A global response to COVID-19
UCSC researchers are taking on the coronavirus challenge on multiple fronts
From developing diagnostic tests to conducting surveys of infection prevalence, campus researchers are doing what they can in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. more »
Recent stories
- April 13, 2021
EH&S director focused on supporting employees through pandemic
Early in the pandemic, the Environmental Health and Safety team worked to provide face coverings to the campus and stay up on the latest information.
March 31, 2021Seymour Center plans for physical reopening as virtual programs continue to expand their reach
Seymour Center Outdoors!, a new in-person outdoor education program, is scheduled to open to the general public on April 24.
March 29, 2021Health center pivots to provide services through pandemic
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC Santa Cruz Student Health Center had to quickly change everything it was doing while remaining open for students.
March 12, 2021'Staycation,' all I ever wanted
With travel restricted because of COVID-19, UC Santa Cruz aims to keep on-campus students entertained with a spring break 'staycation' featuring themed dining nights, scavenger hunts, kayak tours, and more during the week of March 20–27.
March 11, 2021Disrupting harmful food systems to prevent future pandemics
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maywa Montenegro de Wit is exploring how lessons from the abolition movement could help agroecology combat the agro-industrial complex to prevent future pandemics.
March 9, 2021As pandemic hit, conferences manager pivoted to health care
Michael Luttrell now oversees a staff of 62 students, who have been trained to help facilitate testing of asymptomatic students.
March 2, 2021TestMe: Slugs rise to the challenge of helping to keep the campus community healthy
More than five dozen hardworking Banana Slugs are a key element of UC Santa Cruz’s TestMe asymptomatic testing program, which has administered more than 56,000 COVID-19 tests of students, staff, and faculty since the project’s inception in September 2020.
February 23, 2021COVID and the road ahead
UC Santa Cruz infectious disease expert A. Marm Kilpatrick looked toward the future during his immersive Kraw Lecture about COVID vaccines, variants and the road ahead.
February 21, 2021Bringing physical engagement into the online teaching and learning environment
A new series of videos is now available to UCSC students, faculty, and staff to help offset the increasingly sedentary lifestyle generated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
February 8, 2021
Pandemics expert urges vigilance as COVID-19 variants spread
Alumna and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Laurie Garrett sounds urgency about the need for an all-out race to stay ahead of highly contagious COVID variants in the U.S.
December 15, 2020UCSC expands COVID-19 testing during surge to support community needs
A gift from Bud and Rebecca Colligan will expand testing capacity and help fund a new, dedicated laboratory space to house the diagnostic lab in the Genomics Institute’s facilities at the Westside Research Park.
December 11, 2020UCSC arts professor documents spread of COVID-19 inside prisons, jails, and detention centers
A new Interactive web project by film and digital media professor Sharon Daniel creates a cumulative public record and evolving history of the pandemic’s impact on those incarcerated
December 10, 2020New serological assay provides rapid, accurate testing for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Using optical biosensor technology, the test provides quantitative measurements of antibodies in blood plasma in less than 20 minutes.
December 9, 2020Surge in online grocery shopping brings a quantity-over-quality jobs shift
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated emerging labor market trends associated with e-commerce in the grocery industry, creating mixed implications for jobs, according to a new report led by UCSC professor Chris Benner.
December 3, 2020Marine mammals’ adaptations to low oxygen offer new perspective on COVID-19
Humans are poorly adapted for oxygen deprivation, making us vulnerable to long-term effects from a disease that disrupts the body’s oxygen supply pathway.
UCSC in the media
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National Geographic
Why too much family togetherness might be stressing out kids
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The New York Times
US prisons start to resume allowing visits to inmates, with added virus precautions
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KTVU FOX 2
One year later: How COVID killed small businesses
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The Washington Post
As Uber avoided paying into unemployment, the federal government helped thousands of its drivers weather the pandemic
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CalMatters
‘Revolutionary’ federal stimulus bill could cut California child poverty by half
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CNBC
Asian-owned small businesses saw an outsized pandemic impact last year
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KAZU
The Ones That Never Reopened: The Pandemic’s Impact On Local Businesses
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The Wall Street Journal
Shopify’s Secret Weapon Is Thousands of New Business Owners
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The Washington Post
Kamala Harris: The exodus of women from the workforce is a national emergency
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Los Angeles Magazine
Amid a health and economic crisis, some local grocery stores offload their delivery drivers
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Salon
Is the pandemic making our social skills decay? Psychologists think so
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Lookout Santa Cruz
UCSC economist warns Congress of ‘alarming’ reversal in small business recovery
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Reuters
Minority-owned businesses struggle to access credit during pandemic, Fed survey finds
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The Atlantic
The pandemic has erased entire categories of friendship
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The Atlantic
The U.S. Must Do More to Care for Its Caregivers
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The Sacramento Bee
Some California jobs lost to COVID will never be the same. Here’s what experts say
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Marketplace
Has 2020’s spike in support for Black-owned business carried through to the holidays?
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Los Angeles Times
Will California’s small businesses survive another COVID-19 surge without more help?
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The New York Times
The year of the blur: how isolation, monotony and chronic stress are destroying our sense of time
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The American Prospect
Prisons' pandemic response: throw the infected into the hole
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Bloomberg
U.S. Black-owned firms make surprise comeback to pre-Covid level
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The New Yorker
The Pandemic Is Not a Natural Disaster
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Chronicle of Higher Education
How (Not) to Evaluate Teaching During a Pandemic
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Wall Street Journal
Who Should You Let Into Your Coronavirus Quarantine Orbit?
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El Comercio
Cómo detener al COVID-19, por Kristian López Vargas y Miguel Núñez del Prado
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Ashbury Park Press
Coronavirus NJ: Ex-prisoners can teach us about isolation; 'You've got to remain positive'
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American Prospect
Solidarity Economics—for the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond
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Financial Express
Contagion, lies, and crises
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KSBW
UCSC scientists round-up supplies for local doctors to combat COVID-19
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Good Times
Slowing the Coronavirus’ Spread in Santa Cruz County
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Vice
These Are the Impacts of Trump's Coronavirus Fumbles—and How to Protect Yourself
