to both learn and work and the need to keep our campus community healthy amid a continuing pandemic.
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2021 PIT-UN Network Challenge funding open for submissions
An information session about this funding opportunity is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5.
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Fellowship win supports doctoral candidate’s research on national security policy
Cesar Estrella, a Ph.D. candidate in Latin American and Latino studies, won an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship to support his study of the ideologies that drive U.S. national security policy.
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Center for South Asian Studies supporting aid efforts for India
The Center for South Asian Studies at UC Santa Cruz is encouraging the campus community to support aid efforts for India, which is grappling with a dramatic increase in COVID-19 infections.
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2021-22 Dickson Emeritus awards support faculty research in history, literature, and psychology
Karen Yamashita, professor emerita of literature; Dana Frank, research professor in history; and Thomas Pettigrew, research professor in psychology, were each awarded Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorships in recognition of their outstanding achievements in scholarship and teaching.
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Alumni Week was a virtual smorgasbord for nostalgic Banana Slugs
Banana Slugs showed off their creativity and adaptability during last week’s all-virtual Alumni Week, a celebration that made the most of its online format and featured more than 70 live events from April 19–25.
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William Doyle, founding director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences, dies at 91
William T. Doyle, professor emeritus of biology and founding director of the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) at UC Santa Cruz, died peacefully at his home in Santa Cruz on April 21. He was 91.