Campus Communications
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Proposed Revisions to UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policies
The University is proposing to revise the following nondiscrimination and affirmative action policies: * UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy Regarding Academic and Staff Employees * Affirmative Action Policy Statement for UC Publications Regarding Employment Practices * Personnel Policies for Staff Members 12, Nondiscrimination in Employment * Personnel Policies for Staff Members 14, Affirmative Action…
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Chancellor condemns attack on researcher
One of our faculty members, whose research addresses human disease, was the target Sunday afternoon of a very disturbing incident at the researcher’s residence in the city of Santa Cruz. The faculty member and family were home when six masked intruders attempted to force their way into the family’s residence. After a confrontation that involved…
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Memorial for College Eight Student, Michael C. Wilson
Community members are invited to share and participate in a campus tribute to a beloved student, scholar, friend, brother and son. Michael C. Wilson attended UCSC and majored in mathematics. Mike served as past president of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and co-founder of the Mathematics Diversity Alliance (MDA). He was also a…
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Retirees to meet for potluck lunch
The UCSC Retirees Association will hold its annual Super Soup Luncheon on March 4 at the UCSC Arboretum Horticulture Room.
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Banff Mountain Film Festival screens at the Rio Theater Feb. 29-Mar. 1
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will be in Santa Cruz on February 29 and March 1 at the Rio Theater. The festival benefits the UCSC Wilderness Orientation Scholarship Fund.
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Death of UCSC Student, Efrain Sanchez
I am very sorry to inform you that one of our students, Efrain Sanchez Jr., died in his on-campus residence late last week. A first-year student at College Ten, Efrain came to us from the Southern California community of Arleta. Efrain was a 20 year old junior who transferred to UCSC from Los Angeles Pierce…
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McHenry Library Is Moving!
Construction of the addition to McHenry Library is approaching completion, so I am writing to alert you to changes that will occur in McHenry as we prepare to begin the next phase of the project. The plan is that the entire contents of the existing McHenry Library building will be moved into the addition that…
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Trees planted as McHenry Library addition nears completion
Tree planting began this month around the new reading lawn and garden at McHenry Library as construction of the addition nears completion. Nearly 30 new coast redwoods, coast live oaks, and flowering cherries will be planted.
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Chancellor Blumenthal appointed to state science/technology council
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor George Blumenthal has been appointed to the California Council on Science and Technology, a group of 30 eminent scientists, engineers, scholars and business leaders from the state’s major public and private research and instructio
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Assistance for visitors coming to UC Santa Cruz this spring
Spring is a crucial time of year for university-bound high school seniors and college transfer students, since now is when they must decide where to enroll for fall. Our campus will experience an increase in visitors during this period, anticipating approximately 8,000 visitors. This increase is good news for the campus and continues to show…
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UCSC signs cooperative agreement with Korean University
Chancellor Blumenthal signed an academic cooperation agreement with representatives of a Korean Buddhist University that calls for the reciprocal exchange of faculty, staff, and students; joint research projects; and the exchange of academic publications