Campus News
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Major gift supports crucial piece of Automated Planet Finder
The Gloria and Kenneth Levy Foundation has donated $600,000 to fund an innovative spectrometer for the Automated Planet Finder at UC’s Lick Observatory.
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Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
We are delighted to announce that Felicia E. McGinty has agreed to join the UC Santa Cruz leadership team as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Regent’s approval for her appointment has been finalized, and we expect to welcome her to campus in early September. Felicia has a distinguished background in admissions, recruitment, student engagement, and…
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Statements concerning court ruling regarding LRDP EIR
Kelly Drumm of UC’s Office of General Counsel and UCSC Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal issued the following statements today concerning a Santa Cruz County Superior Court ruling regarding UC Santa Cruz’s Long-Range Development Plan EIR: From Kelly Drumm, University Counsel, Office of General Counsel, University of California Regents: While we are pleased that the court…
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Today’s LRDP EIR ruling
As many of you know, UCSC’s Environmental Impact Report, produced to assess the impacts of our 2005 Long-Range Development Plan–and to identify actions to mitigate those impacts–has been the subject of legal challenges. In Santa Cruz County Superior Court this morning, Judge Paul Burdick ruled that elements of three sections of the EIR–in housing, water,…
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Statements concerning court ruling regarding UCSC Long-Range Development Plan EIR
UC Santa Cruz issued the following statements today (8/28/07) concerning Santa Cruz County Superior Court ruling regarding UC Santa Cruz Long-Range Development Plan EIR: From Kelly Drumm, University Counsel, Office of General Counsel, University of California Regents: While we are pleased that the court dismissed challenges against 13 of the 16 issue categories in the…
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Grad students spread word about innovative history project
Under the direction of professor Edmund Burke III, director of the UC Santa Cruz Center for World History, seven UCSC current and past graduate students in history presented papers at the 16th annual conference of the World History Association (WHA) in Mi
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OPERS staff member Kevin Givens honored for contributions to sport
Kevin (“Skippy”) Givens, OPERS intramural and sports club director, recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Freestyle Frisbee Players Association.
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Thirty-Meter Telescope Project Receives $15 Million from Moore Foundation
UC and Caltech have each received $7.5 million in additional funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for the development of the Thirty-Meter Telescope.
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Robin Dale appointed Associate University Librarian
Robin L. Dale has been appointed to the position of Associate University Librarian for Collections and Library Information Systems at the UCSC Library. Dale’s role will be to provide leadership to move the UCSC Library’s collections and information systems to the next generation of library services. For the past decade, Dale worked for the Research…
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UCSC Farm & Garden to hold Fall Plant Sale September 8 and 9
UCSC Farm & Garden’s Fall Plant Sale offers gardeners a rich and timely selection of organically raised vegetable seedlings, perennials, and California natives. Sponsored by the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, the sale takes place on Fr
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New light-sensing ability discovered in disease-causing bacteria
The bacteria that cause brucellosis can sense light and use the information to regulate their virulence, according to a study by UCSC researchers.
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UCSC launches reclaimed water study
UCSC is initiating a study to assess the feasibility of developing an on-campus system for reclaiming and recycling water.