John D. Haltigan shelved his application for a tenure-track psychology position at UC Santa Cruz after seeing a requirement to submit a statement on diversity and equity. Now the Pennsylvania resident is suing the school, with his lawyer saying Haltigan feels the requirement infringes on his free speech because it compels him to adopt certain beliefs as a condition of applying for the job.
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UC Santa Cruz has struggled to create a unified campus culture. These students are trying to change that.
UC Santa Cruz’s decentralized, woodsy campus has made hosting big student events challenging, but after putting on a concert last week at the renovated Quarry Amphitheater, Slug Life Productions Board members say they’re motivated to keep organizing events, and are gauging fellow students’ interest in a fee that could support those efforts.
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UCSC to support new regional food business center as part of national initiative
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is enlisting regional partners in its efforts to help small and midsize farming operations, socially disadvantaged farmers and traditionally underserved populations, and a team from UCSC’s Center for Agroecology is on board.
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Cabrillo College to announce shortlist of five potential new names at June 14 community forum
The public will be able to learn about the list of five potential new names for Cabrillo College at meetings on June 14 at the college’s Aptos campus, June 28 at the Watsonville campus and July 12 at the Felton Library.
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UC Berkeley spreads the gospel of data science with new college, free curriculum
UC Berkeley is spreading the gospel of data science, a high-demand, high-earning field that can advance social justice, with a proposed new college and free curriculum to schools.
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Enrollment drops sharply in Santa Cruz County public schools amid demographic changes, affordability woes
With Santa Cruz County’s K-12 schools seeing the largest annual decline in enrollment in almost 30 years, officials at the county and district levels are examining cost-saving strategies and ways to keep families in neighborhoods and to maximize resources.
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UCSC Jewish students, leaders say more has to be done to help students feel safe
Weeks after two antisemitic incidents connected to campus, Jewish students have been meeting with UC Santa Cruz officials to discuss what kinds of support and resources they need on campus. Students and Jewish leaders say they believe antisemitism has been a major problem at UCSC.
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‘Antisemitism is real and we’re seeing it’: UC Santa Cruz provost shocked by antisemitic incidents
Elizabeth Abrams, provost of UC Santa Cruz’s Merrill College, says she’s stunned by two recent antisemitic incidents, including that a group of students held a birthday party for Adolf Hitler on campus. Abrams is also vice president of Santa Cruz Hillel’s board of directors, which held an emergency meeting Wednesday night to discuss how to move forward. “We need more than messages at this point,” Abrams said. The latest incidents come little more than a year after anti-Black, antisemitic and white supremacist graffiti was scrawled on Merrill College.
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‘An effort to make intolerance normal’: Read reaction to reports that students held a birthday party for Adolf Hitler on UCSC’s campus
Reports that a group of students held a birthday celebration for Adolf Hitler on UCSC’s campus and other recent antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ incidents have drawn widespread condemnation from across Santa Cruz County.