UC Santa Cruz to pilot innovative program to support employee homeownership
The program, developed jointly by UC Santa Cruz and CalHFA, is built on CalHFA’s proven shared appreciation loan framework and reflects the university’s commitment to supporting recruitment, retention, and long-term financial stability for its employees.
A reckoning in fiction: Karen Tei Yamashita returns to Bookshop Santa Cruz with acclaimed new novel Questions 27 & 28
A Deep Read interview with Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life
UC Santa Cruz Library publishes vast photo archive from iconic ‘Death of a Valley’
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Campus updates
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Campus announcements
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InfoView to Sigma transition update
This spring, the Data Management team completed multiple rounds of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for most of the high-priority and high-usage InfoView corporate reports and continues to build out the back-end data infrastructure necessary to launch Sigma access to the campus community in the coming months.
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New campus policy on International Travel
This initiative establishes assessment registration procedures to mitigate risks to individuals and universities associated with international university-related activities.
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Register now for the Student Employment & Work-Study Fair
The Student Employment & Work-Study Fair is an excellent opportunity for campus employers to meet with hundreds of students seeking on-campus employment.
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Volunteer to deliver cookies and cheer August 22-23
For the past three years, UC Santa Cruz’s Government & Community Relations Department has been meeting neighbors at the annual city-wide Neighborhood Block Parties, dropping off a plate of homemade cookies and letting community members know they are appreciated.
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Delaware Apartments lottery opening soon
To join the interest list please click here and submit your contact information prior to July 30.
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Alison Sanders to serve as associate chancellor and chief of staff
Sanders has worked in higher education for more than 25 years and currently serves as assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs and chief of staff in the UC San Diego Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor.