University News & Events

• January 16, 2025

  Building the tools to explore new worlds

  UC Santa Cruz Engineering Fellowship supports alumnus Michael Gonzales’ role with SCALES

• January 16, 2025

  A legacy of philanthropy and leadership at UC Santa Cruz

  Alumnus Steve Bruce (Cowell ’79, economics) reflects on his support for his alma mater.

• January 16, 2025

  Fellowship to provide full tuition for up to ten CA students to study Natural Language Processing at UC Santa Cruz

  Up to ten California-residents will receive full scholarships to pursue a Masters of Science in Natural Language Processing for the 2025-26 academic year.

• January 16, 2025

  A Dream Realized: Silver Slug Award empowers first-gen student

  UCSC student Stephanie Mayo-Burgos (Porter ’25, environmental studies and legal studies) pursues her dreams with the help of the Silver Slug Award.

• January 16, 2025

  Charting the future of finance

  Sameet Mehta appointed as advisory board chair of the Center for Analytical Finance at UC Santa Cruz.

• January 15, 2025

  Coral-reef restoration can be cost-effective for saving lives, money

  A new study co-led by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at UC Santa Cruz shows coral reef restoration in Florida and Puerto Rico could save thousands of lives and prevent hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and economic interruption each year.

• January 15, 2025

  2024 Outstanding Staff Award honoree seeks to lift campus educators as leaders driving equitable change

  Kendra Dority, director of graduate student and postdoc professional development at the Teaching and Learning Center, has been awarded the 2024 Outstanding Staff Award. "I am proud to be part of a team that is so dedicated to supporting the teaching community at UC Santa Cruz,”

• January 14, 2025

  Rick Flores named Executive Director of Arboretum & Botanic Garden

  Rick Flores has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

• January 13, 2025

  Honoring UCSC’s 2024 Alumni Awards recipients

  Six alumni were honored on Oct. 25 at the Alumni Awards Celebration dinner. Learn more about each recipient and watch their video feature.

• January 13, 2025

  Advancing advocacy: Scholarship supports student’s goals in law and justice

  Emmanuel Ogundipe (Stevenson ’25, legal studies) plans to pursue law school upon graduation. The Gabriel Zimmerman scholarship award is helping him towards his dream.

• January 13, 2025

  Dean of Arts Celine Parreñas Shimizu’s newest work addresses sexuality and the importance of higher education and relationships between women in forging one’s power

  Renowned filmmaker, film scholar and Dean of the Arts Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Celine Parreñas Shimizu will premiere her latest film at the 27th San Francisco’s Independent Film Festival on Friday, February 7, 2025 at the Roxie Theater.

• January 13, 2025

  New data shows how ‘rage giving’ boosted immigrant-serving nonprofits during the first Trump Administration

  Nonprofits that provide legal services for immigrants ended up receiving increases in public contributions in the wake of Trump's attacks on immigrants, demonstrating a backlash effect that's sometimes called “rage giving.”

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