2022
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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 in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg. He shares the award with his co-author Michael Casper.
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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.
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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 Rights Movement that may help voting rights activists today.
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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 main residential campus by the opening of fall quarter. Campus carpenters decided to do-it-themselves.
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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 Biology.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 community history, with a particular focus on reaching out to traditionally underrepresented communities.
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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 back issues of three local newspapers — El Eco, La Razón, and El Oriente — that have never been fully digitized before.