2026
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Owl’s Nest serves up a new menu, with a reusable bowl program coming soon
Owl’s Nest debuts a new bowl menu and will be the first UC Santa Cruz dining location to offer USEFULL reusable takeout containers with pilot programming launching this fall.
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UC Santa Cruz joins national research initiative on student basic needs
UC Santa Cruz joins a national research initiative to better understand students’ basic needs challenges and improve access to support.
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Teaching students scientific-storytelling skills to inspire change
The senior capstone course ESCI 191 equips environmental-science majors with digital-storytelling skills to translate complex climate data into compelling narratives to immerse and engage the public.
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Race the Flame brings wildfire evacuation run to campus Oct. 17
The 2.2-mile community run and walk starts at the East Field and ends with an emergency preparedness fair.
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City of Santa Cruz to pilot safety improvements at intersection of Bay and Escalona drives
To improve safety at this intersection, the city will install temporary traffic control measures to eliminate the left turn and through movements on Escalona Drive.
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2027 Campus Elections applications are open
Learn more about this year’s application process and election orientation sessions.
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Winter Curtailment 2026–2027
Our 2026-27 winter curtailment will run from Thursday, December 24, 2026, through Friday, January 1, 2027. Work is scheduled to resume on Monday, January 4, 2027.
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Ashesh Chattopadhyay named Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow
Chattopadhyay will build steerable AI for science models with the prestigious fellowship
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Update on BCycle service
To support transportation options throughout the community, UC Santa Cruz and BCycle signed a five-year contract in 2023 as part of the e-bike share company’s launch across Santa Cruz County. Our students, faculty, and staff now represent about 80% of BCycle ridership in the region–helping our affiliates get around campus and into the community, reducing…
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Budget update: Campus making significant progress
Campus leaders are focused on increasing revenues, controlling expenditures, and planning for the long-term success of the campus.
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New detection technique advances early warnings for toxic algal blooms
UC Santa Cruz researchers use passive resin samplers to track chemical cues, extending predictive lead time for harmful algal blooms in Monterey Bay by up to seven weeks.
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Humanities students get real-world experience through summer programs
This past summer, 26 UC Santa Cruz humanities students had immersive work experiences across California in media offices, city government, museum curatorial work, nonprofit organizations and literary publishing— the result of two university programs, the Summer Humanities EXCEL program and HumLaunch. Both are designed to translate humanistic study into professional experiences.