Admissions
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Thousands of future Slugs gather at UC Santa Cruz for Banana Slug Day
With tours, lectures, a campus welcome, and a lively resource fair, Banana Slug Day gave admitted students an immersive look at academics, support services, and student life, helping them picture their future at UC Santa Cruz.
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Parking will be limited in Hahn Lot (Lot 101) from April 1 – 10
April 1–10, Hahn Lot (Lot 101) will have limited parking during business hours as UC Santa Cruz welcomes more than 5,000 admitted students and families to campus.
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Finding an affordable path to a UC Santa Cruz degree
Students like Jadin Archambeault and Jacob Chaudhry are actively navigating the cost of college while planning for life after graduation. Their experiences highlight the ways students use financial aid, scholarships, and campus resources to manage costs.
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Transfer Day 2025: Welcoming future Banana Slugs
More than 2,000 admitted transfer students and their families attended Transfer Day 2025 at UC Santa Cruz. The event featured a keynote by alumna Reyna Grande, campus tours, resource fairs, and sessions to help students explore life as a future Banana Slug.
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A Day to Say Yes: Admitted students find belonging on Banana Slug Day
Banana Slug Day welcomed more than 6,500 admitted students and guests to UC Santa Cruz for a celebration of academics, community, and student life. From mock lectures to cherry blossom selfies, the event helped students imagine their future as Banana Slugs.
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Cosmic radiation from supernova altered virus evolution in Africa, study proposes
A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and postdoctoral fellow Noémie Globus examined iron isotopes to identify a 2.5 million-year-old supernova. The researchers connected this stellar explosion to a surge of radiation that pummeled Earth around the same time, and they assert that…
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UC Santa Cruz alumna Gillian Welch wins Grammy for Best Folk Album
UC Santa Cruz alumna Gillian Welch (Porter ’90, fine arts) alongside her musical partner David Rawlings, clinched the Best Folk Album award at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 2 for their album Woodland.
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Students make winning videos about importance of federal support for science research
Impactful scientific discovery isn’t possible without funding to support the research, and three UC Santa Cruz students have created short videos that took top prizes in a national competition held by the Science Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to sustaining the federal government’s investment in basic scientific research.
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Think summer this winter
The majority of the 2025 Summer Session classes are now listed at summer.ucsc.edu. Students can search by department or by General Education requirements. Until March 15, when the Summer Quarter is live in the Schedule of Classes, the Summer Session Office is your go-to resource to plan your summer this winter.
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Creative Technologies is a new major for a new age
Launched at the start of Fall quarter 2024, the University of California, Santa Cruz created a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary major in the Arts Division: Creative Technologies
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Science Division debuts ‘degree-defining experiences’ drawing on UC Santa Cruz’s unique strengths
The Science Division has received a $1 million donation to begin a major new program on “degree-defining experiences.” The program will pilot 17 projects across campus that aim to profoundly inspire undergraduate students and fill them with the kind of optimism that forever changes how they see their time at UC Santa Cruz and their…
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UC Santa Cruz and Hartnell College awarded grant to strengthen transfer pathway for Central Coast students
UC Santa Cruz and Hartnell College have long shared a commitment to empowering students from California’s Central Coast to achieve their educational and career goals. Now, thanks to a two-year, $250,000 American Talent Initiative (ATI) IDEAS Grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the two institutions will strengthen that partnership and expand opportunities for students.