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Anthropology professor emerita recognized for extraordinary continuing contributions to the university
Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, one the foremost authorities in zooarchaeology, recently received the Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.
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James Webb telescope confirms cooling effects of Pluto’s haze
New study in Nature Astronomy affirms hypothesis made by UC Santa Cruz’s Xi Zhang in 2017
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For future teachers, state funding puts dreams within reach
A four-year grant is removing financial barriers and creating professional pathways for students in UC Santa Cruz’s Master of Arts in Education and Teaching Credential program.
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A new chapter begins: UCSC to celebrate decades of dedication at upcoming Welcome to Retirement event
Three decades of teaching literature, 20 years of campus dining excellence, and 15 years of user experience innovation—discover the stories behind three members of UCSC’s Retiring Class of 2025.
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Celebrating the Humanities at UC Santa Cruz
The inaugural UC Santa Cruz Celebrating The Humanities gathering at the Seymour Center made a powerful case for the relevance, impact, and career power of humanistic learning. The event drew over 300 people.
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Changing the story: Acclaimed author William Finnegan on his long journey to The New Yorker
Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Finnegan (Cowell, ‘74, Literature), this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Humanities Undergraduate Alumni Award, spoke of the need for self-reinvention, crooked paths, career switches, and “changing your story” during his acceptance speech at this week’s Celebrating the Humanities event.
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A quarter century of new perspectives: The Humanities Institute turns 25
The Humanities Institute has an outsized impact on UC Santa Cruz and the wider world with its strong focus on research excellence, student success, and public engagement.
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Transfer Day 2025: Welcoming future Banana Slugs
More than 2,000 admitted transfer students and their families attended Transfer Day 2025 at UC Santa Cruz. The event featured a keynote by alumna Reyna Grande, campus tours, resource fairs, and sessions to help students explore life as a future Banana Slug.
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AI is good at weather forecasting. Can it predict freak weather events?
New study tests neural networks’ ability to handle ‘gray swan’ events.
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Whales and the stories they carry about climate change are the subject of new art and science exhibition at the IAS
A new exhibit at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz merges cutting-edge whale research with immersive art to tell powerful, interdisciplinary stories about climate change and ecological justice.
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Experimental economist explores overlooked aspects of human behavior
Alumna Alessandra Cassar, now a professor at the University of San Francisco, found her path by working with UC Santa Cruz’s Learning and Experimental Economics Projects (LEEPS) laboratory as a graduate student.
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Inside Spring Give 2025
Spring Give brought together 94 project teams and the broader UC Santa Cruz community for 11 days of collective support for student success.