Campus Communications
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Planning for fall and staying connected through the spring
With spring in full bloom, I write with updates on what to expect this quarter for instruction and in campus housing, to make sure you’re all aware of our still evolving plans for fall, and to highlight some of the creative ways that Banana Slugs are staying connected while we are still spread geographically far…
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Community alert – post-incident advisory
At 2:41 p.m. Tuesday, the UC Santa Cruz Police Department received a request for assistance from the City of Santa Cruz Police Department to block traffic to support its response to a person armed with a firearm in the area of Laurel Drive and California Street in their jurisdiction.
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Spring quarter transportation options
Spring has sprung, Slugs, and TAPS is here to help you get where you need to go this quarter.
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Opening up offices and lab/studio spaces for research purposes
Effective immediately, we are shifting from a by-approval-only process for the use of offices and labs/studios for research purposes to an open-by-default model for research purposes, with guidelines for how to continue to prioritize health and well-being in these spaces.
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UC Santa Cruz programs ranked in ‘Best Graduate Schools’ survey
The latest survey by U.S. News and World Report released rankings for graduate schools across the country, and UC Santa Cruz programs were evaluated in engineering, economics, history, sociology, education, and political science.
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Forthcoming survey on UC Santa Cruz public safety and policing
Later this week we will send a survey to all in our campus community to gather perspectives about campus safety and the role of campus police.
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UCSC ecologist Erika Zavaleta appointed to California Fish and Game Commission
Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Erika Zavaleta, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, to the California Fish and Game Commission.
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Finalists for Dean of Graduate Studies making virtual campus visits
Starting Thursday, April 1, five finalists for the position of Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies will be visiting our campus virtually.
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Update on fall quarter instructional planning
We write today to provide an update on our instructional planning for the fall 2021 quarter.
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UC Santa Cruz joins AAAS Sea Change initiative
UC Santa Cruz has joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s SEA Change initiative in a public commitment to systemic transformation into more diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces where the full range of talent can succeed in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.
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Updated proposal deadline policy
Based on these experiences and in order to ensure a manageable workload for our staff, superior quality of service for our faculty and researchers, and a streamlined process, I am shortening and firming up the deadlines and instituting a simple online approval process for exceptions, which will only be allowed in limited circumstances.
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Regents approve more housing for our students, child care for employees
The UC Board of Regents voted earlier today in support of a vitally important on-campus student-housing and child-care project.