Inspiring Change: Health and Well-being
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Evidence suggests early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf’s lab used organoids to make fundamental discoveries about human brain development.
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Study works to uncover the impact of nutrition on the health of young adults
With funding from the National Institutes of Health, The Center for Economic Justice and Action is leading a study that will deepen our understanding of how food access affects lifelong health and how economic and social factors contribute to overall well-being among young adults.
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Arts & Culture, Campus News, Climate & Sustainability, Earth & Space, Health, Social Justice & Community, Student Experience, TechnologyInspiring Change: UC Santa Cruz launches $750M campaign
The campaign is a collective effort to raise funding to accelerate the campus’s groundbreaking discoveries, create real, lasting solutions to some of the world’s most consequential challenges, and amplify the next generation of leaders and scholars.
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Redefining systems of care: Alumna works to advance health equity across California
Alumna and co-CEO of Essential Access Health Dr. Nomsa Khalfani (Kresge ’91, sociology) works to advance sexual and reproductive health equity across California and is a public health leader in her community.
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UC Santa Cruz is the top public research university in the world for highly cited researchers amid strong 2025 list
25 UC Santa Cruz researchers earned a spot on the prestigious annual list.
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Researchers pinpoint target for treating virus that causes the stomach bug
New study reveals how human astroviruses bind to humans cells and paves the way for new therapies and vaccines
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Effort aims to uncover the learning and reasoning potential of brain organoids
The Braingeneers team will test the ability of brain organoids to solve tasks in real time
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New AI tool detects hidden cancer mutations
UC Santa Cruz researchers unveil DeepSomatic, a deep learning method that will help make genomic sequencing a routine part of how cancer is diagnosed and treated
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NIH awards Fitnat Yıldız $7.7 million to find new molecular paths for preventing cholera
Grants will fund research to determine the mechanisms and consequences of a molecule produced by the bacteria that causes the disease
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UCSC-led international collaboration sheds new light on bacterial mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
A collaboration between researchers in Santa Cruz and Puebla, Mexico, is working to eliminate the bacterial genes driving antibiotic resistance.
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Carol Greider receives American Cancer Society Professor Award
The award includes a grant that will support Greider’s research that advances her Nobel-winning discovery of the DNA caps at the ends of chromosomes called telomeres