Campus News
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UC COVID-19 seed funding supports UCSC coronavirus genome browser
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Genome Browser Team has received UC seed funding for its work on the UCSC Genome Browser for SARS-CoV-2.
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Reminder: Nominations for UC Santa Cruz’s Outstanding Staff Award
The submission deadline is Monday, June 8, 2020.
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Tomorrow—Chancellor and Senior Leadership Forum
The SAB wanted to send a quick reminder about tomorrow’s Chancellor and Senior Leadership Forum.
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Campus, Santa Cruz Community Health unite to test underserved community members
As news outlets published stories about celebrities and athletes unnecessarily getting tested for COVID-19, UC Santa Cruz scientists and staff saw an opportunity to provide fast testing for the community’s most vulnerable residents who too often do not have access to the same medical services.
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Give revolution a chance
History of Consciousness Professor Massimiliano Tomba’s prestigious Princeton University fellowship will enable him to spend the next year advancing his reinterpretation of the concept of revolution
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New method predicts spin dynamics of materials for quantum computing
A universal first-principles approach will accelerate the identification and design of materials for quantum information science and other spintronics applications.
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NOAA funds new Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Systems
CIMEAS supports the ongoing collaboration between UC Santa Cruz and the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
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UCSC poet, lecturer, and alumnus Gary Young receives Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities
Literature Department lecturer Gary Young has been selected as the 2019-20 recipient of the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities.
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Results from COVID-19 employee experiences survey
UC Santa Cruz has received the results of the COVID-19 experiences survey that was administered in April.
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UCSC campus directory now supports pronoun options
A cross Information Technology Services (ITS) organizational team and the Office of the Registrar have worked together to make pronoun options available in the UCSC Campus Directory. In addition to making this change to support a diverse culture, this information will show up in the “Client Profile” on support tickets in the IT Request system,…
