Science
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A ripple effect of support: Alumna Bev Crair uplifts student success
Alumna Bev Crair (Stevenson ’83, computer science and mathematics) actively supports UC Santa Cruz philanthropically and currently serves as the co-chair for the university’s comprehensive fundraising campaign, Inspiring Change.
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Team builds best-performing detection system for next-generation accelerators
At the high beam-repetition rates of advanced accelerators, eventually reaching beyond one billion times per second, existing detection systems that are critical for ensuring precise measurements fail
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Toxic algal blooms linked to deaths of recently stranded humpback whales
Lab tests conducted at UC Santa Cruz of samples taken from the two carcasses found domoic acid, the biotoxin that causes neurological impairment, seizures, and death in marine mammals.
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Celebrating a shared cosmos and advancing Black equity in space science
Black in Astro, co-led by an astronomy postdoc at UC Santa Cruz, welcomes all to join the grassroots organization’s virtual conference to find inspiration and connection in a vibrant global community
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Celebrating the Class of 2026
UC Santa Cruz is highlighting some of the amazing students in the Class of 2026. Video vignettes will be published throughout the week.
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In Memoriam: Barry Bowman
For nearly 40 years, Barry Bowman and his wife, Emma Jean (Rusty) Bowman, worked side by side in UC Santa Cruz’s Sinsheimer Laboratories, conducting research to build our understanding of a part of the cell called the vacuole.
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RNA Center founder Harry Noller cements a legacy of brilliance and creativity
The visionary who discovered that RNA powers the ribosome now turns his focus to his other lifelong loves: his saxophone, vintage cars, and family.
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Bradley Colquitt wins McKnight Foundation award to continue neuroscience research
The Colquitt Lab studies neural circuits in songbirds to understand how complex behavior emerges and evolves
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The best pollinators can drive evolutionary changes in flowers, new study finds
Researchers find hummingbirds to be better pollinators of mountain flowers than bees, prompting the plants to adopt traits that favor the fast, feathered carriers over the fuzzy, buzzy ones
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The frontier of brain science: AI and organoid research takes center stage in Silicon Valley
At a meeting of minds, researchers discussed a platform that could finally reveal the intimate workings of the human brain, and what happens if we succeed.
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Ancient DNA offers hope for California’s critically endangered black abalone
UC Santa Cruz researchers have, for the first time, sequenced whole genomes from mollusk shells, unlocking 1,500 years of genetic history for a species on the brink