October 2022
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Supporting human rights and condemning the death of Mahsa Amini and others killed in resulting protests
UC Santa Cruz is committed to upholding fundamental human rights. We strive to cultivate a climate of equity, equality and justice, and steadfastly condemn violence and discrimination of any form.
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Transforming Futures: Amanda Safi
Transforming Futures— a pilot program launched by UC Santa Cruz’s Institute for Social Transformation—awarded seven first generation, underrepresented, and/or low-income UCSC students scholarships to pursue unpaid internships over the summer. Amanda Safi interned with the Office of Congressman Jimmy Panetta.
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CruzFly system implementation update
CruzFly is UCSC’s Travel and Expense Management system that is replacing the CTE Travel & Entertainment Reconciliation form and the Entertainment Reporting Addendum form and provides an electronic solution for the reconciliation of CTE Card statements.
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UCSC welcomes 41 outstanding new faculty members
With the start of the 2022-23 academic year, UC Santa Cruz welcomes 41 new senate faculty members. The research and creative scholarship and expertise brought to our campus by these new faculty colleagues will strengthen existing areas of work and open discovery opportunities.
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Biologist Carol Greider to receive Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics
Greider, a professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, will receive the Association of Molecular Pathology’s highest honor.
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Students created a summer of success
This summer, over 11,000 students enrolled in more than 70,000 UC Santa Cruz credits across departments and colleges and through the one-credit Slug Orientation course.
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Honoring our innovative and creative faculty
The Chancellor’s Innovation Impact Awards is a new program that celebrates our talented faculty, researchers, staff, students, and community partners for their outstanding contributions to innovation and creativity that catalyze transformative change and societal impact.
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UC Santa Cruz launches campuswide conversation that will chart university’s next decade
Seeking to develop an intentional and impactful course for the future, the UC Santa Cruz community will work together this academic year to develop a shared vision that will culminate in Leading the Change: The UC Santa Cruz Strategic Plan, the university’s top leaders announced Monday.
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UCSC’s Center for South Asian Studies positioned for exponential growth
Anuradha Luther Maitra and Thomas Kailath, longtime supporters and champions of the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) and the broader UCSC campus, have established the Anuradha Luther Maitra and Thomas Kailath Endowed Professorship in South Asian Studies.
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Ocean scientist Christina Ravelo awarded AGU’s Maurice Ewing Medal
The American Geophysical Union’s Ewing Medal is given annually in recognition of significant original contributions to the ocean sciences .