University News & Events

• October 3, 2023

  Welcome Week brings events, energy and enthusiasm to campus community

  In celebration of the start of the fall quarter and in an effort to empower a new class of students to connect with campus, UCSC hosted an array of high-energy and highly attended, Welcome Week activities. This story highlights last week's events.

• October 2, 2023

  Biotech founder and hero of the Human Genome Project joins UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute as Executive Director

  The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute has selected scientist, entrepreneur, and executive Lauren Linton as their new Executive Director.

• October 2, 2023

  Genome study reveals 30 years of Darwin’s finch evolution

  A study led by UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral scholar of Genomics & Bioinformatics Erik Enbody paints a dynamic picture of how species adapt to changing environments.

• September 29, 2023

  Free Arivu concert, Festival of Monsters, and special exhibitions: celebrating National Arts & Humanities Month at UCSC

  UCSC will celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month in October with an array of cultural and artistic happenings, including a free open-air concert by the massively popular Indian rapper Arivu on October 7. Another highlight will be the annual Festival of Monsters, which starts on Friday the 13th.

• September 28, 2023

  Kresge College celebrates first phase of renovation

  Ribbon-cutting event marks the official opening of new residential halls and academic center.

• September 28, 2023

  Anthropology faculty members partner on new National Science Foundation Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science

  UC Santa Cruz anthropology faculty members Tsim Schneider and Jon Daehnke received a more than $500,000 subaward through a new National Science Foundation (NSF) center that aims to address climate change by equitably combining insights from Indigenous knowledges and mainstream "Western" sciences.

• September 28, 2023

  US Department of Agriculture visits UC Santa Cruz to learn about research and workforce development projects

  UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, and students shared information about USDA-funded research and education projects on campus with special guests from the USDA.

• September 27, 2023

  UCSC’s David Deamer and Mark Akeson honored for invention of nanopore sequencing

  UCSC's David Deamer and Mark Akeson won the AAAS Golden Goose award for the invention of nanopore sequencing, a transformational technology for reading DNA and RNA.

• September 27, 2023

  Research partnership will turn power plant emissions into fish feed

  UC Santa Cruz’s ecological aquaculture research team will partner with the company Global Algae Innovations to test whether a microalgae grown using captured carbon dioxide emissions could be an effective feed ingredient for rainbow trout.

• September 26, 2023

  UC Santa Cruz welcomes new faculty to campus

  UC Santa Cruz welcomes 54 new faculty members to campus who bring a wide array of expertise in research and creative scholarship that will open new areas of investigation and expression and expand existing areas of work.

• September 25, 2023

  Alumna Kathryn Sullivan enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame

  Kathryn Sullivan (Cowell ’73, Earth sciences) was the first American woman to walk in space, the first woman to reach the deepest point of the ocean floor, and the only person to ever do both. On Sept. 22, she was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Washington, DC.

• September 25, 2023

  Vice Chancellor Akirah Bradley-Armstrong shares a welcome message with all students

  As we kick off the 2023-2024 academic year, Akirah Bradley-Armstrong, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Success, shares a welcome message with all UC Santa Cruz students.

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