University News & Events

• September 27, 2022

  Preserving Earth’s future: Frontier Fellows program funds undergraduate research

  The Earth Futures Institute’s Frontier Fellows program offers undergraduate research opportunities and funding at UC Santa Cruz. The 2022-2023 academic year fellows include fourth years Peter Nguyen, Hayley Coyle, and Aja Bond, each working on their own project to sustain Earth’s future.

• September 27, 2022

  Frontier Fellows: Peter Nguyen

  The Earth Futures Institute’s Frontier Fellows program offers undergraduate research opportunities and funding at UC Santa Cruz. UCSC student Peter Nguyen studies a federally listed endangered flowering plant—Lupinus nipomensis.

• September 27, 2022

  Campus comes to life as a new academic year begins

  After more than two years of virtual and hybrid learning, the beginning of the fall quarter last Thursday marked the welcome return to in-person instruction at UC Santa Cruz. The energy and enthusiasm for the year ahead are evident in the many happenings already occurring across campus.

• September 26, 2022

  New study shows transmission of epigenetic memory across multiple generations

  Changing the epigenetic marks on chromosomes leads to altered gene expression in offspring and in grandoffspring, demonstrating ‘transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.’

• September 23, 2022

  The enduring power of Ramses The Great

  Archaeologist and UCSC history professor Elaine Sullivan to speak October 2 about the religious, cultural and political realms of Pharaoh Ramses II, now the focus of a popular exhibit in San Francisco.

• September 23, 2022

  Partnership across UC campuses will prepare the next generation of leaders in organic agriculture

  A USDA grant of more than $700,000 will support a collaboration led by UC Santa Cruz to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.

• September 23, 2022

  Three UC Santa Cruz alums are revolutionizing telehealth with their virtual reality physical therapy platform

  Immergo Labs, founded in 2020, provides an affordable, accessible, and immersive telehealth physical therapy care platform.

• September 23, 2022

  UCSC chemistry department garners three NIH MIRA grants

  These grants provide five years of funding for research programs at UCSC on protein synthesis, biosynthetic strategies, and biochemical mechanisms involved in cancer.

• September 22, 2022

  NSF funding will strengthen infrastructure for open source ecosystems at UCSC

  Co-principal investigator Stephanie Lieggi and PI Carlos Maltzahn will develop a plan to recruit research software engineering staff who can establish and maintain the support infrastructure necessary for open source projects to thrive within the university context.

• September 21, 2022

  UC Santa Cruz’s Research Center for the Americas to be named in honor of Dolores Huerta

  UC Santa Cruz will rename the Research Center for the Americas, which is celebrating 30 years of groundbreaking research, in honor of social justice icon Dolores Huerta, whose legacy has influenced the center’s work and values.

• September 20, 2022

  Karen Miga discusses the future of equitable genomics research with Clinton, Bono

  UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Director for Human Pangenomics at the UCSC Genomics Institute Karen Miga joined former President Bill Clinton, U2 lead singer Bono, and Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus to talk about the greatest health challenges and opportunities the world is currently facing. 

• September 20, 2022

  UCSC names new Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity and Equal Protection

  UC Santa Cruz has named Catherine A. Carroll, an attorney with deep experience in equity and equal protection work, as its next Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity and Equal Protection.

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