Science
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Cal Teach at 20: Striving to continue sending much-needed STEM educators into underserved communities
UC Santa Cruz program marks 20 years of putting service-minded STEM majors on a path to helping public schools students embrace math and science
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Nation topped goal of ‘one million more’ STEM graduates over the past decade, analysis finds
But study also warns that current threats to agencies that track such data risks future progress and global competitiveness
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A Lifeline for Salmon: UCSC and NOAA Join Forces to Secure a Future for California’s Most Iconic Fish
A decades-long collaboration is giving Central California’s dwindling coho salmon population a fighting chance.
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Meet UC Santa Cruz entrepreneurs creating jobs and sparking innovation
As we enter entrepreneurship month this November, we’re celebrating the professors and alumni who are fueling job creation and creating opportunity
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Stefania Gori named a 2025 American Physical Society Fellow
Gori’s work helps bridge theory and experiment, deepening understanding of the Higgs boson, the nature of neutrino masses, and the possible particles that make up dark matter
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Animal-behavior researchers named California Academy of Sciences Fellows
Both faculty members described as collaborators aligned with the academy’s mission to ‘regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration’
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In Memoriam: William Scott
The longtime professor of chemistry and biochemistry is remembered by family, friends, and colleagues for his immense intellect, generosity, and contributions to advance scientific research
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Streamlining desalination to save drinking water
Sea level rise means fresh groundwater will increasingly become salty. Yat Li explains how his novel 3D-printed desalination tool can offer a solution.
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From nanopore sequencing to neutron stars, UC Santa Cruz research advances our understanding, wellbeing
The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research breakthroughs.
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Andrew Moore honored for decades of selfless service to ocean sciences community
The Edward A. Flinn III Award recognizes scientists who embody the American Geophysical Union’s motto “unselfish cooperation in research”
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NIH awards Fitnat Yıldız $7.7 million to find new molecular paths for preventing cholera
Grants will fund research to determine the mechanisms and consequences of a molecule produced by the bacteria that causes the disease
