2025
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New Physics Department professorship reflects an engineer’s love of science and his spouse
Bruce Schumm is the inaugural Darrell D.E. Long and Elaine N. Long Family Professor in Experimental Physics
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Regional ocean dynamics can be better emulated with AI models
Researchers show the success of their technical in a critical region: the Gulf of Mexico.
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Building community through constructive dialogue
The Division of Student Affairs and Success is excited to announce a new partnership with the Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) to bring Perspectives—an innovative online learning program—to our campus community.
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CITRIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Program (I2P) funds three campus projects
The 2025-26 edition requested projects focused in three areas: Society, Media and Technology, AgTech, and EdTech.
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Protecting NASA funding ensures breakthroughs in space science and benefits in daily life continue
From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research touch nearly every aspect of modern life
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Nominations open for Chancellor’s Innovation Impact Awards
Celebrating innovation that changes lives—submit your nomination for Innovator of the Year.
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Breaking barriers and guiding others
As an outreach specialist with UC Santa Cruz’s Underground Scholars Program, Sammy Chavez (Rachel Carson ’25, Latin American and Latino studies and sociology) supports students navigating complex challenges in higher education. While completing his own degree, he was recognized with the Silver Slug Scholarship as a staff member pursuing his studies.
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Introducing the UC Santa Cruz Spaces Directory
Discover Spaces, UC Santa Cruz’s new directory at spaces.ucsc.edu—find study lounges, meeting rooms, event venues, clear policies, and contacts to reserve accessible campus spaces easily.
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Carol Greider receives American Cancer Society Professor Award
The award includes a grant that will support Greider’s research that advances her Nobel-winning discovery of the DNA caps at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres
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Join the Office For Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Community Of Interest
The Community of Interest provides a framework for each of us to learn more about historic forms of exclusion and their manifestations in the present day.
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WASC Reaccreditation—Opportunity to Meet with the Review Team on October 30, 2025
UC Santa Cruz is undergoing a reaccreditation review. These reviews happen every ten years.