 | UC Santa Cruz leads $11 million Center for Big Data in Translational Genomics The National Institutes of Health has awarded UC Santa Cruz funding for a new research center as part of the NIH Big Data to Knowledge initiative. |
 | Computer scientist Charlie McDowell hailed as advocate for women in tech McDowell and alumnus Jacob Martinez are featured on a list of "10 Men Making Waves for Women in Tech" |
 | A decade later: How the organic foods movement has grown and evolved Professor Julie Guthman's new edition of "Agrarian Dreams: The Paradox of Organic Farming in California" looks at the state of the organic food movement today and some of the strange puzzles that afflict it. |
 | UC Santa Cruz named top college for Hispanic students Noting UC Santa Cruz's first-year retention rate of 91 percent and 74 percent graduation rate, a college comparison website has named the campus first in the nation for Hispanic/Latino students. |
