Author: Public Affairs

We very much appreciate the feedback we received from so many of you regarding UC Santa Cruz’s planned winter curtailment.

Materials from a campus roundtable discussion on telecommuting

Through this past summer, the campus leadership team discussed the challenges of the emerging budgetary environment and began to look for opportunities that could broaden access to our educational programs, improve our financial outlook, and advance the efficiency and effectiveness of our processes during uncertain and constrained budget times.

The holiday season is usually a time when our Slugs gather with family and friends, and many of us travel to spend time with loved ones. This year, as we face the COVID-19 pandemic, there are other serious considerations we must take into account.

UC Santa Cruz, like many universities and cities across the country, is in the midst of critically examining our structures so that we can address real concerns about policing, community safety, and the barriers to creating a sense of belonging for all in our campus community.

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…