| Chancellor names professors Haney and Strome as UC Presidential Chairs Chancellor George Blumenthal has named professors Craig Haney and Susan Strome to three-year terms as UC Presidential Chairs. |
| Gift funds new chair in water resources and food sustainability UC Santa Cruz has received a $500,000 gift to establish the Stephen R. Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food System Sustainability. |
| Astronomer Douglas N.C. Lin receives prestigious Bruce Gold Medal Lin will receive the 2015 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. |
| Surprise: geothermal heat found beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet UC Santa Cruz team reports first direct measurement of heat flow to the bottom of the West Antarctic ice sheet. |