Author: Public Affairs
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Math professor awarded fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study
Kasia Jankiewicz, assistant math professor at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in its School of Mathematics for the 2024-25 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas among an international community of scholars.
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UC Santa Cruz professor honored by American Chemical Society for natural-products discovery
Phil Crews, distinguished research professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is being honored by the American Chemical Society for outstanding work in the analysis, structural elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products.
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A special look into art exhibition Seeing through Stone
For First Friday this September 6, Director and Chief Curator, Dr. Rachel Nelson will give a special curator-led walk-through of the major Visualizing Abolition exhibition, Seeing through Stone, at the UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences Gallery on the Westside of Santa Cruz.
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New UC Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer
Effective July 1, 2024, UC adopted the Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer (pdf) to establish the University’s ownership of intellectual property, facilitate legal protection under applicable intellectual property laws, promote innovation transfer, and commit to an equitable distribution of intellectual property commercialization income.
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Help welcome our students to campus: Volunteer for Fall Move-In
Laura Arroyo, the new Associate Vice Chancellor for Colleges, Housing and Educational Services at UC Santa Cruz, invites volunteers to help welcome 5,700 new students during Fall move-in. Volunteers are needed for various roles from September 19-22. Sign up today!
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Dan Costa to accept Monterey Bay marine sanctuary award with lecture on September 25
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary will present its Ed Ricketts Memorial Award to Dan Costa, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and former director of UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of Marine Sciences. As part of the honor, Costa will deliver a free lecture at the sanctuary’s Exploration Center starting at 6:30 p.m.
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Notice of open comment, UC policy on White Bagging and Brown Bagging Medications
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on the final review revisions to the Presidential Policy Use of Externally Supplied Medications in UC Outpatient and Clinic Settings.
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Orientation program joining the Division of Student Affairs and Success
Effective September 30, 2024, UCSC’s Orientation program will transition to the Division of Student Affairs and Success.
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Campus update on new shuttles, maintenance program
UC Santa Cruz is continuing to move forward with its planned modernization campus shuttles. In the 2023-24 academic year, we added four newer diesel shuttles to our fleet and expect to have additional 12 replacement shuttles before the end of 2024. That will enable us to retire all the shuttles from 1993 at the end…