UC Santa Cruz

The incoming class adds diversity and academic strength to the UC Santa Cruz student community.

Welcome Class of 2022

Students are joining UC Santa Cruz at a remarkable time, with the campus finishing its new Strategic Academic Plan, offering a redesigned core course in the residential colleges, providing more training to foster an inclusive environment, and more.

Faculty Insight

How to boost voting among youth

How to boost voting among youth

Professor Veronica Terriquez writes in the Los Angeles Times that many young Californians don't see the connection between their lives and state and local elections.

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New faculty to advance campus teaching, research

New faculty to advance campus teaching, research

UC Santa Cruz is welcoming more than 35 new faculty members this year, bringing the campus total to 603.

Tracking marine migrations to aid conservation

Tracking marine migrations to aid conservation

By tracking migratory marine species, scientists reveal movements through different countries' waters and in the open ocean beyond areas of national jurisdiction.

Memory research sheds light on creativity, learning

Memory research sheds light on creativity, learning

Associate Professor Ben Storm says our memories are designed to make things inaccessible, one of many insights gained from his research.

Quantum science nearing a technological revolution

Quantum science nearing a technological revolution

Theorist Yuan Ping is developing computational methods to guide the design of new materials for quantum computing and other quantum information technologies.

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The Line Up

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