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‘Find Your Path!’ opens doors for successful careers in the arts
Professionals in arts disciplines know there is always a way to make a living doing what you love, and the award-winning faculty and alumni from UC Santa Cruz are here to prove it. Find Your Path!, an annual event hosted by the Arts Division brings together professionals from a variety of fields for a two-day seminar that helps students learn about potential pathways to success. more »
April 2, 2025Alumna Reyna Grande named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of the 21st Century
Grande’s memoir, A Dream Called Home, chronicles Grande’s journey to UC Santa Cruz and becoming a best-selling author
April 1, 2025Acclaimed poet and cultural theorist Fred Moten to deliver this year’s Hayden V. White Lecture
The celebrated poet, scholar and theorist Fred Moten will give this year’s Hayden V. White Distinguished Annual Lecture on Wednesday, April 9 at the Hay Barn on campus. The talk, which is free and open to the public, starts at 6 p.m.
April 1, 2025UC Santa Cruz working with Universidad Autónoma de Baja California on cooperative research initiatives, faculty and student exchanges
UC Santa Cruz leaders last week formally recognized the university’s burgeoning relationship with the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) through the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The agreement highlights a commitment by both institutions to develop cooperative research and cultural initiatives, and faculty and student exchanges.
March 31, 2025Brain cells are more plastic than previously thought, study shows
Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists show that neurons are capable of changing from one type to another.
March 27, 2025Astronomy Ph.D. candidate researching mysteries of sub-Neptune planets wins fellowship
UC Santa Cruz astronomy Ph.D. candidate Sagnick Mukherjee has received one of the most sought-after postdoctoral awards in the field: the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. In its March 27 announcement, the awarding Heising-Simons Foundation named Mukherjee one of eight new fellows, recognizing them as exceptional postdoctoral scientists who deserve support to continue their research in planetary astronomy.
March 27, 2025Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members named 2024 AAAS fellows
Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members have been named new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS awarded the lifetime honor to professors David Deamer, Theodore Holman, and Raphael Kudela on March 27.
March 27, 2025The Emeriti Association presents the 2025 Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture
In the April 8 Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture, Susan Harding explores the limits of modern secularity and secular norms during the 1980’s “Satanic Panic” and today.
March 27, 2025Porter College's EnCore celebrates student voices and vision
Each year, Porter College hosts EnCore, a culminating exhibition of student projects from Porter 1, the college’s core course. The event features multimedia art and handmade books exploring identity, community, and creative expression. Select works are added to the university’s special collections library.
March 26, 2025Alumna named to Inc.’s Female Founders 500 List
Cassi Janakos recognized for leading workplace lactation solutions
March 26, 2025Engineering undergrad is fastest to solve national codebreaker challenge for the second year in a row
For the second year in a row, UC Santa Cruz undergraduate computer engineering student Astra Tsai was the fastest student to solve the National Security Administration’s (NSA) codebreaker challenge.
March 26, 2025Virtual communications remain essential to modern workflows. Here’s what psychology research says about implications and best-practices.
As more companies and governments issue often unpopular return-to-office mandates, there’s still very little evidence about how remote work compares to in-person settings, especially when it comes to communication, which is the foundation of collaboration. Psychology researchers at UC Santa Cruz have been working to fill in the gaps by investigating the nuances of virtual communication.
March 26, 2025Artist Talk provides a deep dive into dance as rebellion
Many have seen the newest mural on campus, Danza a la Rebeldía (Dance as Rebellion), but now is the chance to learn more about it. On April 15 alumni muralists Irene Juarez-O’Connell and Victor Cervantes will join John Jota Leaños, a professor of Film and Digital Media and the assistant dean of Diversity Equity and Inclusion for the Arts Division, for a discussion about the work.
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