Author: Public Affairs
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University of California Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy
The University recently revised its Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy to be inclusive of genetic information protections. Please discard and refrain from distributing the prior policy issued in 2008 and replace it with the July 2010 revised policy. The revised UC policy and associated revisions to Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) and Academic Personnel…
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Web Town Hall on UC Benefits – Revision in time and date
Please note the change in date and time: Web Town Hall Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. UC leaders will host an online town hall meeting Sept. 24 to talk with faculty, staff and retirees about post-employment benefits, health care costs, UC’s budget and other university issues. The live, interactive webcast…
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Preview Days 2010
Preview Day is the annual campus open house to connect prospective students and their families with UCSC faculty, staff and students. The event is an important recruitment activity and provides an opportunity for participants to learn about UCSC. A few of our key messages this year will focus on access to our outstanding faculty, the…
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Our University – Post-Employment Benefits Recommendations
Read about the Post-Employment Benefits Task Force recommendations released last week. This special issue of Our University includes: * An overview of the task force recommendations * A comparison of UCRP contributions to those of other employers * Announcement of a September 29 systemwide web-based town hall meeting, and more. Our University is available at:…
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Newly designed campus website
Late this evening, a newly designed campus web home page and related secondary pages, supported by a new content management system, are scheduled to go live. The structure and design of these pages reflect input from academic and staff personnel; students; alumni; and others. This is part of an ongoing comprehensive web improvement program, commissioned…
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Possible Traffic Delays at West Entrance Friday 8/27
Campus commuters who travel through the West Entrance should anticipate potential daytime traffic delays on Friday, August 27 as crews repave the Heller/Empire Grade intersection. Grinding the existing roadbed and resurfacing with new pavement will take place during the regular work day, with traffic control provided by flaggers and construction cones. Striping of the pavement…
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UCSC in the News
Seismologist Thorne Lay’s research on the 2009 Samoa-Tonga earthquake received widespread news coverage, including an interview on KCBS radio and stories in the New York Times, Boston Globe…
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Christina Noonan
Christina Noonan (Kresge, psychology ’93), a commercial real estate executive who heads the Los Angeles Convention Center Department Commission, was recently confirmed as the newest member of the City of Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners.
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In memoriam: John Chase
John Chase, a writer and urban designer who championed civic space and vernacular architecture in Southern California, died August 13. He was 57.
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UCSC in the News
The New York Times quoted economics professor and department chair Carl Walsh extensively in an analysis of options open to the Federal Reserve in light of a slowing recovery…
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A new economy for Santa Cruz?
Former Santa Cruz Sentinel editor Tom Honig writes in an op-ed for the Santa Cruz Good Times that UCSC is a driver of the local economy, and that a growing campus could result in more private sector jobs in a rapidly changing economy.
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West Entrance Signal Project
You may have noticed or heard that a traffic signal is in the process of being installed at the campus’s West Entrance, at the intersection of Empire Grade and Heller Drive. We expect it will be operational shortly before the beginning of fall Quarter, and we will update you again prior to that date. This…