Campus Communications
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Voting now open for Staff Advisory Board positions
It is time to choose your new Staff Advisory Board members! Members serve a three-year term and may run for re-election. This year we have four openings and seven candidates.
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Supporting students with the latest Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds
The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), signed into law in late December, provided our campus with $28.8 million on March 17 to mitigate the financial impact of the pandemic on the university and its students.
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Campus follow-up on Accellion cyber attack
UC Office of the President sent an email today (April 2) with information about a cyber security incident and the steps to take to monitor your personal information. Please read it carefully for more information and resources.
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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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Registration open for 2021 Summer Edge
Registration opens today for newly admitted students to start their UC Santa Cruz experience this summer.
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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.