University News & Events

• April 15, 2025

  Springing into a new season of music

  While there are performances every quarter, spring represents the culmination of a year of labor and practice. It often offers more concert opportunities than other quarters and this year is no exception.

• April 15, 2025

  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.

• April 14, 2025

  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

• April 14, 2025

  Science Division staff honored with new award for outstanding service and dedication

  The Science Division is honoring staff members Jeannette Peters, Patti Schell, and Deana Tanguay for demonstrating outstanding service, leadership, teamwork, innovation, or dedication to the division’s mission within the past five years.

• April 14, 2025

  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.

• April 11, 2025

  A portrait of gratitude: Alumna Cheryl Doering honors former Cowell provost and founding faculty member through art

  Cheryl Doering was in one of the first classes to graduate from UC Santa Cruz in 1970. Over 5 decades later, Doering honors her mentor, former Cowell provost and founding faculty member John Dizikes, with a portrait to be unveiled and hung at the Mary Holmes Lounge during Alumni Reunion Weekend on April 26.

• April 11, 2025

  April in Santa Cruz highlights innovation and trans-cultural identities

  An upcoming concert series organized by the University of California, Santa Cruz Music Department embodies the theme of trans-cultural identity through both experimental and traditional music.

• April 11, 2025

  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.

• April 10, 2025

  Inaugural Landesman Lecture features Dr. Terrie M. Williams

  The Edward and Miriam Landesman Lecture series, integrating mathematical and scientific research with excellence in teaching. Dr. Terrie M. Williams is the speaker for the inaugural event.

• April 10, 2025

  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.

• April 9, 2025

  Cell biologist discovers two proteins are key to proper transfer of genetic material

  The biological research of UC Santa Cruz’s Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has yielded a new discovery: The proper transfer of genetic materials depends on two key proteins that choreograph the delicate dance between chromosomes when sexual-reproduction cells divide.

• April 9, 2025

  David Deamer wins 2025 SETI Institute's Drake Award

  The SETI Institute has honored David Deamer, an emeritus professor of biomolecular engineering, with its Drake Award

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