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Tackling challenges on the way to a national championship
UC Santa Cruz’s men’s rugby team looks forward to a promising 50th season
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant supports $1.5 million project expanding humanities impact
The two-part humanities initiative supports student success for doctoral candidates from diverse backgrounds expands the impact of the public “Questions That Matter” outreach program.
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A month of generosity
This 30-day fundraiser spotlights the Smith Renaissance Society, People’s Media Advocacy Asia, the Underground Research Fund for Science and Engineering, the Everett Program, the Randall Morgan Collections and Natural History Initiative, and other worthy causes.
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Local cancer charity group funds four cancer researchers at UC Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group has given more than $450,000 in grants to the campus since 2005
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Matching gift will boost funds—and opportunities—for undergraduates doing research
Hierarchical Systems Research Foundation offers $100,000 to match donations supporting scientific research by undergraduates
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UC Santa Cruz to dedicate new Coastal Biology building on October 21
The newest building on UCSC's vibrant Coastal Science Campus is now home to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Lives honored, in memoriam
UC Santa Cruz campus preserve (Photo: Brandon Winters)
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Doubling down on faculty chairs
Among those honored with a chair naming is Murray Baumgarten, distinguished emeritus professor of English and comparative literature and projects coordinator for Jewish studies. (Photo by Elena Zhukova)
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The Quarry, next generation
Students rehearsing in April, 1980. The Quarry Amphitheater was designed by landscape architect Robert Royston. (Photo courtesy of Barton-Gillet)
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Putting genomics to work
Students get into the spirit of DNA Day, celebrating the discovery of the double helix and UC Santa Cruz‘s assembly of the first draft of the human genome.
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Innovation in data science
Students and faculty explore theoretical foundations and practical applications for richly structured, heterogeneous data. (Photo by Elena Zhukova)
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A network of inclusion
Incoming graduate students gather for orientation in the Humanities courtyard. (Photo by Elena Zhukova)
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Grounded in history, the future
The rebuilt 150-year-old Cowell Ranch Hay Barn near the entrance of campus invites campus and community activities. (Photo by C. Lagattuta)
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Connecting the arts and sciences
As part of the Crochet Coral Reef project, visitors to the Sesnon Gallery explore an “undersea grove” of miniature coral “Pod Worlds” featuring plastic bottle anemones. (Photo courtesy CO2CA CO2LA Ocean at UC Santa Cruz, 2017)
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College Eight meets Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson—shown at Southport Island, Maine, in 1960—and her legacy as an environmental activist and writer live on at UC Santa Cruz. (Photo by Erich Hartmann / Magnum Photos)
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Coastal science and policy
A joint UC Santa Cruz and U.S. Geological Survey project tracks sea otters off the California Central Coast using a radio receiver and a telescope.eft: A joint UC Santa Cruz and U.S. Geological Survey project tracks sea otters off the California Central Coast using a radio receiver and a telescope. (Photo by Sean Bogle)
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Classrooms in the wild
Field study students explore the sands in Younger Lagoon Reserve (Photo by Elena Zhukova)
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Arts and letters for the ages
At the Cowell Press, student artisans create timeless works using illustration, poetry, and a hand-operated letterpress. (Photo by Elena Zhukova)
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Archives of the counterculture
Black Panthers from Sacramento at a Free Huey Rally at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park in Oakland, from a photo essay on the Black Panthers by Pirkle Jones, 1968. The woman with the camera at center-left is Ruth-Marion Baruch. (Photo courtesy Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch photographs)
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Activating social change
The Gail Project is a collaborative exploration of the founding years of the American military occupation of Okinawa, inspired by photos taken in 1952–53 by U.S. Army Cpt. Charles Eugene Gail. (Photo by Elena Zhukova)
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Helping finance grads hit the ground running
Economics Department and CAFIN hope to expand program aimed at helping students earn CFA
