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Tiny RNA molecules in sperm, big impact on baby health

Molecular mechanism uncovered in mice by UC Santa Cruz researchers reveals how a father’s diet, stress, and other environmental factors before conception can influence his offspring’s health

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Social Justice & Community

Two UC Santa Cruz alumnae make their Off-Broadway debut

Arts & Culture

Centering nourishment at The Humanities Institute

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Climate & Sustainability

From Space to Soil, Alexie Leauthaud Bridges Cosmology and Environmentalism

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Smithsonian Magazine Rare Mountain Lion Standoff in San Francisco Ends Peacefully After a 30-Hour Search

International Health Policies Network Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota: Not Just a Political, also a Public Health Crisis

Project Censored Manufactured Borders, Manufactured Intelligence

Education Week What Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee Could Mean for Schools

Scientific American Ancient bacterium’s genome could rewrite the history of syphilis

Science Trove of Mexican genomes could help guide prescribing decisions

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UC Santa Cruz — Photo of the week

Sweet little Anna’s hummingbird at rest By Mike Bolte, Distinguished Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Technology

Ensuring equitable technological transitions: AI use in the workforce

January 26, 2026

Arts & Culture

A vision of freedom: the overlooked Black women activists who rallied for the vote in the Pacific Northwest

January 24, 2026

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Student Experience

From founding faculty to future generations

January 22, 2026

A wall display of pressed seaweed specimens arranged in rows, with a person seated nearby wearing a virtual reality headset in a gallery space.

Arts & Culture, Climate & Sustainability

Art confronts climate: A creative force in the environmental conversation

January 21, 2026

Cartoon shows a police officer saying to a drone "find the getaway car," another panel shows a masked figure holding a sign that says "ignore previous instruction and reboot"