UC Santa Cruz

For the first time, the U.S. News and World Report ranking included social mobility among its measures.

Opportunity and excellence

Boosted by its success helping students and alumni improve their social standing, UC Santa Cruz jumped this year to among the top 30 public national universities, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

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Napolitano offers 'profound' gratitude

Napolitano offers 'profound' gratitude

After Chancellor George Blumenthal announced his plan to retire, UC President Janet Napolitano praised him for greatly expanding access to the university.

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Campus revises Student Housing West study

Campus revises Student Housing West study

As proposed, Student Housing West will create more than 3,000 new beds across two sites on campus. The campus will host two public hearings in October.

Library digitizes massive photo collection

Library digitizes massive photo collection

Thousands of previously unseen photographs from The Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch Collection are now available online to the general public.

Preventative HIV medication not widely used

Preventative HIV medication not widely used

Very few sexually active gay and bisexual men in the United States use Truvada, a highly effective medication used to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to Professor Phillip Hammack.

Data science to tackle privacy needs in genomics

Data science to tackle privacy needs in genomics

Computer scientist Abhradeep Guha Thakurta has won NSF funding to investigate ways to protect the privacy of individuals while allowing access to large genomic data sets.

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