Science
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UC Santa Cruz among top 10 public U.S. universities with high-impact research, analysis shows
The campus ranks among the top 10 public universities in the United States home to high-impact researchers, according to a recent analysis by Clarivate.
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Dr. Ramon Resa: Building a life of service in the Central Valley
Ramon Resa (Crown ’76, biology) grew up picking crops in California’s Central Valley and went on to spend over four decades as a pediatrician in the community he calls home. A UC Santa Cruz alumnus, Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, and author, Resa has built a life defined by service.
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Three UC Santa Cruz professor-student teams win Keck Foundation funding
The program provides funds to support the career trajectories of early- to mid-career faculty and their graduate students.
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Two UC Santa Cruz faculty members named 2025 AAAS fellows
Katharyne Mitchell and Adina Paytan were awarded the lifetime honor.
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UC Santa Cruz’s deep expertise with elephant seals vital to avian influenza monitoring
Well-trained students and scientists are the boots on the beach collecting the samples and observations needed to help a statewide collaboration of responders monitor the recent outbreak
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An adventurous vulture’s plight
Disturbing increases in toxic lead exposure are linked to wider foraging by the critically endangered California condor and more wild pigs being shot throughout the state, masking positive effects of outreach and lead-ammo bans
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Father’s tobacco use may raise children’s diabetes risk
Mouse study finds link between father’s nicotine exposure and offspring’s metabolism
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Does sexual harassment behavior matter for ecosystems?
Intense harassment of females by male mosquitofish increases the ecosystem consequences of this highly invasive fish
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Against all odds, popular math animator Grant Sanderson wooed into the redwoods
Mathematics Department convinced famous YouTuber to speak on campus, enthralling a full house with visualizations of high-dimensional geometry that powers large language models
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Supposedly harmless peptide may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease
New paper from UC Santa Cruz chemistry lab argues that efforts to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s should stop ignoring a short protein called P3, the ‘neglected cousin’ of amyloid beta
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First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in northern elephant seals confirmed in California
The outbreak marks the first cases of HPAI H5N1 in marine mammals in California and the first detection in northern elephant seals.
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Ancient DNA reveals Ice Age mammals thrived after volcanic eruption
UC Santa Cruz researchers were able to collect ancient DNA preserved in permafrost for insight into how a natural disaster impacted genetic diversity.