2025
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UC Santa Cruz GEAR UP and PVUSD mark 25 years of advancing student success
Since 2000, the partnership has provided tens of thousands of local students with academic guidance, family engagement, and strong community connections to help them prepare for college.
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Birdwatching tourism is booming. Some countries are benefiting, while others are left behind
Birding tourism can support sustainable development and habitat conservation across the tropics, but only if countries can successfully attract birders. New research reveals what affects birdwatchers’ choice of destinations.
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Notice of open comment: UC Policy on the Use of Online Program Management Companies
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on an Interim Presidential Policy for the University of California’s Use of Online Program Management Companies.
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Advising lawmakers on how to boost youth mental health
Sociology Professor Rebecca London testified before the state assembly to share policy recommendations and lessons from local community-led programs
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UC Santa Cruz among top 15 Alt-Ivies of 2025 by Town & Country
Town & Country said UC Santa Cruz was included because of its “growing reputation for research, social justice, and environmental sustainability.”
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Bay Tree renovation coming winter 2026
The Bay Tree Building will undergo renovation in 2026, creating new student spaces, a reimagined market, and a central home for Resource Centers.
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UC Santa Cruz and The Conservation Fund create a transformative collaboration to conserve regional habitat and pursue sustainable organic-farm expansion
The collaboration will advance the campus’s leadership in conservation, education, sustainability, and agroecology while preserving critical coastal landscapes and habitats for future generations
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Volunteers needed for fall move-in — sign up today!
Help welcome Banana Slugs during fall move-in by volunteering to greet students, assist families, and support campus.
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New model aims to demystify ‘steam worlds’ beyond our solar system
Water-rich exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may indicate where life exists elsewhere in the universe
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Return to the Redwoods welcomes hundreds back for third year and first-ever ABC alumni reunion
Return to the Redwoods 2025 saw hundreds of alumni return to UC Santa Cruz for a weekend filled with celebration.
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Brightest fast radio burst ever seen lets researchers pinpoint origin with unprecedented precision
Researchers use newly deployed ‘CHIME Outrigger’ telescopes and deep-space imaging to challenge long-held assumptions about what causes these mysterious cosmic signals