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UC Santa Cruz’s Film & Digital Media Department has opened a groundbreaking new facility, the Social Documentation Laboratory, with state-of-the-art technology designed to help students elevate socially engaged filmmaking

For UC Santa Cruz’s 60th anniversary, we’re taking a decade-by-decade look at key achievements and memorable moments. The campus has transformed education, advanced groundbreaking research, and prioritized environmental sustainability, all while staying deeply committed to community and social progress.

Rob Irion, longtime UC Santa Cruz senior lecturer and former Science Communication Program director, wrapped up 25 years of teaching this past fall, capping a career that helped create the leading science journalism training program in the world

The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, has transformed the way we view society, ourselves, and one another—enriching both the local community and the academic world