Author: Public Affairs
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Applications now available for the 2023 UCSC CIDER Pilot Training Program
The UCSC CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research has opened applications for the 2023 Drone Pilot Training and Mentoring Program.
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Reception to recognize campuswide efforts as a Hispanic-Serving Institution
UC Santa Cruz will host a reception to celebrate everyone who has contributed to the campus’s work as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The event is free and open to the campus community.
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CruzFly system implementation update
CruzFly is UCSC’s Travel and Expense Management system that is replacing the CTE Travel & Entertainment Reconciliation form and the Entertainment Reporting Addendum form and provides an electronic solution for the reconciliation of CTE Card statements.
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Students created a summer of success
This summer, over 11,000 students enrolled in more than 70,000 UC Santa Cruz credits across departments and colleges and through the one-credit Slug Orientation course.
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Evacuation drills for on campus housing, Sept. 26-29
UC Santa Cruz’s Fire and Safety Prevention office will be conducting housing evacuation drills for the campus housing population within the first 10 academic school days, in alignment with requirements from the California Fire Code and the Clery Act.
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First Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on Friday
On Friday, October 7, UCSC will hold the first Interdisciplinary Research Symposium to highlight and promote the innovative interdisciplinary research being conducted across the university.
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Adrienne Harrell to serve as executive director for the UC Santa Cruz Foundation
In this re-envisioned role, Harrell will lead the administrative and operational structure of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation and its Board of Trustees and advance divisional diversity, equity, and inclusion aspirations both in its work environment and its engagement with stakeholders.
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Beware off-campus rental scams
UC Santa Cruz has seen an increase in off-campus rental scams recently. We urge all students to be extra vigilant as they search for housing on popular websites.
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New Slug Rec virtual-only membership program
The Office of the Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (CP/EVC) is sponsoring a one-year Slug Rec Virtual-only Membership for group exercise classes. All faculty and staff are welcome to join.
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Celebrating the life of Karl S. Pister
A celebration of life is scheduled for Saturday, September 17, 2022, at 1 p.m. in the Pauley Ballroom, Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union at UC Berkeley.
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Communications and Marketing launches improved campus photo library
The new and improved campus photo library includes major improvements in photo discovery, search, and curation, and more than 200 new images of faculty, staff, and students.
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UCSC’s Ricardo Sanfelice appointed inaugural director of CITRIS Aviation
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ricardo Sanfelice was appointed the as the inaugural director of the CITRIS Aviation initiative.