News and Updates

Read more COVID-19 updates from the Student Health Center

• Office of the President finalizing COVID-19 vaccine policy

  From: Chancellor Cynthia Larive Chancellor Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer, June 11, 2021

• Updated operational considerations for post-June 15 operations

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, June 11, 2021

• Navigating the post-June 15 employee repopulation to on-site work and additional guidance on telecommuting

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, May 24, 2021

• Office of the President details COVID-19 vaccine policy

  From: Chancellor Cynthia Larive, April 22, 2021

• Loosening of COVID-19 testing requirements

  From: Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Medical Director - UCSC Student Health Services, April 15, 2021

• Ramping up operations in spring and summer

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor Business and Administrative Services, April 15, 2021

• New Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL21) for COVID-19 relief available to all employees in 2021

  From: Staff Human Resources, April 12, 2021

• Supporting students with the latest Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds

  From: Richard Hughey, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education, and Quentin Williams, Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, April 05, 2021

• Planning for fall and staying connected through the spring

  From: Chancellor Cindy Larive, April 01, 2021

• Update on fall quarter instructional planning

  From: Lori Kletzer, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, and Herbie Lee, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, March 23, 2021

• COVID-19 campus update as Santa Cruz county moves to red tier and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) update guidance for fully vaccinated individuals

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, March 12, 2021

• Update on COVID-19 vaccination distribution

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, March 09, 2021

• Detailed update on fall planning

  From: Lori Kletzer, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor; Herbie Lee, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs; Tracy Larrabee, chair Committee on Educational Policy; Yat Li, chair, Committee on Courses of Instruction; Don Smith, chair, Graduate Council, February 21, 2021

• Update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, February 18, 2021

• Preliminary update on fall planning

  From: Lori Kletzer, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, and Herbie Lee, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, February 17, 2021

• Pruebas de COVID-19 para toda la facultad y el personal

  From: Steve Stein, Vice-Rector Asociado, Recursos Humanos del Personal, January 29, 2021

• COVID-19 testing for all faculty and staff

  From: Steve Stein, Associate Vice Chancellor, Staff Human Resources, January 29, 2021

• Update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, January 28, 2021

• California lifts Limited Stay at Home Order, Santa Cruz County remains in purple tier

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, January 26, 2021

• Updated COVID-19 vaccine policy for personnel and certain trainees

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, January 22, 2021

• COVID-19 campus case rates and vaccination planning

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, January 14, 2021

• Planning for fall quarter

  From: Chancellor Cynthia Larive and Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer, January 11, 2021

• Public Safety - Health Notification - COVID-19 Positive Case Notification

  From: Lisa Wisser, Director, Environmental Health & Safety, December 18, 2020

• New regional stay-at-home order framework released by Gov. Newsom

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, December 04, 2020

• Video, slide deck and questions from telecommuting roundtable

  From: Public Affairs, November 20, 2020

• Holiday travel and guidance to support a healthy Slug community

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, November 19, 2020

• Campus publishes reports on CARES Act funding

  From: Public Affairs, October 29, 2020

• Video, slide deck, and questions from info forum

  From: Public Affairs, October 23, 2020

• Rolling out new telecommuting tools

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, October 22, 2020

• Winter 2021 Instruction and Housing Planning

  From: Chancellor Cynthia Larive and Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer, October 06, 2020

• COVID-19 information forum

  From: Public Affairs, October 06, 2020

• Update on COVID-19 planning and testing

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, October 01, 2020

• What fall will look like at the UCSC campus

  From: Chancellor Cynthia Larive, September 27, 2020

• Interim Public Health Policy (Policy BAS-0011)

  From: Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer and Vice Chancellor for Business and Administrative Services Sarah Latham, September 08, 2020

• Adapting our fall housing plans

  From: Chancellor Cynthia Larive, August 28, 2020

• Issuance of state higher education guidance

  From: Vice Chancellor Sarah Latham, August 11, 2020

• Video—COVID-19 information forum

  From: Public Affairs, August 08, 2020

• Q-and-A from forum

  From: Public Affairs, August 08, 2020

• Campus to host information forum on COVID-19 recovery, resiliency

  From: Public Affairs, August 08, 2020

• New flu vaccination requirement for UC students, faculty and staff

  From: UC Office of the President, August 07, 2020

• Reminder of the UC president’s directives to limit non-essential travel

  From: Rachael Nava, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, UC Office of the President, August 06, 2020

• COVID-19 Planning Update

  From: Vice Chancellor Sarah Latham, August 04, 2020

• COVID-19 Planning Update

  From: Vice Chancellor Sarah Latham, July 10, 2020

• Planning for Academic Year 2020-2021

  From: Chancellor Cynthia Larive, June 17, 2020

• COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Planning Update

  From: Sarah Latham, Vice Chancellor, Business and Administrative Services, June 05, 2020

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