2025
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UC Santa Cruz scientists to develop diamond-based sensors to monitor fusion-energy generation
Diamonds can withstand the extreme radiation inside the reactor of a nuclear power plant
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Bargaining Update (November 2025)
Beginning this month, I will be sharing monthly labor updates from UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Katherine Newman to keep faculty and staff informed about ongoing system-wide bargaining developments.
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UC Santa Cruz earns multiple awards for sustainability excellence
UC Santa Cruz ranked No. 6 Green College by Princeton Review and 10th in Zero Waste Campuses, as developed by the Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN).
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Leading genomics research powers innovation and direct human impact
At a Genomics Rooftop Mixer, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute researchers displayed the promise of genomics for improving lives
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Giving Day raises nearly $2 million
On the 10th anniversary of Giving Day, the UC Santa Cruz community shattered records for total dollars raised and number of contributing donors.
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Enter to win $75! Complete the fall transportation survey today
Please take about 10 minutes to complete the fall 2025 transportation survey to help us improve our programs and services.
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SAB Staff Mentorship Program: Application period now open
The program provides a supportive structure in which participants can cultivate contacts, explore challenges, and enhance effectiveness as they design their personal growth and career paths.
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UC Santa Cruz is the top public research university in the world for highly cited researchers amid strong 2025 list
25 UC Santa Cruz researchers earned a spot on the prestigious annual list.
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UCSC’s 2025 United Way Employee Campaign now underway
This year’s theme, United Is the Way, celebrates the power of collective action to create lasting change in our community. Every dollar raised here stays here, and anyone, including members of our UC Santa Cruz community, can access these programs and resources.
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UC Santa Cruz is giving fallen redwoods a second life
Thanks to an on-site milling program, downed redwood trees are transformed into benches, picnic tables, and other long-lasting fixtures, keeping the wood and its story on campus.
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Humanistic approaches to urgent environmental issues
At UC Santa Cruz, the environmental humanities encourage us to ask: what happens when we stop treating the natural world as merely a backdrop, resource, or object of study—and instead treat it as a web of interconnected lives?