Campus News
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Summer child care camp on campus
Early Education Services is launching a new summer camp on campus with child care for children ages 14 months through entering fourth grade.
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Our University – budget, people and HR news for UC faculty and staff
Read the latest issue of Our University.
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Sandra Faber and Lynda Rogers among Silicon Valley’s ‘Women of Influence’
Astronomer Sandra Faber and Lynda Rogers, dean of UCSC Extension, are among the 2011 “Women of Influence” in Silicon Valley.
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Chancellor’s office sets budget meetings for faculty and staff
As announced earlier messages UCSC is facing its fourth consecutive year of budget cuts. This presents an unprecedented challenge as we seek to develop new ways of functioning in an era of diminished resources. We are committed to continuing the involvement of the campus community as this affects all of us. The Chancellor’s Office is…
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Alums Dana Priest, Richard Harris win prestigious journalism awards
Two UC Santa Cruz alums, Richard Harris (Crown, 1980) and Dana Priest, (Merrill, 1981) have won prestigious journalism awards for their reporting last year on the Gulf oil spill and the national security complex.
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Jane Pinckard joins Center for Games and Playable Media as associate director
The UCSC Center for Games and Playable Media has appointed Jane Pinckard as its new associate director.
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Retirement of Vice Chancellor Vani
After 15 years of extraordinary service to UC Santa Cruz, concluding a 31-year career with the University of California, Tom Vani, vice chancellor of Business and Administrative Services, has announced plans to retire this spring.
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An important video message from President Yudof about the state budget and the future of UC
President Yudof has just issued an important video message to the UC community regarding the current budget situation and its impact on the university, and what faculty and staff can do to help.
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UCSC in the News
Environmental studies researcher Winifred Frick’s presentation on the use of weather radar to follow bats garnered widespread news coverage including the Associated Press, USA Today, Irish Times, London Times and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Alumnus Kent Nagano wins Grammy award for Best Opera Recording
Renowned conductor and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Kent Nagano received a Grammy Award for “Best Opera Recording: “Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin” at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
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UCSC scientist uses storm-chasing weather radar to track bats
Storm chasers have become bat counters. A UC Santa Cruz scientist, working with meteorologists at the University of Oklahoma, is using mobile storm-chasing radars to follow swarms of bats as they emerge from their caves each night to forage on insects.
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UCSC makes plans to deal with expected cut in state funding
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to reduce state funding to the University of California by $500 million or 16.4 percent means UC Santa Cruz will need to cut its operating budget by $31 million for fiscal year 2011-2012 beginning July 1.