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November 29, 2017
Big data for social good: Tri-county initiative will benefit K-12 students
Rod Ogawa and Rebecca London are helping launch a data-sharing initiative that will benefit K-12 students in Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties.
November 19, 2017
Cross country team finishes season with championship appearance
UC Santa Cruz’s cross country team wrapped up a banner racing season over the weekend as the men's team placed 26th at the NCAA Division III National Championships.
November 16, 2017
Tackling challenges on the way to a national championship
UC Santa Cruz’s men’s rugby team looks forward to a promising 50th season
November 06, 2017
Bioinformatics leaders partner to build platform for NIH Data Commons
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of Chicago, and the Broad Institute will create the Commons Alliance Platform with funding from the National Institutes of Health.
November 03, 2017
Student-run hackathon scheduled for January 19-21 at UC Santa Cruz
CruzHacks 2018 is seeking sponsors to support the popular technology development event.
October 18, 2017
Dean Alex Wolf leads growing engineering school in era of technological change
As he begins his second full academic year as dean, Alex Wolf discusses his first year and his plans for the future of the engineering school in a wide-ranging interview.
October 02, 2017
Games and Playable Media faculty to discuss future trends at IndieCade Festival
SceneSampler, a game from UCSC's Social Emotional Technology Lab, is an official game selection to be demonstrated at the international festival of independent games.
September 01, 2017
Parents know best: How everyday conversations foster children's learning
For more than two decades, developmental psychologist Maureen Callanan has collaborated with Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose to study how children learn to think about the world around them.
August 24, 2017
NSF awards $1.5 million grant for data science research at UC Santa Cruz
A cross-disciplinary team of computer scientists, statisticians, and mathematicians is developing the theoretical foundations of the emerging field of data science.
June 29, 2017
UC Santa Cruz launches new data science research center
Data, Discovery, and Decisions (D3) research center provides a platform for collaboration between industry and academia in the emerging field of data science.
June 28, 2017
Nanopipette technology wins first place in NIH 'Follow that Cell' challenge
Biomolecular engineer Nader Pourmand has spent years developing technology to measure and track changes within a single living cell over time.
June 06, 2017
Materials Science and Engineering Initiative focuses on sustainability
UC Santa Cruz researchers are developing new materials for a wide range of devices and products, from solar cells to surfboards.
April 14, 2017
Computer pioneer Harry Huskey dies at age 101
Harry Huskey, professor emeritus of computer science, worked on early computing systems and helped universities around the world establish computer science programs.
March 21, 2017
UC Santa Cruz ranked among top schools for game design
UCSC is featured on Princeton Review's 2017 lists for top undergraduate and graduate programs in game design.
February 22, 2017
Men's volleyball ranks No. 2 in division
Each week committees from around the country in each division study the week’s match ups to determine the best teams.
February 14, 2017
GameSpace offers a playable visualization of 16,000 videogames
UCSC researchers developed the game as a tool to help people find information about videogames.
January 20, 2017
City, university wharf partnership earns Silicon Valley award
The GreenWharf is a suite of collaborative projects that together minimize the footprint of wharf operations on the surrounding environment while enhancing its appeal as a visitor destination.
January 17, 2017
UC Santa Cruz receives $2.2 million for innovation and entrepreneurship program
New support program will help bring research innovations to the marketplace and spur economic development in the Santa Cruz area.
January 06, 2017
UC Santa Cruz will host annual hackathon January 20 to 22
Hack UCSC 2017 will draw software developers, designers, and entrepreneurs for a coding marathon.
January 05, 2017
UC Santa Cruz engineers work with Samsung on promising new memory technology
Innovations in "spintronics" have led some to predict the eventual emergence of a universal memory technology to replace all others.