Campus News
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UC Santa Cruz Arts Division Presents ‘Find Your Path!’
Find Your Path! is a two-day experience that guides students through potential career pathways through both in person and online events.
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Championing Native American DNA
Kimberly TallBear, this year’s recipient of the University of California, Santa Cruz Distinguished Humanities Graduate Student Alumni Award, is being honored for her work in championing indigenous rights and protecting Native American DNA from exploitation.
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DSAS appoints Laura Arroyo as the next Associate Vice Chancellor for Colleges, Housing, and Educational Services
The Division of Student Affairs and Success is pleased to announce Laura Arroyo has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Colleges, Housing, and Educational Services (AVC CHES).
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2024 Campus Elections Announcement
The ballot information for the Spring 2024 Campus Elections is now available for your review at elections.ucsc.edu.
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CIDER drone pilot program has trained 32 new commercial remote pilots in 2024 — application to join next year’s cohort opens in the fall
In 2024, the student cohort doubled from 20 to 40 students, and an agriculture-focused track was added alongside the general drone use track. CIDER invites all undergraduate students, regardless of their major, to learn more about the program and apply for next year’s cohort in the fall 2024.
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Slugcast rewind: Listen to episodes from the week of May 13
Hosted out of the Student Affairs and Success divisional office, Slugcast is the official UCSC podcast.
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Campus Exterior Lighting Walk
Everyone is invited to join an evening walk around campus to explore the current lighting and make suggestions for improvements and additional lighting that will make navigating the campus at night more safe.
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$1M grant to help prepare students for impactful careers in the arts
The UCSC entity Moving Image Lab, a new partnership between the Isaac Julien Lab and The Humanities Institute, will receive the prestigious Mellon Foundation funding that will provide the hands-on experience and career-building training in production, curation, and research and publication that distinguishes this project.
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K7 Agreement Ratified
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees’s (AFSCME) Skilled Crafts (K7) employees have ratified a new contract with the University of California on May 3, 2024.
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New study discovers cellular activity that hints recycling is in our DNA
Introns are perhaps one of our genome’s biggest mysteries. They are DNA sequences that interrupt the sensible protein-coding information in your genes, and need to be “spliced out.”
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Diane Gifford-Gonzalez elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Distinguished Research Professor Emerita of Anthropology Diane Gifford-Gonzalez was recently elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Gifford-Gonzalez is a trailblazer in the field of zooarchaeology, which uses animal remains to gain new insights into the deep history of humans and animals.