UC Santa Cruz leads effort to study climate change effects on ecosystems

A $1.9 million grant from the new UC President's Research Catalyst Awards will fund a UC-wide institute to detect and forecast the ecological impacts of climate change in California.

Professors Leta Miller and Carolyn Dean honored for arts research

Acting Arts Dean Martin Berger has named the 2014 Arts Dean’s Eminent Professors, the division’s highest recognition of faculty research achievement.

Crocodiles are slow pokes when it comes to genetic evolution

A new study of crocodilian genomes led by scientists at UC Santa Cruz reveals that crocs have been slow to change over the eons.

The Washington Post - December 08, 2014
Challenge for protesters in wake of police killings: Turning anger, grief into action

National Public Radio - December 14, 2014
More Than Just Cute, Sea Otters Are Superheroes Of The Marsh

Los Angeles Times - December 13, 2014
When it comes to DNA, crocodiles and birds flock together

CNBC - November 20, 2014
After recession, wave of 'accidental' entrepreneurs