Author: Public Affairs
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UC Santa Cruz adopts Okanagan Charter, centering campus community health and well-being
UC Santa Cruz has adopted the Okanagan Charter, joining nearly 30 institutions to promote campus-wide health and well-being. The initiative focuses on belonging, resilience, and sustainability, fostering positive change across the campus community.
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Celebrating and observing the Jewish High Holy Days
As we welcome the beginning of the academic year, Jewish members of our community will also be ushering in the Jewish new year as they celebrate and observe the High Holy Days.
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UC Santa Cruz astronomer delivers keynote speech for Mexico’s National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies
The council chose Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz as the final speaker in the series, which leads up to the inauguration of Mexico’s new president on October 1, in honor of his distinguished career and accomplishments that followed his public education and training in Mexico.
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Postdoc Will Steinhardt wins early-career award for innovative earthquake-physics research
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has presented UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral scholar Will Steinhardt with its 2024 Jason P. Morgan Early Career Award honoring outstanding and significant contributions to tectonophysics through a combination of research, education, and outreach activities.
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2023 astronomy Ph.D. graduate honored for dissertation work, mentoring and leadership
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has honored recent UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. graduate Maggie Thompson for research “considered unusually important to astronomy.”
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Celebrating HSI Week: Advancing Latine Success
DSAS invites the campus community to celebrate National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week (September 9-15) by reflecting on our commitment to supporting Latine students and fostering educational equity, inclusivity, and academic achievement.
