University News & Events

• September 23, 2022

  The enduring power of Ramses The Great

  Archaeologist and UCSC history professor Elaine Sullivan to speak October 2 about the religious, cultural and political realms of Pharaoh Ramses II, now the focus of a popular exhibit in San Francisco.

• September 23, 2022

  Partnership across UC campuses will prepare the next generation of leaders in organic agriculture

  A USDA grant of more than $700,000 will support a collaboration led by UC Santa Cruz to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.

• September 23, 2022

  Three UC Santa Cruz alums are revolutionizing telehealth with their virtual reality physical therapy platform

  Immergo Labs, founded in 2020, provides an affordable, accessible, and immersive telehealth physical therapy care platform.

• September 23, 2022

  UCSC chemistry department garners three NIH MIRA grants

  These grants provide five years of funding for research programs at UCSC on protein synthesis, biosynthetic strategies, and biochemical mechanisms involved in cancer.

• September 22, 2022

  NSF funding will strengthen infrastructure for open source ecosystems at UCSC

  Co-principal investigator Stephanie Lieggi and PI Carlos Maltzahn will develop a plan to recruit research software engineering staff who can establish and maintain the support infrastructure necessary for open source projects to thrive within the university context.

• September 21, 2022

  UC Santa Cruz’s Research Center for the Americas to be named in honor of Dolores Huerta

  UC Santa Cruz will rename the Research Center for the Americas, which is celebrating 30 years of groundbreaking research, in honor of social justice icon Dolores Huerta, whose legacy has influenced the center’s work and values.

• September 20, 2022

  Karen Miga discusses the future of equitable genomics research with Clinton, Bono

  UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Director for Human Pangenomics at the UCSC Genomics Institute Karen Miga joined former President Bill Clinton, U2 lead singer Bono, and Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus to talk about the greatest health challenges and opportunities the world is currently facing. 

• September 20, 2022

  UCSC names new Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity and Equal Protection

  UC Santa Cruz has named Catherine A. Carroll, an attorney with deep experience in equity and equal protection work, as its next Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity and Equal Protection.

• September 19, 2022

  Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz to give NSF Distinguished Lecture Oct. 6

  The National Science Foundation has invited Ramirez-Ruiz to give a Distinguished Lecture sponsored by the NSF Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Education and Human Resources.

• September 16, 2022

  Karen Miga to speak with former president and other visionaries at the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting

  This Tuesday, September 20 at 1:30 PST, Karen Miga will speak during the conference’s closing plenary session, joining Bill Clinton, Lin Manuel Miranda, Dolores Huerta, and more.

• September 16, 2022

  Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon

  A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.

• September 16, 2022

  From galaxy to grassroots

  UC Santa Cruz graduate alumna Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (M.S. astronomy and astrophysics ’05) splits her focus on issues of both galactic and national scales.

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