2024
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Campus status updates
This page is being updated with important information for the UC Santa Cruz community.
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Preserving the past, embracing the future
An anonymous gift to UC Santa Cruz will help restore the historic cooperage building as a vibrant community hub and new campus gateway
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Ecological Society of America names Dan Costa a lifetime fellow
Dan Costa, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and director of UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of Marine Sciences, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Ecological Society of America.
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May 11 is “Clean Up Day” throughout Santa Cruz County
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in Santa Cruz County “Clean Up Day” on May 11. Organized by Trash Talkers, the goal is to make Santa Cruz County the cleanest county in the state. PitchinSantaCruz.org is inviting anyone interested in being part of the All County Clean-up Day to sign up.
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Three University of California, Santa Cruz professors receive Mellon Foundation Affirming Multivocal Humanities grants
The Mellon Foundation has awarded three University of California, Santa Cruz, departments prestigious grants of $100,000 each for work that champions groundbreaking research in the realms of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.
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Slugcast rewind: Listen to episodes from the week of April 22
Hosted out of the Student Affairs and Success divisional office, Slugcast is the official UCSC podcast.
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Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Three professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
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UC Leave options expanded to include protected time off for reproductive loss
Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, UC’s leave options expanded to provide eligible employees with up to five days of protected leave following a reproductive loss. This change aligns with California legislation that became effective Jan. 1, 2024.
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Anthropologists document how women and shepherds historically reduced wildfire risk in Central Italy
Fire management lessons from the past could help to improve resilience as the Mediterranean faces increased fire risk from climate change. UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Professor Andrew Mathews and his research partners show how traditional land management practices once dramatically reduced fuel for wildfires, and how these practices were forgotten, in part due to historical…
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UC Santa Cruz students partner with community groups for a service-learning spring break
On March 23, fifteen students from UC Santa Cruz decided to redefine the essence of spring break. Opting out of traditional activities, they immersed themselves in a week-long critical service-learning experience, partnering with environmental and economic justice organizations in Watsonville as part of the Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis Alternative Spring Break program.
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Antropologi documentano come le donne e i pastori abbiano storicamente ridotto il rischio di incendi boschivi nell’Italia centrale
Antropologo ambientale e professore dell’ Università di California, Santa Cruz, Andrew Mathews e antropologo ambientale Fabio Malfatti del Centro Ricerche EtnoAntropologiche di Lucca hanno rilevato quanto il lavoro delle donne contadine, con la raccolta di foglie e arbusti nei boschi, combinato a quello dei pastori, con il pascolo delle greggi e l’uso occasionale del fuoco…
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UC Santa Cruz physics department honored for improving undergraduate experience
The Physics Department has been honored by the American Physical Society (APS) for improving undergraduate physics education. At its April meeting, APS announced UC Santa Cruz as one of just three universities nationwide whose physics departments share in this year’s award.