January 17, 2025 UCHRI grants advance Humanities research on campus . This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power, with critical funding from the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI).

Jan 31, 2025 · UCSC in the news. Los Angeles Times UC, a top recipient of federal research funding, is concerned about Trump pause on grant reviews; The Mercury News ‘Rage-giving’ bolstered migrant nonprofits through Trump’s first term. How will they fare in the next? CalMatters Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn; More

Jan 29, 2025 · February 04, 2025 UC Santa Cruz scientists slither into the history books with first complete genome of a banana slug. Not only is the banana slug the endearing mascot for UC Santa Cruz — making the project fitting for campus researchers — but the slugs’ unique slime was a particularly challenging undertaking for UCSC’s experts in genomics.

15 hours ago · Dear UC Santa Cruz community, The rapid shift in federal policy and priorities is creating uncertainty for UC Santa Cruz, our UC system and universities across the country. To keep our university community informed and updated, the UC Office of the President has published a new webpage that shares ...

3 days ago · UC Santa Cruz scientists slither into the history books with first complete genome of a banana slug. Not only is the banana slug the endearingly eccentric mascot for UC Santa Cruz — making the project fitting for campus researchers — but the slugs’ unique slime was a particularly challenging undertaking for UCSC’s experts in genomics

Dec 15, 2022 · February 01, 2023 New traditions. UC Santa Cruz alumni Florence Nelson, Stephen Klein, and Nadene Thorne are at the forefront of volunteering at Cowell College.

Jan 5, 2021 · December 22, 2021 Impacts of rainy weather on coronavirus outbreaks reveal economic benefits from earlier social distancing. Economists at UC Santa Cruz used rainy weather as a natural experiment to understand how communities across the U.S. that started some form of social distancing slightly earlier may have …

Special reports from UC Santa Cruz. November 2018 The evolution of Kresge College; June 2018 How to find truth in today’s partisan world; October 2017 Neutron stars, gravitational waves, and all the gold in the universe; February 2017 Cancer in the crosshairs; December 2016 Work hard, play hard: Life according to renowned biochemist Harry Noller; April 2016 Why don't we …

January 29, 2025 Climate change reshuffles species like a deck of cards, new study finds. A new study led by UC Santa Cruz ecology and evolutionary biologist Malin Pinsky finds that temperature changes due to climate change have a doubly detrimental impact: Not only do they destabilize animal populations, but the impacts accelerate as temperatures change more rapidly.

Sep 17, 2024 · Celebrating 60 years of bold authenticity—highlighting the voices of creative thinkers and carving new paths of possibility. Students from UC Santa Cruz's first classes—many of whom had learned about it from an article in Life magazine—often say they were attracted to its redwood-studded landscape, mind-expanding vistas, and the sense that it was a place where dreams could become reality.