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Wild West comes to the California Coast
‘Them Cowboys’ takes audiences on an adventure of queer love and treasure hunting
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Coveted awards fuel astronomy, astrophysics research
Third-year undergraduate Isabelle “Izzy” Connor and two Ph.D. candidates at other universities have recently won awards to further their research in astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz. Connor (Crown ‘26, astrophysics) is a 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholar, an honor awarded…
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Kenny Farrell and the making of a 50-year-old UC Santa Cruz steel icon
In 1974, Vietnam veteran and art student Kenny Farrell created a bold steel sculpture that became an enduring symbol of UC Santa Cruz. Fifty years later, his untitled structure still stands in the Porter meadow—iconic, untamed, and uniquely Santa Cruz.
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Las turberas en Colombia podrían ser una herramienta importante para combatir el cambio climático. Pero primero debemos encontrarlas.
El profesor adjunto de Estudios Ambientales Scott Winton llevó a cabo tres años de extenso trabajo de campo para desarrollar el primer mapa basado en datos de turberas recientemente documentadas y previstas en los Llanos Orientales y la Amazonia Colombiana.
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Colombia’s peatlands could be a crucial tool to fight climate change. But first we have to find them.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Scott Winton conducted three years of extensive fieldwork to develop the first data-driven map of both newly documented and predicted peatlands across Colombia’s eastern lowlands.
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Springing into a new season of music
Abundance of performances offers chance for community building and experimentation
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Global premiere of “Power in the Desert” illuminates the human side of the lithium boom
New documentary inspired by Professor Chris Benner’s co-authored book “Charging Forward” explores environmental justice across Argentina, Chile, and California.
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Ancient DNA research aids de-extinction efforts and reveals surprising dire wolf ancestry
UC Santa Cruz scientists worked with Colossal Biosciences to help reveal secrets in the dire wolf genome that contributed to what the startup is calling the world’s first de-extinction
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Science Division staff honored with new award for outstanding service, dedication
Jeannette Peters, Patti Schell, and Deana Tanguay share division’s first Outstanding Staff Award
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Lick Observatory to mark 150 years of discovery and innovation
Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking discoveries and innovation, training the next generation of astronomers and astrophysicists.
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Center for Labor and Community partners with regional union leaders on state-funded push to ensure workplace rights, safety, and benefits
UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community will partner with the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO on a state grant to educate workers across the Central Coast in sectors like agriculture, hospitality, construction, manufacturing, and retail.
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April in Santa Cruz highlights innovation and trans-cultural identities
The annual music festival is back bringing with it new performers and immersive experiences
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Reimagined undergrad class teaches students entire DNA sequencing process using cutting-edge devices
A biomolecular engineering course has recently been redesigned to give students experience with the entire process of DNA sequencing, from sampling to data analysis, using the latest nanopore devices from Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
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David Deamer wins 2025 SETI Institute’s Drake Award
The award celebrates remarkable achievements in the realms of astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Cell biologist discovers two proteins are key to proper transfer of genetic material
New study from Bhalla Lab shows how trait inheritance, human health, and evolution lie in the balance
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New lactation spaces open for nursing mothers on campus
The spaces on the residential, coastal, Scotts Valley, and Silicon Valley campuses, some new and others renovated, provide a safe, quiet, and relaxing space where they can maintain their lactation goals.
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New book explains the public health costs of prisons and policing
Assistant Professor Carlos Martinez’s latest co-edited book explores the public health impacts of punitive policing, incarceration, and deportation policies and describes how the abolitionist health justice movement is working toward a new, more just vision of “safety” that protects, rather…
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Alumna Reyna Grande named to Kirkus Reviews’ list of best books of the 21st century
Grande’s memoir, ‘A Dream Called Home’, chronicles Grande’s journey to UC Santa Cruz and becoming a best-selling author
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Alumna named to Inc.’s Female Founders 500 List
Cassi Janakos recognized for leading workplace lactation solutions
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UC Santa Cruz researchers honored in Hollywood style at Breakthrough Prize ceremony
Rebecca Jensen-Clem and researchers at Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics presented with lucrative awards nicknamed the ‘Oscars of Science’ on April 5
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Music meets motherhood in inspiring performance
Stephanie F. Valadez blended together her latin heritage with her experience in motherhood to compose a concert that embodies who she is.
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The Emeriti Association presents the 2025 Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture
The Charisma of anti-satanism: Secularity and the 1980s Satanic Panic in America
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Enchanting night of classical guitar with Connie Sheu
The internationally recognized artist will be coming to campus for a unique performance by a master of guitar
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Reviving Indigenous languages: $600,000 grant honors the linguistic tapestry of Oaxacan immigrants in California
The new cohort of THI Oaxacan Language Public Fellows will develop an exhibition in collaboration with and under the layered mentorship of library professionals, museum professionals, local transnational Indigenous activists and scholars, and academic faculty.
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UC Santa Cruz working with Universidad Autónoma de Baja California on cooperative research initiatives, faculty and student exchanges
UC Santa Cruz leaders last week formally recognized the university’s burgeoning relationship with the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) through the signing of a memorandum of understanding.
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Acclaimed poet and cultural theorist Fred Moten to deliver this year’s Hayden V. White Lecture
Acclaimed poet and cultural theorist Fred Moten to deliver this year’s Hayden V. White Lecture
