October 2022
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Empowering agency: AARCC’s Autumn Johnson
Autumn Johnson graduated from UCSC in 2015. Now as the African American Resource and Cultural Center’s Director, Johnson provides essential programs and services to current students.
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Building Community: AAPIRC’s Caz Salamanca
As the Director of UCSC’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Resource Center (AAPIRC), Caz Salamanca strives to provide meaningful space and community for students.
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Nurturing a ‘home away from home:’ El Centro’s Xiomara Lopez
Eight years after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Xiomara Lopez is the Director of Chicanx/Latinx resource center, El Centro, coming full circle to the center that transformed her undergraduate experience.
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Big changes are coming to Bay Tree Building; campus community invited to help in the building’s redesign
It’s full speed ahead for renovating Bay Tree Building into a bustling hub of student services. Designers will be on campus this Thursday to solicit input and feedback about what the space could and should be.
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STARS celebrates National Transfer Week; shines the spotlight on nine Transfer Excellence Leaders
National Transfer Week is October 17 – 21. To help celebrate, STARS is shinig the spotlight on nine transfer excellence leaders. Read their stories!
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Student researchers investigate toxic lead exposure in golden eagles
A gift from the Webster Foundation to UCSC’s Predatory Bird Research Group supports student interns helping to study lead poisoning in eagles and monitor peregrine falcons.
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UC Santa Cruz Foundation awards $75K to help address student food insecurity
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees has affirmed its commitment to reducing food and housing insecurity for students.
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Seguimos zapateando
Celebrating its 50th anniversary at UC Santa Cruz, Los Mejicas fosters an appreciation for the beauty and diversity of Mexican culture by teaching and performing the music, dances, and traditions of Mexico.
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Timely Warning Crime Bulletin: Weapons Violation
At 6:46 p.m. today, Oct. 17, a UCSC student reported that 30 minutes earlier, an unknown male jumped around the corner of a building near Thimann Lecture Hall and brandished a knife with an approximately 5-7-inch blade.
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Campus comment period for the Patent Royalty Research Share Income Disposition Policy
Earlier this year, the campus approved the Patent Royalty Research Share Income Disposition policy on an interim basis to establish clear and uniform allocation of the Research Royalty Share arising from UCSC Patent Cases. The campus is now seeking comments before finalizing the policy.
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Notice of open comment for the Presidential Policy on Sustainable Practices
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on the proposed updates to the existing Presidential Policy on Sustainable Practices.
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micha cárdenas wins prestigious Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize from National Women’s Studies Association
UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Performance, Play and Design, and Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Dr. micha cárdenas has been awarded the National Women’s Studies Association’s Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize for her book Poetic Operations: Trans of Color Art in Digital Media.