January 2022 News Archive
- January 31, 2022
Hitting a high note
Music Professor Karlton Hester, named the first associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts for the Arts Division, believes all ethnicities benefit from inclusion and
- January 31, 2022
Climate action planning misses equity opportunities in many California cities
A new study led by UC Santa Cruz analyzed 170 climate action plans across California to find out how cities are incorporating equity into their efforts to curb
- January 31, 2022
COVID-19 reminders, expanded testing options, updated testing protocol, and more
As we resume mostly in-person instruction this week, we write to share important reminders and critical updates pertaining to COVID-19.
- January 27, 2022
Announcing: assistant executive vice chancellor and chief of staff
Ann Pham, currently director of Academic Programs and Planning for Baskin Engineering, has accepted my offer to join the Office of the Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor as assistant executive vice chancellor and chief of staff.
- January 27, 2022
CITRIS Tech for Social Good 2021-22 student teams awarded funding
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz has chosen three new student projects and two events for funding through the 2021-22 Tech for Social Good (TSG)
- January 26, 2022
Two UCSC professors elected 2021 AAAS Fellows
Biologist Suzanne Alonzo and Earth scientist James Zachos have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of
- January 26, 2022
Porter alumna to stir up digital storytelling this summer
Nikki Silva, one of the Peabody Award-winning radio producers of NPR’s The Keepers, Hidden Kitchen, and the Radiotopia podcast The Kitchen Sisters Present... will be teaching the popular Podcasting: Digital Storytelling (Crown 98) course this summer.
- January 26, 2022
Excited for in-person instruction to resume January 31
We are happy to report that we are set to resume primarily in-person instruction starting Monday, Jan. 31.
- January 26, 2022
History professor earns 2021 National Jewish Book Award for look at New York Hasidic Jewish community
Nathaniel Deutsch was recently announced as a winner of a 2021 National Jewish Book Award in the category of American Jewish Studies for his recently-published work, A Fortress
- January 25, 2022
Ten new picnic tables customed designed, handcrafted, and installed on campus
It was a rush order, no question about it. In early September, Chancellor Cynthia Larive asked Physical Plant, Development and Operations to install 10 picnic tables on the
- January 25, 2022
The struggle to protect voting rights must go on. Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement can help
Distinguished professor emeritus John Brown Childs shares his opinion on the U.S. Senate's recent blockage of voting rights legislation and reflects on lessons he learned during the Civil
- January 25, 2022
Booster shots available this week: on-campus clinics Jan. 26-28
To help provide students, staff, and faculty access to booster shots, Student Health Services will be administering Moderna boosters Jan 26, 27, and 28 at Stevenson Event Center.
- January 24, 2022
Biochemist Carrie Partch honored by the National Academy of Sciences
Carrie Partch, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will be honored by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) with the 2022 NAS Award in Molecular
- January 24, 2022
Proposed revisions to UC Policy on Supplement to Military Pay
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on proposed revisions to the UC Policy on Supplement to Military Pay.
- January 24, 2022
On-campus testing, masks, booster clinics, proof of vaccination
Here are the latest COVID-19 mitigation updates to help us prepare for a more populated campus during the winter quarter.
- January 24, 2022
Updates to DRC Academic Access Letter Format
We are reaching out to you to share that the Disability Resource Center’s Academic Access Letter format has been updated effective Winter Quarter 2022.
- January 24, 2022
Expanded services offered by back-up care program
Today, we are pleased to share that there are additional forms of support available through our partnership with Bright Horizons .
- January 20, 2022
UC Santa Cruz receives National Endowment for the Humanities grant to connect studies of humanities, engineering
UC Santa Cruz will create a new Certificate in the Humanities introducing students enrolled in the Baskin School of Engineering to humanities disciplines aimed to help them better
- January 20, 2022
Grant supports project to digitize, preserve materials at Biblioteca Amazónica
The project will concentrate its efforts on those items within the archives that are unique to the Biblioteca Amazónica and not available elsewhere. One important inclusion will be
- January 20, 2022
Rebecca Hernandez to serve as campus's first community archivist
Rebecca Hernandez, who previous served as the director of the American Indian Resource Center, will seek out partnerships with community organizations and leaders to support the preservation of
- January 20, 2022
National Endowment for the Arts award to support 'Surge,' an afrofuturism festival
Events will take place throughout the academic year, culminating in a month-long festival in May 2022 with live music concerts and dance
- January 20, 2022
Campus update: Mostly in-person instruction returning; commemorating Black History Month; finalizing commencement plans
We are happy to say that we remain on schedule to return to mostly in-person instruction Jan. 31.
- January 19, 2022
Winter quarter instruction - instructor exception process for the return to in-person instruction; other information
We write here to provide an expanded exception program to which instructors may apply now to continue teaching remotely this winter quarter after the general return to in-person instruction on January 31.
- January 19, 2022
Returning to campus: testing requirements, COVID call center, booster clinics, and more
As we plan to resume in-person instruction January 31, I write to share essential information regarding the processes and protocols for students returning to campus.
