Faculty
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Hitting a high note
Music Professor Karlton Hester, named the first associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts for the Arts Division, believes all ethnicities benefit from inclusion and an increased focus on Black history, Indigenous history, and traditional knowledge.
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Climate action planning misses equity opportunities in many California cities
A new study led by UC Santa Cruz analyzed 170 climate action plans across California to find out how cities are incorporating equity into their efforts to curb emissions and address climate change impacts.
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Announcing: assistant executive vice chancellor and chief of staff
Ann Pham, currently director of Academic Programs and Planning for Baskin Engineering, has accepted my offer to join the Office of the Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor as assistant executive vice chancellor and chief of staff.
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Ten new picnic tables customed designed, handcrafted, and installed on campus
It was a rush order, no question about it. In early September, Chancellor Cynthia Larive asked Physical Plant, Development and Operations to install 10 picnic tables on the main residential campus by the opening of fall quarter. Campus carpenters decided to do-it-themselves.
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The struggle to protect voting rights must go on. Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement can help
Distinguished professor emeritus John Brown Childs shares his opinion on the U.S. Senate’s recent blockage of voting rights legislation and reflects on lessons he learned during the Civil Rights Movement that may help voting rights activists today.
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On-campus testing, masks, booster clinics, proof of vaccination
Here are the latest COVID-19 mitigation updates to help us prepare for a more populated campus during the winter quarter.
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Updates to DRC Academic Access Letter Format
We are reaching out to you to share that the Disability Resource Center’s Academic Access Letter format has been updated effective Winter Quarter 2022.
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Expanded services offered by back-up care program
Today, we are pleased to share that there are additional forms of support available through our partnership with Bright Horizons .
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UC Santa Cruz receives National Endowment for the Humanities grant to connect studies of humanities, engineering
UC Santa Cruz will create a new Certificate in the Humanities introducing students enrolled in the Baskin School of Engineering to humanities disciplines aimed to help them better understand the social and cultural impacts of technological change.
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Rebecca Hernandez to serve as campus’s first community archivist
Rebecca Hernandez, who previous served as the director of the American Indian Resource Center, will seek out partnerships with community organizations and leaders to support the preservation of community history, with a particular focus on reaching out to traditionally underrepresented communities.
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National Endowment for the Arts award to support ‘Surge,’ an afrofuturism festival
Events will take place throughout the academic year, culminating in a month-long festival in May 2022 with live music concerts and dance performances.
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Campus update: Mostly in-person instruction returning; commemorating Black History Month; finalizing commencement plans
We are happy to say that we remain on schedule to return to mostly in-person instruction Jan. 31.