October 2022
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Coha/Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures seeks 2022-2023 cohort
This year, the Coha/Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures aims to expand its reach by offering five 2022-2023 prize winners, along with past awardees, the opportunity to participate in The Coha-Gunderson Creativity Workshop, a quarter-long winter workshop followed by a springtime exhibition.
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Biologist Daniel Costa receives Outstanding Faculty Award
Daniel Costa, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences, has received the 2021-22 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences.
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Halloween and Halloween Weekend
With Halloween weekend, approaching, campus leaders share a message encouraging safety and inclusivity.
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In support of our Indigenous students, faculty and staff
Thank you to the students, faculty and staff who have held one another up and built a community for Native American and Indigenous people at UC Santa Cruz. No words can undo that work.
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Domhoff’s new book discusses developmental dimension of dreaming
UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus Bill Domhoff’s new book, The Neurocognitive Theory of Dreaming: The Where, How, When, What, and Why of Dreams, takes a comprehensive look at the full use of neuroimaging findings in relation to spontaneous thought and dream content.
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Physicist Jairo Velasco Jr. wins $1.25 million award from Moore Foundation
The Moore Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative supports outstanding U.S. experimental physicists pursuing transformative research.
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Open Enrollment 2022 for UC faculty, staff starts today
University of California’s annual Open Enrollment (OE) period will take place from 8 a.m. October 27 through 5 p.m. on November 18.
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Acclaimed poet and bestselling memoirist Natasha Trethewey is guest of honor at the Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading on November 3.
Acclaimed poet Natasha Trethewey, author of the bestselling memoir Memorial Drive, is this year’s distinguished speaker at the 13th annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading at UCSC on November 3.
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Transforming Support into Success: Jodi Lee
Thanks to many scholarships and awards, support from UC Santa Cruz resources and faculty members, and support and love from her family, Jodi Lee is now in her first year of graduate school at UCSF —and the first in her family to pursue a Ph.D.
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A call for unity; resources for students
Over the course of the past several weeks, the Student Union Assembly (SUA) has been mired in a period of great conflict and uncertainty, which has impacted many within the campus community in profound ways.
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Assessing possible earthquake damage
If you see possible quake-related damage anywhere at one of our campuses, please call the Physical Plant Service Center Operations line.
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Application period opens for Dean of Physical and Biological Sciences
The application period for Dean of Physical and Biological Sciences is now open. The position is a key one at UC Santa Cruz, as the division is a global engine of high-impact science and student research experiences.