Campus News
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Spring quarter student newsletter: Go Bananas! with The Peel
The Division of Student Affairs and Success welcomes students to spring quarter with the first installment of The Peel, a new newsletter for 2025-26.
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New oral history chronicles life and legacy of sociologist John Brown Childs
The oral history traces a life shaped by what Childs has called the “two mighty currents” of his heritage.
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ASE-GSR contract agreement
Agreements that cover our Academic Student Employees (ASEs) and Graduate Student Researchers (GSRs) are now in effect and extend through December 31, 2029.
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SAB Staff Appreciation Picnic – Save the date and tabling information
Please save the date- Monday, May 11 – for the annual SAB Staff Appreciation Picnic and Raffle. We are excited to welcome you all to this event to celebrate everyone’s hard work this year.
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Baskin Engineering Dean Alexander Wolf to step down
Over the past decade, Dean Wolf spearheaded a major transformation of Baskin Engineering, strengthening the school’s academic foundation, expanding its research impact, elevating its international profile, and setting it on a course for even greater success in the years to come.
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UC Santa Cruz awarded grant to promote and support open scholarship, engaged mentoring
UC Santa Cruz will launch a pioneering initiative to support and promote open science, open scholarship, and high-quality graduate student mentoring by developing guidelines to evaluate and recognize this important work.
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Tentative Agreement on ASE/GSR Contract
Below is a letter sent on behalf of UC System Provost and Executive Vice President Katherine S. Newman regarding the tentative agreement the University of California reached with the United Auto Workers (UAW)
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Five essential bicycle safety tips for Slugs
With warm and sunny weather, the UC Santa Cruz community is more active, with many community members walking and biking across campus for classes, meetings, and events.
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Reminder regarding international remote work for academic appointees
This communication serves as a reminder of the University of California’s prohibition on remote work from outside of the United States.
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Following rigorous review, WASC reaffirms UC Santa Cruz accreditation
Being accredited means UC Santa Cruz has met rigorous standards for quality, capacity, and effectiveness.
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UC Santa Cruz advances partnerships in Indonesia, formalizes first 2+2 agreement
UC Santa Cruz faculty and staff traveled to Indonesia in February to sign the campus’s first 2+2 degree agreement with the University of Indonesia and explore additional academic partnerships with universities in Jakarta and Bandung.