2022
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New Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL22) for COVID-19 relief available to all employees in 2022
This communication is to inform you of a recent update on the University of California’s (University) COVID-19 Related Leaves for policy-covered and represented academic and staff employees.
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Revised Kresge Renewal project will nearly double number of student beds at UCSC’s sixth residential college
Construction at the ambitious, long-awaited Kresge College Renewal project is nearly halfway done. The project has undergone recent changes, including the near-doubling of the number of student beds.
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Generous gifts help UCSC shatter fundraising records in holiday food drive
UC Santa Cruz smashed all previous records during its participation in the annual Second Harvest holiday food and fund drive, raising the equivalent of 376,099 meals.
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A surprising heat source is melting the Greenland Ice Sheet from the bottom up
Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting at the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet, caused by huge quantities of meltwater descending from the surface to the base.
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Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water
UCSC chemists developed a simple method to make aluminum nanoparticles that split water and generate hydrogen gas rapidly under ambient conditions.
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Second Systemwide review of UC Research Data Policy
The Research Policy and Analysis (RPAC) unit within Research and Innovation received many thoughtful comments on the policy and made revisions based on that feedback, which is broadly summarized here.
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Staff Advisory Board nomination period is now open
Are you interested in serving our campus community and giving back to your fellow staff members? Consider joining the Staff Advisory Board!
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‘Abolition. Feminism. Now.’ earns national praise
The book, authored by Professor Emerita Angela Y. Davis and Associate Professor Gina Dent, is garnering national attention for its pathbreaking examination of abolition and feminism in the 21st century.
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Scholarship honors family’s humanities legacy
The roots of the Jay family tree are deeply seated in the Humanities Division.
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Physicist Michael Dine takes readers on a journey to the edge of reality in new book
‘This Way to the Universe’ explains the outstanding mysteries of the universe and also how remarkably well we understand it on many levels.
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Chemistry Professor Yuan Ping wins Sloan Research Fellowship
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship to Yuan Ping, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz.
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Launching search for Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are pleased to announce the kickoff of a national recruitment for our first Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion