Faculty
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Help identifying person-of-interest in car burglaries
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying a person-of-interest in connection with a rash of campus car burglaries.
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Admissions director forged path as first-gen college student
Blia Yang, the director of undergraduate admissions, may very well be the first Hmong admissions director in the state—or at least the UC system.
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Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall, cafes now open
The temporary Cowell and Stevenson Commons closure has ended, and the Cowell/Stevenson Dining Hall and Stevenson Coffee House are open once again for regular business hours.
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‘Hi-Phi Nation’ philosophy podcast host to launch humanities residency at UC Santa Cruz
Barry Lam—an associate professor of philosophy at Vassar College and host of the philosophy podcast “Hi-Phi Nation” on Slate—is coming to UC Santa Cruz this week to begin a two-week residency.
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UC Santa Cruz joins Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
The National Academies have joined with colleges and universities to found the collaborative, aiming to prevent sexual harassment across all disciplines and among all people in higher education.
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Campus status updates — labor strike
Several labor unions are participating in a systemwide strike. UC Santa Cruz is providing real-time updates about the strike and its impacts today.
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Campus review of newly proposed research policies
The policies establish clear and uniform allocation of income derived from intellectual property related to institutional work at UC Santa Cruz and support the IATC mission to build a vibrant, entrepreneurial culture to accelerate the adoption of inventions, cultivate sustainable strategic partnerships, and enable our campus to be an innovation powerhouse delivering social and economic…
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New book by Carolyn Burke examines four artists who profoundly shaped 20th-century art
“Foursome”–the latest book by longtime UCSC humanities research associate Carolyn Burke–chronicles the lives of four of the most extraordinary and influential painters and photographers of the early 20th century.
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Final update on construction-related asbestos contamination incident at Cowell and Stevenson Student Commons
As a final community update on this incident, please be advised that asbestos abatement from the construction-related contamination at Cowell and Stevenson colleges has been completed.
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College Ten class connects students with Soledad Prison inmates
A first-ever class called “Transcommunal Cooperation and Peacemaking” brought together 14 undergraduates and 28 men incarcerated at the Soledad Correctional Training Facility for an extraordinary 10 weeks of learning and discovery.
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‘Blueprint Roundtable’ to discuss complexities of being black and male in U.S.
Students, faculty, and community leaders will respond to questions and issues raised by ‘Question Bridge: Black Males’—an exhibition currently on display at the Sesnon Gallery—at a “Blueprint Roundtable” on April 3 at Oakes College.
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Update on construction-related asbestos contamination incident at Cowell and Stevenson Student Commons
Recently, the campus learned that a construction contractor installing wall-mounted cable enclosures in Cowell and Stevenson colleges drilled holes in walls whose underlying materials contain asbestos. Unfortunately, in some areas the contractor did not fully contain the dust and debris generated by this activity.