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Will AI tools revolutionize public health? Not if they continue following old patterns, researchers argue.
A new paper published in the journal Social Science & Medicine shares findings from an extensive literature analysis of AI’s current trajectory in health care. more »
November 5, 2024$4 million NSF grant will fund project to improve K-12 mathematics education in partnership with Black disabled students
A grant from the National Science Foundation’s Racial Equity In STEM Education program will support a project led by Assistant Professor of Education Paulo Tan to develop new professional learning resources for K-12 math teachers through a partnership with Black disabled students.
November 5, 2024UCSC Receives 2024 Catalyst Grant Award for climate action
UC Santa Cruz has been awarded a 2024 Catalyst Grant Award to support the campus’s climate action initiatives. The award from Second Nature will support two Sustainability & Environmental Justice Ambassador (SEJA) student workers .
November 4, 2024Fall 2024 Emeriti Lecture: Black Musicians’ Fight for Labor Equality
The UC Santa Cruz Emeriti Association proudly presents its Fall Emeriti Lecture on November 12, 2024. The annual event features UCSC Professor Emerita Leta Miller, who will discuss how the formation and dismantling of monoethnic union chapters illustrate the complexities of combating systemic racism.
November 4, 2024Volunteering for democracy
UC Santa Cruz students, staff, and retirees are providing an essential service to the community by volunteering as poll workers in the 2024 election.
November 1, 2024Legacy of helping minoritized students thrive in STEM careers faces uncertain future
If ultimately fully funded, the MPC2SC Program will start by identifying 10 students at the community college during their freshman year. They will then be guided through a targeted curriculum that will prepare them to transfer to UC Santa Cruz the fall of their junior year.
November 1, 2024Decarbonization policy initiatives will require more data-based decision-making
A new article by UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor of Economics Peter Christensen and co-authors recommends how to collect and apply evidence in order to achieve the greatest possible impact from recent investments in decarbonization in the United States.
November 1, 2024UC Santa Cruz faculty, alumnae joining in worldwide biodiversity conference
Government leaders, scientists, and policy experts from across the world, including UC Santa Cruz alumni and faculty, are gathered in Colombia for worldwide negotiations to protect endangered species, restore damaged habitats, and preserve ecosystems.
October 30, 2024How researchers can maximize biological insights using animal-tracking devices
Biologgers allow us to see with unprecedented precision how animals move and behave in the wild. But that's only part of the picture, according to a UC Santa Cruz ecologist renowned for using biologging data to tell the deeper story about the lives of marine mammals in a changing world.
October 30, 2024UC Santa Cruz named a U.S. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Hub for the Northwest Region
UC Santa Cruz has been selected as one of eight partner institutions in the newly established U.S. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub for the Northwest Region.
October 29, 2024Gearing up for Giving Day
The ninth annual 24-hour crowdfunding campaign will host more than 175 project teams, 20 challenges and is poised to amplify and support thousands of students.
October 29, 2024Three UCSC alumnae named in SF Business Times Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business of 2024
Three alumnae, Judith Bell, Katherine Evans, and Ruby Bolaria Shifrin have been named in SF Business Times Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business of 2024.
October 29, 2024Modern politics reexamined through classic play ‘Inspector General’
Michael Chemers’, a professor of Performance Play and Design and chair of the department at University of California, Santa Cruz, most recent project adapts The Inspector General, a Russian play by Nikolai Gogol which criticized 19th century Russian politics, for a contemporary audience. The show will open on November 15 and runs through November 24 at the Theater Arts Mainstage on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus
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- American Mathematical Society names Professor Chongying Dong a 2025 Fellow
- Former UC Santa Cruz physicist Michael Riordan honored for historical narratives of his field
- California Academy of Sciences Honors Dan Costa with Fellows Medal
- Dickens Project gets prestigious $200,000 NEH grant to host institute for high school teachers
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- Professor A.M. Darke creates groundbreaking work in Black representation
- Renowned higher ed researcher Dr. Adrianna Kezar to visit campus November 7-8
- UC Santa Cruz professor Anna Friz wins international prize in radio
- 2024 CITRIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Program supports wide range of campus research
- Astronomy postdoc to develop technologies that mold starlight to better detect exoplanets
- UC Santa Cruz professor Derek Conrad Murray appointed Editor-in-Chief of leading arts publication
- Search underway for new executive director of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum
