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Coral-reef restoration can be cost-effective for saving lives, money
A new study co-led by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at UC Santa Cruz shows coral reef restoration in Florida and Puerto Rico could save thousands of lives and prevent hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and…
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2024 Outstanding Staff Award honoree seeks to lift campus educators as leaders driving equitable change
Kendra Dority, director of graduate student and postdoc professional development at the Teaching and Learning Center, has been awarded the 2024 Outstanding Staff Award. “I am proud to be part of a team that is so dedicated to supporting the…
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Stay informed and prepared for emergencies
The UC Santa Cruz Office of Emergency Management (OEM) regularly engages with our local and statewide partners to ensure we are aware and prepared for emergencies that may impact our community. To help us reach you quickly during emergencies, please…
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CIDER to train 45 new commercial drone pilots during Winter and Spring Quarters
The CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) is starting its fourth year of training new drone pilots through the CIDER Pilot Training Program.
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Rick Flores named Executive Director of Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Rick Flores has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Honoring UCSC’s 2024 Alumni Awards recipients
Six alumni were honored on Oct. 25 at the Alumni Awards Celebration dinner. Learn more about each recipient and watch their video feature.
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Advancing advocacy: Scholarship supports student’s goals in law and justice
Emmanuel Ogundipe (Stevenson ’25, legal studies) plans to pursue law school upon graduation. The Gabriel Zimmerman scholarship award is helping him towards his dream.
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New data shows how ‘rage giving’ boosted immigrant-serving nonprofits during the first Trump Administration
Nonprofits that provide legal services for immigrants ended up receiving increases in public contributions in the wake of Trump’s attacks on immigrants, demonstrating a backlash effect that’s sometimes called “rage giving.”
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Dean of Arts Celine Parreñas Shimizu’s newest work addresses sexuality and the importance of higher education and relationships between women in forging one’s power
Renowned filmmaker, film scholar, distinguished professor, and Dean of the Arts Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Celine Parreñas Shimizu will premiere her latest film at the 27th San Francisco’s Independent Film Festival on Friday, February 7, 2025…
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Researchers link mysterious cosmic signals to collapsed stars
An international team of scientists has provided the clearest evidence yet that some fast radio bursts (FRBs)—enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio waves from space—originate from neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of massive stars that have exploded in a supernova.
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Basketball great, mental health champion to headline MLK Convocation
WNBA Hall of Famer Chamique Holdsclaw, an Olympic gold medalist and mental health advocate, will address the 41st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on January 30.
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Researchers to develop technology for improving berry monitoring, harvesting, shipment
To investigate innovative methods to support the berry growing and harvesting process, UC Santa Cruz Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ricardo Sanfelice is launching a new agricultural technology project.
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Uncovering an ancient alphabet
Back when she was an intrepid graduate student, renowned University of California, Santa Cruz Egyptologist Elaine Sullivan contributed to the discovery of the world’s earliest known alphabet. This historic find has only recently come to light.
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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…
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Enhancing street safety for the UC Santa Cruz community
UC Santa Cruz is committed to fostering a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. To enhance safety, the campus is implementing a variety of new initiatives on campus roads.
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New strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa is a powerful tool for archaeology, forensics, and wildlife conservation
Researchers mapped predicted bioavailable strontium isotope ratios across most of the African continent. Matching values from the map against those observed in artifacts and plant, animal, and human remains will help to identify their most likely regions of origin within…
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A ‘remelting’ of lunar surface adds a wrinkle to mystery of Moon’s true age
In an “idea paper” published on December 18 in Nature, UC Santa Cruz Professor Francis Nimmo and his co-authors propose a “remelting” of the Moon’s surface 4.35 billion years ago due to the tidal pull of Earth causing widespread geological…
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Scientists collaborate on immersive technology to address climate challenges
The UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) and a team of scientists and science communicators at UC San Diego have developed an initiative focused on immersive technology that uses advanced hardware and software to simulate environments and…
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Campus secures funding for innovative research projects addressing climate action and linguistic diversity
Two cutting-edge research projects led by the University of California, Santa Cruz have been awarded funding through the University of California’s Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI). This underscores the university’s leadership in advancing creative and impactful solutions to global…
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Award-winning independent filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha visits UC Santa Cruz
On Friday December 6th, 2024, University of California, Santa Cruz welcomed to campus the internationally acclaimed independent filmmaker, music composer and scholar Trinh T. Minh-ha for a screening of her 2022 documentary, What About China?.
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Three UCSC alumni named in Forbes 30 Under 30
Alumna Marizza Delgado—Miss New York USA and data scientist—and alumni Aviv Elor and Ash Robbins —co-founders of Immergo Labs—were recognized in Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30
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Gift of Bösendorfer grand pianos elevates music excellence at UC Santa Cruz
Two extraordinary Bösendorfer grand pianos have found their new home at UC Santa Cruz, thanks to the generosity of alumnus Ken Corday (Porter ’75, aesthetic studies/music). Corday, an accomplished pianist, composer, and Emmy Award-winning executive producer of Days of Our…
