2025
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New Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate builds career-ready skills at UC Santa Cruz
Open to all majors, Crown College’s new I&E Certificate combines coursework, community projects, and practical experience to help students build skills and apply what they learn beyond the classroom.
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Police Department arrests suspect in voyeurism and theft investigations on campus
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has arrested a suspect in connection with multiple campus incidents that occurred between February and May 2025.
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UC Santa Cruz’s new records fee model supports student access and success
Starting Fall 2025, UC Santa Cruz will charge a one-time fee that gives students free lifetime access to official academic records, including transcripts and enrollment verifications.
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Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz named president of Astronomical Society of the Pacific
UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist is the first Latino president in society’s 135-year history
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Revolutionary Rubin Observatory debuts with first images taken by world’s largest camera
UC Santa Cruz researchers have made key contributions to the 20-year collaboration
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New federal rules for digital accessibility, deadline April 2026
Starting April 24, 2026, federal law requires UC Santa Cruz to make all of our digital content accessible to people with disabilities.
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UC Santa Cruz opens cutting-edge Social Documentation Lab to advance justice through film
UC Santa Cruz’s new Social Documentation Laboratory provides a collaborative, inclusive space for graduate students to merge media production with critical scholarship and social justice.
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Powwow returns in celebration of tradition, community, and place
Held in May, the event brought together students, families, and tribal partners in a celebration of Native identity and resilience.


