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Radical excellence: UC Santa Cruz joins Association of American Universities

The University of California, Santa Cruz, has joined the Association of American Universities, an achievement that underscores the impact and quality of the campus’s research and graduate and undergraduate education. Membership in the AAU provides UC Santa Cruz greater opportunity to shape and advocate for the future of higher education. more »

November 13, 2019
Student interns work to prevent sexual assault, discrimination
The campus created four paid student internships to increase student engagement with and by the Title IX Office.
November 13, 2019
Latino studies graduate student focused on history, roots
Five years ago, Mario Alberto Gómez-Zamora worked with teen-agers to collect stories from elders in a P'urhépecha indigenous community in Patamban, Michoacán, Mexico. Today, he's a graduate student in Latin American and Latino Studies.
November 12, 2019
UC Santa Cruz collaborates on $14M project to advance cryptographic computing technologies
Computer scientist Owen Arden will lead the UCSC effort in the Baskin School of Engineering.
November 7, 2019
Exploring the impact and ethics of the Frankenstein phenomena
UCSC will present "The Frankenstein Project," a modern theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein story, plus "FrankenCon"-- a three-day conference featuring scientists, theorists, authors, and artists, plus film screenings.
November 7, 2019
Lick Observatory continues popular program for Spanish-speaking community
‘La Noche de las Estrellas’ at Lick Observatory brings science to Spanish-speaking students and their families.
November 6, 2019
Biotech blooms on Santa Cruz’s westside
The biotech boom on the westside of Santa Cruz is the culmination of all the pieces falling into place—brilliant and driven graduate alumni and faculty members who are eager to make people’s lives better, vacant buildings in need of a new purpose, and a university partnering with the community to foster entrepreneurs.
November 4, 2019
Visual studies graduate student drawn by focus on decolonization
Jazmin Benton, who was awarded a Cota-Robles Fellowship, hopes to eventually become a professor and do some curatorial work.
November 4, 2019
Girls Who Code program seeks to increase retention of women in tech
When the nonprofit Girls Who Code started a new “College Loops” program last year, students at UC Santa Cruz were quick to establish a branch.
November 1, 2019
Award-winning poet Gary Soto to read at 10th annual Morton Marcus memorial event
Award-winning poet and novelist Gary Soto will be the featured guest at the 10th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, Thursday, November 7, at 7 p.m. in the UCSC Music Recital Hall.
November 1, 2019
Faculty diversity, retention supported by new grants
About a third of faculty searches across four academic divisions will be included in a new pilot program, while a research team will assess and rethink leadership opportunities.
October 31, 2019
'Solitary Garden' imagines a landscape without prisons
'Solitary Garden'—a yearlong public art project created to protest solitary confinement and mass incarceration—opens at UC Santa Cruz with a public reception on November 5 at the Baskin Arts Studios. It will run on campus through Dec. 6, 2020.
October 31, 2019
Public invited to view Norris Center art-science residency projects
Several examples of art-science collaborations will be on view at the Museum of Art and History on Sunday, Nov. 10 from 10-5 p.m. and at the Norris Center for Natural History on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16 from noon to 5 p.m.