Update: Staff Town Hall feedback anonymity

Update: We have listened to your feedback and made the staff town hall feedback survey anonymous. If you haven’t already completed the survey, please do. We would like your candid feedback to help improve our next staff town hall. For those of you who have...

You’re invited: Staff Town Hall – July 1

Dear UC Santa Cruz Science Staff, I hope you will join me for our first divisional staff town hall on Wednesday, July 1 from 9-10 a.m. via Zoom. We have prepared a short presentation addressing some of the most pressing questions we received in the staff survey that...

In Memoriam: Maria Kerschen (1955–2020)

With a heavy heart, I write to share the news that Maria Kerschen, who retired as assistant dean of planning and resource management from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences just three years ago, passed away on May 22 in Eugene, Oregon. Maria was...

Science instruction & research in the time of COVID-19

Dear Friends of UC Santa Cruz Science, The last month has been a whirlwind on campus and in our community. The COVID-19 pandemic, and our regional and state government’s aggressive response to counter its spread, has dramatically changed our daily lives.  Santa...