UCSC Campus Natural History
UCSC Long Range Development Plan
Long Range Development Plan UCSC 1963 Warnecke and Assoc.
An Uncommon Place: A Digital Companion traces decisive moments in the creation of UC Santa Cruz, from the 1950s until the late 1970s. This Digital Companion follows the structure of the original exhibit in the Porter College Sesnon Gallery and the Cowell College Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, marking the early history of UCSC through images and multi-media material. The exhibit was curated by emeriti professors James Clifford, Michael Cowan, Virginia Jansen, and emeritus campus architect Frank Zwart for the 50th Anniversary of UCSC.
In the Ecotone: The UC Santa Cruz Campus is a new book by emeritus humanities professor Jim Clifford that reflects on the campus as an extraordinary architectural and ecological site. Part 2 Part 3
2020-2040 LRDP Slide Presentation
Opening the Door on Student Housing West: On-campus housing to expand using public-private partnership. By Georgia Johnson - June 8, 2017.
The Many Faces of Capstone: Developer part of complex corporate web with history of faulty construction. By Sean Ross - February 15, 2018. City on a Hill is student newspaper.
Revision of EIR Oct 2017.
UC History, Santa Cruz: Bibliography
Other Resources
The Natural history of the UC Santa Cruz campus Haff, Tonya M.; Brown, Martha T.; Tyler, W. Breck.; UCSC Environmental Studies Department. Science & Engineering Library General Collection; QH105.C2 N37 2008; McHenry Reference Desk QH105.C2 N37 2008. 1st edition summary.
Unnatural History of UCSC is a book written by UCSC students in Jeff Arnet's class.
City on a Hill is our student newspaper.
Santa Cruz Sentinel is the local newspaper.
Six Degrees of Slug has info on UCSC history, including founders Dean McHenry, Clark Kerr and Page Smith who rode a horse on campus and helped create the Peace Corps. Alan Chadwick helped establish organic food in the US, and planted the seeds that made UCSC a pioneer in sustainable agro-ecology. Ken Norris did pioneering work on marine mammals and led to saving Falcons and thus other raptors from extinction from DDT (UCSC'S Richard Cooley helped fund Carson's Silent Spring).