Author: Public Affairs

This is the time of year when you can change your benefits coverage to better meet your medical needs and personal budget. Since the medical coverage is one of the best benefits UCSC offers its staff, we want to ensure you take full advantage of this benefit.

The Office of the President has issued major revisions to the Protection of Human Subjects in Research policy. The revised policy provides the following

Much like we did in fall and winter, UC Santa Cruz will continue to offer most courses remotely or online for spring and summer 2021, providing in-person instruction for a small number of courses that may not be effectively delivered remotely, such as some laboratory, studio, field-research and field-study courses. E

The UC Santa Cruz Police Department and ITS Information Security are asking members of the campus community to beware of email scams being perpetrated on students offering part time work assistance and/or internships.

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy Business and Finance Bulletin IS-12 IT Recovery. The policy was rewritten by a systemwide cross-functional workgroup including representatives from UC Santa Cruz and serves to address the following key issues: Updates to reflect modern technology (i.e. CD-ROMS are removed, ransomware…

Frequent, free, and easy COVID-19 testing is a critical component in containing the virus’s spread. We are thankful for those in our UC Santa Cruz community who have been regularly getting tested. Participation in the asymptomatic testing program continues to be a cornerstone to our campus recovery and resiliency plans.

The campus has been through a lot this year: strikes, COVID-19, fire evacuations, and other momentous events both internal and external that have had an effect on our work. How we support you and the role that technology plays in your work are more important than ever.

This morning the Associated Press declared former Vice President Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

The University of California is disappointed that Proposition 16, the state ballot measure and constitutional amendment that would have repealed Proposition 209, did not pass in this election.

Election Day 2020 has come and gone, and as many expected, we do not yet know the winner of the presidential election. The record number of absentee and mail-in ballots cast means it’s possible we will not know the official election outcome for days.