Nov 14, 2022 | Divisional Announcements, General
Dear all, I wanted to bring your attention to an update and reminders from campus Financial Affairs. First, the good news: Increase in Meal Rates for Business Travel and Entertainment As of September 8, 2022, maximum allowable meal rates have increased. For travel...
Feb 3, 2022 | Divisional Announcements, Instruction
Dear Faculty, The Dean’s Office is pleased to announce that applications for Project REAL are open to all faculty and lecturers in the division, and we encourage any faculty seeking support in reimagining and redesigning a course to apply. Developed by CITL in...
Nov 2, 2021 | Divisional Announcements, Research
Due date: November 10, 2021 The University of California Office of the President has initiated a system-wide Request for Proposal (RFP) to address the need for research data backup and recovery. In order for this RPF to move forward, we need to understand the scale of...
Sep 3, 2021 | Divisional Announcements
Dear PBSci Community, I write to announce Susan Bright, our Divisional Accounting Manager, will be retiring from UC Santa Cruz September 10th, 2021. Susan has been in her current role with the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences (PBSci) since 2011. Prior to...
Aug 10, 2021 | Divisional Announcements, Research
Dear Researchers, Do you conduct international research? UC values international collaboration. Engagement with our academic partners around the world enhances the quality of research and furthers scientific discovery. However, you may have recently heard that federal...
May 24, 2021 | Divisional Announcements, General
Dear Physical and Biological Sciences Division Friends and Colleagues: We are pleased to give you an update on some of the Science DEI Committee activities: The Science DEI website recently went live at dei.science.ucsc.edu. You will find links to a...
May 10, 2021 | Divisional Announcements, General
Over the past year, we’ve had some major staffing changes in the ITS Academic computing group that supports the Division. We have several new and one not-so-new staff on the team and we’d like to take a moment to introduce them: Hart Hancock (hhancock@ucsc.edu)...
Mar 25, 2021 | Divisional Announcements, Research, Uncategorized
Dear Science Researchers,Vice Chancellor of Research, Scott Brandt, will be hosting this town hall to discuss ongoing plans to ramp up research in the division. Please join us. Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Time: 3 pm to 4 pm Topic: Divisional Research Ramp Up Town...
Dec 17, 2020 | Divisional Announcements, Instruction
On behalf of the VPAA, the dean’s office is disseminating this call for proposals for online course development to all instructional faculty (both Senate and Unit 18 faculty). This call differs from the previous two opportunities in that it is for online...
Nov 5, 2020 | Divisional Announcements, Instruction
The Dean’s Office would like to share with you information about a public symposium to be held virtually on November 12, 13, and 19. With sponsorship from the National Science Foundation, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is ...