- January 18, 2022
Supporting our Jewish community
Our thoughts are with the victims and their families of the hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday, Jan. 15.
- January 15, 2022
Be careful near the ocean with tsunami advisory in effect
The West Coast is under a tsunami advisory after an undersea volcano erupted earlier today near the island nation of Tonga in the South Pacific.
- January 14, 2022
Computer engineer Scott Beamer wins NSF CAREER Award
Scott Beamer, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the NSF to support his work
- January 14, 2022
Update on UC policy and frameworks for responding to sexual violence and sexual harassment
Summarized below are the key revisions of the SVSH Policy and its implementing frameworks, the impetus for the changes, and other information of note.
- January 13, 2022
Appetite for entrepreneurship leads alum to launch successful meal-prep business
Economics alumnus Andy Sartori, a Sacramento Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree, helps people eat with
- January 13, 2022
Economics professor takes deep dive into challenges and opportunities of climate change
The widespread impacts of climate change raise urgent and critical
- January 13, 2022
Merrill College courses offer opportunity to learn about Africa, develop global connections
Merrill is offering two Global Classrooms, courses developed with the support of the Global Engagement Division that involve online collaboration between students from UCSC and the Co-Operative University
- January 12, 2022
Winter Quarter Update - Residential Students
Urgent response requested from All UCSC residential students.
- January 12, 2022
Campus Booster Clinics: Jan. 19-21
The Student Health Center has expanded its availability of COVID-19 booster shots to faculty, students, and staff with a series of clinics in January.
- January 12, 2022
Implementation Task Force for Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education
We are convening a task force to develop plans for implementing the recommendations proposed in the Joint Senate-Administration Working Group on Graduate Education (JWG) report.
- January 11, 2022
MaNGA team releases largest-ever collection of 3D maps of nearby galaxies
The release of the complete dataset of 10,000 galaxies observed by the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (MaNGA) project makes MaNGA the largest galaxy survey
- January 10, 2022
Simulated image shows how NASA’s Roman could expand on Hubble’s deepest view
The Roman Space Telescope will have the power to perform an observation similar to the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, but on a much larger
- January 10, 2022
UCSC selects Akirah J. Bradley-Armstrong as vice chancellor for Student Affairs and Success
Akirah Bradley-Armstrong, who comes to campus from the University of Colorado Boulder, is a dedicated student affairs professional with 17 years of experience in the field.
- January 10, 2022
Announcing the appointment of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Success
We are excited to announce that Akirah J. Bradley-Armstrong will serve as our next Vice Chancellor for the Division of Student Affairs and Success. Her first day will be May 16.
- January 7, 2022
Caring for Students: Winter quarter COVID update
In consultation with academic and administrative leaders on our campus, at other UC campuses, and with UCSC health center staff, we have made the difficult decision to delay in-person instruction by an additional two weeks.
- January 7, 2022
2022 Campus Elections
The Dean of Students Office is pleased to announce the 2022 Campus Elections process.
- January 6, 2022
Astronomers witness the explosive end of a dying star
The Young Supernova Experiment transient survey observed a red supergiant during its final 130 days leading up to a supernova
- January 6, 2022
Undergraduate Pearl Ibeanusi wins national scholarship in honor of late U.S. Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink
UCSC student Pearl Ibeanusi was one of five women selected among nationwide applicants to receive a scholarship award recognizing her outstanding record of community service and educational and
- January 6, 2022
Delaying in-person instruction until Jan. 31
After consultation with academic and administrative leaders on our campus, at other UC campuses, and with our health center staff, we have made the difficult decision to extend alternate and remote modes of instruction for two additional weeks
- January 5, 2022
Materials theorist Yuan Ping wins NSF CAREER Award
Yuan Ping, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to
- January 5, 2022
Legal studies major Aissata Ba looks back on the “whirlwind” of meeting Michelle Obama at recent event
Aissata Ba, a 20-year-old Black Muslim first-generation American, was among a group of students brought together to be part of a conversation with Michelle Obama on some of
- January 4, 2022
A cup of kindness
UC Santa Cruz student Tommy Alejandrez was living on the streets when he met former NFL player Zack Follett on a busy corner in Fresno. The meeting—over a
- January 4, 2022
Parking pay station decommissioning, ParkMobile roll out
On January 14, 2022, TAPS will take the parking pay stations on the residential campus off line and replace them with the ParkMobile mobile payment system.
- January 4, 2022
Announcing our new interim senior associate vice chancellor for Business and Administrative Services
Walter Branson will serve as interim Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration, effective Jan. 3.
- January 4, 2022
Graduate Division welcomes two new staff members
Donald Smith, professor of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, will serve as associate dean of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, and Lorato Anderson will serve as the director of diversity, equity and inclusion.
- January 3, 2022
In Memoriam: Peter Nicholas Burgoyne (1932–2021)
Peter Nicholas Burgoyne, professor emeritus of mathematics, passed away on Tuesday, December 7,
- January 2, 2022
Reminders for return to work on Monday
The following are some important reminders regarding your return to on-site work.
