George Blumenthal, who has served as Acting Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz for the past 14 months, has been named Chancellor by the UC Board of Regents. A distinguished professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz and former chair of UCSC's and UC's Academic Senate, George Blumenthal is the campus's tenth Chancellor.
In a video message to the UC Santa Cruz community, the newly appointed Chancellor talks about the essence of the campus he has known for 35 years and the goals that we can achieve by working together. [More]