Faculty
-
An open letter from President Janet Napolitano to faculty, staff and students at UC Santa Cruz
UC President Janet Napolitano addresses the unsanctioned strike at UC Santa Cruz.
-
Graduate student strike update
Interim Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer provides an update on the campus’s work to bring the unsanctioned strike by some graduate students to an end.
-
Bringing new perspectives to astronomy
An array of grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation is helping UC Santa Cruz accelerate astrophysics and other sciences while changing what we think an astrophysicist looks like
-
Be ready to vote in March 3 primary election
Tuesday, March 3 is California’s Primary Election. There are several important matters on the ballot, including primary elections for federal, state and local offices in addition to several local and state initiatives. Voting is a citizen’s fundamental right, and UC Santa Cruz urges you to let your voice be heard.
-
2019 Novel Coronavirus
This letter serves to update everyone with accurate information obtained from the CDC and state communicable disease specialists.
-
Unsanctioned strike by some graduate students
While campus leaders have recently been in dialogue with leaders of the Graduate Student Association to prevent escalating strike activities, the campus community should be ready in the event of strike activities Monday.
-
Use of temporary Pass (P) grading
Having received concurrence from the Academic Senate Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), I have asked University Registrar Sanger to make available the Pass (P) grade as an option for letter-graded undergraduates as an interim measure.
-
Humanities Institute launches new ‘Deep Read’ initiative with spotlight on Margaret Atwood
The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz has launched “The Deep Read,” a new initiative that invites the campus—and the community at large—to take a deep dive into literature, art, and the most pressing issues of the day.
-
Community input key for new Athletics and Recreation Banana Slug
A new decade has the potential to bring new energy, focus, and vision for the next era ahead. In 2020, our unit — formerly known as the Office of Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports (OPERS) — renamed itself Athletics and Recreation, the first step in a larger brand refresh. A lot of work has been…
-
Craig Haney testifies before committee charged with revising state’s penal code
Craig Haney, distinguished professor of psychology, was the only witness to testify during the first meeting of the newly formed Committee on Revision of the Penal Code.
-
Lighting project advances carbon neutrality
A lighting retrofit in Humanities Buildings 1 and 2 has resulted in a 20 percent energy reduction in the buildings’ energy use.
-
UCSC taking art/science LASER talk series downtown for special evening at Rio Theater
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, the Institute of the Arts and Sciences will bring its local LASER—now in its seventh year of quarterly talks on campus—downtown for a special evening at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz, beginning at 7 p.m.