Campus News
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California Whistleblower Protection Act
Provisions of the California Whistleblower Protection Act (Government Code Sections 8545.2 and 8548.3) require the University to post notices regarding the Act and, on an annual basis, to provide a copy of the notice to all employees who have UC authorized access to email. The notice includes information on what to report, where to report,…
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UCSC Dining has the winning recipe
UC Santa Cruz Dining brought home first place honors from a national cooking competition focused on the best vegan recipes.
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Health sciences grad awarded $10,000 scholarship for medical school
Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center has named Russell Witt, a June 2008 graduate of the Health Sciences Program at UCSC, as the recipient of this year’s Primary Care Physician Award.
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Reminder: Arboretum admission fee begins July 1; faculty, staff can join through July at discounted rate
In order to cover the costs of visitor services and maintaining its living collection of rare, special and endangered plants, the UCSC Arboretum will begin charging admission on Tuesday, July 1. Faculty and staff who visit the Arboretum frequently may wan
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Higher temperatures helped new strain of West Nile virus spread, study finds
Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a new study.
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Moore Foundation awards $3.7 million in additional funding for UCSC ocean scientist Jonathan Zehr
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a four-year, $3.7 million grant to Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at UCSC.
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Time reporting for recent Summit, Martin and Trabing Fires
This is to provide information regarding pay and time reporting for employees affected by the recent Summit, Martin and Trabing Fires. Managers and Supervisors are authorized to approve paid administrative leave for individuals in their areas who were displaced or otherwise personally impacted by the fires. Paid administrative leave effective May 22-May 26, 2008 will…
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Long Marine Lab’s Whale of an Auction goes online
The Friends of Long Marine Lab will try a new approach for its annual “Whale of an Auction” fundraiser this year, offering online bidding for 26 spectacular auction packages.
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Evidence of massive asteroid impact on Mars supported by computer simulations
The dramatic differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars are the result of a massive asteroid impact, according to studies by UCSC planetary scientists.
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2008 Summer Conferences
From June 22 through August 30, 2008 UCSC will usher in another conference season, welcoming approximately 10,000 visitors to our campus. UCSC has been a popular destination for summer conferences and this summer is no exception. Our visitors will participate in 70 distinctive conferences, from the study of Developmental Biology (co-sponsored by UCSC Biological Sciences)…
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Microchip developed by UCSC engineer is helping restore vision to the blind
Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering at UCSC, it was a major milestone in two decades of work on an artificial retina to restore vis