2014
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UC Santa Cruz among top five institutions seeing growth in NIH funding
UC Santa Cruz is in the top five of institutions that have seen significant increases in funding from the National Institutes of Health over the past decade.
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UC Santa Cruz establishes Symantec Presidential Chair in Storage and Security
Computer scientist Ethan Miller has been appointed to a new endowed chair funded by a gift from Symantec and UC Presidential matching funds
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Housing needed for students
The highly competitive local rental market means that some UC Santa Cruz students are still working to finalize their housing plans with less than two weeks before the start of the academic year.
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Linguists receive $260,000 grant to study endangered Irish language
“Although we all have tongues, we are surprisingly bad at knowing precisely what they’re doing or conveying that to others,” says UC Santa Cruz professor of linguistics Jaye Padgett…
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Mixing it up on Science Hill
An innovative graduate program on Science Hill is breaking down barriers between the biomedical sciences, encouraging interdisciplinary research, and enabling students from different departments and divisions to work closely together.
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In Memoriam: Matthew Sands
Matthew Linzee Sands, professor emeritus of physics who was instrumental in establishing Kresge College, died September 13 in Santa Cruz, five weeks shy of his 95th birthday.
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California’s sea otter numbers holding steady
California’s sea otter population is slowly swimming toward recovery, according to the latest field survey.
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Important Notice – Annual campus Move In
Residential Move In has impacts on campus parking and traffic and we ask for your patience and flexibility. It is important to note the following restrictions and alternative parking options:
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UCSC places with open mindedness
The well-known open mindedness of UC Santa Cruz is noted in two recent lists of top colleges.
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Library taps specialist to explore role of technology in Humanities research
The University Library and Humanities Division have jointly awarded a two-year Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Postdoctoral Fellowship supporting digital humanities scholarship to Rachel Deblinger.
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Renowned astronomer Harland Epps to be honored at ‘Harfest’ conference Sept. 23-24
Leading astronomers from around the world will gather to honor UC Santa Cruz astronomer Harland W. Epps, who retired in July.
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Native vegetation makes a comeback on Santa Cruz Island
Study led by UC Santa Cruz undergrads shows native shrubs reclaiming the island on their own after removal of introduced grazers.