Faculty
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Campus update: Quarter ends today, congrats to new graduates, still time to enroll in Summer Session
Today marks the final day of spring quarter and the start of commencement!
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Novel deep learning-based software detects and tracks individual cells with high precision
Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Ali Shariati and doctoral student Abolfazl Zarageri together with several student researchers in the Shariati lab have developed and released a new deep learning model called “DeepSea,” one of the only tools with the ability to segment cells, track them and detect their division to follow lineages of cells.
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Important information about the California Whistleblower Protection Act
The University’s Whistleblower Policy provides multiple avenues for employees to bring forward concerns of potential employee misconduct.
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UC Santa Cruz joins Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative
The initiative provides campus leadership with a comprehensive program to foster a campus climate in which Jewish students feel comfortable expressing their identity free of antisemitism, harassment, or marginalization.
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UCSC team wins third place in first-ever Amazon SimBot challenge
A team of UC Santa Cruz computer science and engineering (CSE) Ph.D. students won third place in the first-ever Amazon Alexa Prize SimBot Challenge, a university competition focused on advancing virtual assistant technology.
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Alumna Stephanie Foo discusses her newest book
Stephanie Foo, longtime journalist and radio producer released her first book, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, in February 2022
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Astronomers observe giant tails of helium escaping Jupiter-like planet
Heat from the host star is evaporating the atmosphere from a “hot Jupiter” exoplanet, creating some of the longest gas tails ever observed around a planet.
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Nominations for UC Santa Cruz’s Outstanding Staff Award
Please help us honor UC Santa Cruz’s outstanding staff and make your nomination for the Outstanding Staff Award today.
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New exhibitions at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences bring innovative, socially engaged art to the Central Coast
Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas: The Blessings of the Mystery and Sadie Barnette: Family Business, a multi-sited exhibition with the San José Museum of Art, will be on view at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences April 28 – September 3, 2023.


