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  • EDITOR’S ADVISORY: Community gathers to celebrate new playground at UCSC Child Care Center

    Members of the campus community will join children, parents, volunteers, and staff to celebrate the dedication of a new playground at a UC Santa Cruz child-care center. What: Photo opportunity to celebrate the dedication of the new playground at the Granary Child Development Center at UC Santa Cruz When: 2:30 – 3 p.m.; Friday, May…

  • UC Santa Cruz executive named to national board for online learning

    Francisco Hernandez, vice chancellor for student affairs at UC Santa Cruz and an early champion of virtual schooling, has been named to the board of directors of a new national council for online K-12 education. Hernandez is executive director of the University of California’s College Preparatory Initiative (UCCP), which offers online advanced placement and honors…

  • UC, Monterey Institute of International Studies exploring incorporation of institute into UC

    The University of California and the Monterey Institute of International Studies jointly announced today that they are in preliminary discussions regarding the possibility of the Monterey Institute becoming part of the University of California. Q&A about today’s announcement A first step in the process would be to formulate a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the…

  • EDITOR’S ADVISORY: UCSC transitioning from contracted to self-operated dining services

    UC Santa Cruz announced today (March 3) that it will transition from a contracted dining services program to a self-operated dining program. Why: This decision will enable the university to achieve multiple benefits, including: Closer alignment with the values and mission of the university and with the expectations of students. The opportunity for the dining…

  • Gary Novack selected as UC alumni regent by UCSC Alumni Association

    Gary Novack’s loyalties run deep. He still has his student ID card from his days as an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, from 1970 to 1973. And when he returned to UCSC this month, an old alumni volunteer name badge was in his pocket. Those loyalties will be put to good use…

  • UC Santa Cruz offers resources to students displaced by off-campus fire

    UC Santa Cruz officials are encouraging students displaced by a fire in an off-campus co-op on Sunday to use university resources to secure replacement housing. In addition, they are putting the word out to displaced students to attend a meeting that will take place Tuesday (February 4). An estimated 30 UCSC students were living in…

  • Three UCSC professors elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Three professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are David Haussler, professor of computer science; David Kliger, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and dean of the Division of Natural Sciences; and Marc Mangel, professor of applied…

  • New report cites value of virtual education

    The University of California College Prep Initiative (UCCP) released a report today (Thursday, October 17) on the rapidly growing phenomenon of state-funded virtual education in the United States. The report, entitled The California Virtual School Report: A National Survey of Virtual Education Practice and Policy with Recommendations for the State of California, was commissioned in…

  • First UC Santa Cruz course offered entirely online emphasizes student involvement

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, offered its first course taught entirely online during the 2002 Summer Session. Student feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and campus administrators said the course demonstrates the tremendous potential for using web-based technology as a teaching tool. The course, Technical Writing for Computer Engineers, made use of custom software developed…

  • UCSC psychology professor honored for teaching

    Faye J. Crosby, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the highest honor for excellence in teaching offered by the Division of Social Sciences. Crosby received the division’s 2001-02 Distinguished Teaching Award, also known as the “Golden Apple Award,” during the dean’s annual convocation October 2. Martin Chemers, dean…

  • Renowned scholar and author Norman O. Brown dies at age 89

    Norman O. Brown, professor emeritus of humanities at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of Life Against Death and Love’s Body, died October 2 at his residence in Santa Cruz, California. He was 89. Brown’s influential scholarship and teaching encompassed the classics, theology, history, psychology, sociology, and literature, among other disciplines. “He was…

  • UC Santa Cruz appoints director for intellectual property management

    The University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Gerald Barnett as director of the campus’s new Office for the Management of Intellectual Property. Before coming to UCSC, Barnett was director of software and copyright ventures at the University of Washington, where he developed one of the leading university programs for software and information product management…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025