Campus marks new record of transfer admissions

UC Santa Cruz offered admission to 35,000 students for the upcoming academic year, marking more than a 30 percent increase in the number of offers extended to students from California’s community colleges.

Julia Soares, a doctoral student in psychology

Thank Instagram and Snapchat for your fading memories

Documenting your life may come at the cost of actually being able to remember it.

Poster for exhibition at gallery in the DMZ

Art on the border

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea is an unlikely setting for an art gallery.

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Image of Ben Schultz-Figueroa and Alex Johnston

A satisfying plot twist for two film grads

Two men who met here as grad students are embarking on a highly coincidental journey—both begin as assistant professors of film at Seattle University in the fall.

Standing tall and giving back

New alum Asante Nkosi, a Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship winner who aims to become a criminal defense attorney to help the marginalized and vulnerable, is off to law school.

Featured Event

7th Annual Farm to Fork Benefit Dinner
Sunday, August 19
UC Santa Cruz Farm & Cowell Ranch Hay Barn

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Los Angeles–Saturday, August 4

Banana Slugs at the LA Dodgers
at Dodger Stadium

Silicon Valley–Monday, August 13

A Prof and a Pint: Preserving Research Data in the Trump Administration
at The Forager Tasting Room + Eatery in San Jose

San Francisco–Thursday, August 16

Neighborhood Networking Night
at West of Pecos

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