October 2025
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Get to know our researchers
Meet some of the passionate people leading our impact and innovation. Public support and federal funding make this work possible.
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New study values the benefits of mangroves for reducing property damages in recent hurricanes
Researchers used industry models to price the benefit of mangroves during Hurricanes Irma and Ian at $725 million and $4.1 billion, respectively
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Budget update: Progress and planning for the year ahead
UC Santa Cruz has made significant gains toward closing its budget gap and building a stronger financial foundation. That effort continues this year, as the campus focuses on increasing revenue, controlling costs, and planning for long-term success
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United Nations and Baskin Engineering to host West Coast’s first ‘Reboot the Earth’ hackathon
The event will bring together developers to create technological solutions to address the climate crisis.
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Local elementary and middle school students celebrate the joy of math at UC Santa Cruz-hosted festival
A campus-hosted offering of the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival helped students build confidence and a sense of belonging around math.
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Fall 2025 Emeriti Lecture: “Kicking the Prow: Reflections on a Life in Conversation with Past and Present People and Other Creatures”
Featuring UCSC Professor Emerita Diane Gifford-Gonzalez
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With expertise in finance, tech, ag, and more, new leaders elected to join UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees
The foundation invests, stewards, and grows an endowment in support of the mission of UC Santa Cruz.
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At the Crossroads of Language and AI
As technology advances in English, a UCSC professor is making sure Indigenous languages don’t get left behind.
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UCSC-led international collaboration sheds new light on bacterial mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
A collaboration between researchers in Santa Cruz and Puebla, Mexico, is working to eliminate the bacterial genes driving antibiotic resistance.
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AI leaders gather in Silicon Valley for UC Santa Cruz, SF Tech Week event
More than 200 people gathered for an event called “AI Frontier: Data, Agents & Robots.”