This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power ...

Alina I’vette Fernandez participates in a group discussion as part of her doctoral training at UC Santa Cruz. She credits much of her problem-solving strategies, communication skills, and ...

The newest exhibition at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery explores African history and Afrofuturism through the art of current PhD candidate Aaron Samuel Mulenga. Ukupupuka: An Exploration of ...

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) honored four individuals affiliated with UC Santa Cruz for outstanding contributions to the field. At this week's AAS national meeting, the society named UC ...

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. The camera pans along the Andromeda Galaxy's vast disk which is over 200,000 light-years across. (Credit: ...

Students in the Natural Language Processing masters program, located at the UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley campus, receive a unique graduate education in generative AI, machine learning, and natural ...

Sameet Mehta brings expertise and innovation to his new role as advisory board chair of the Center for Analytical Finance (CAFIN). Photo: contributed. In the high-stakes world of venture capital and ...

UC Santa Cruz strives to create and sustain an equitable environment for students, staff, and faculty. The Office of Equity & Equal Protection (EEP) oversees compliance with Title IX, the Americans ...

Stephanie Mayo-Burgos (Porter ’25, environmental studies and legal studies) As a fourth-grader, Stephanie Mayo-Burgos (Porter ’25, environmental studies and legal studies) declared UC Santa Cruz her ...

Researchers mapped predicted bioavailable strontium isotope ratios across Sub-Saharan Africa. Matching values from the map against those observed in artifacts and plant, animal, and human remains will ...

"Just as Dr. King fought for civil rights to create a more just and compassionate society, I advocate for mental health to be recognized as a fundamental human right," says Chamique Holdsclaw, an ...

On a crisp morning in 2013, Stephen “Steve” Bruce (Cowell ’79, economics) received a call about an opportunity to help transport a desalination unit from Lawrence Livermore Labs to UC Santa Cruz.