In collaboration with the University of California Office of the President, the campus is utilizing "future-shifted climate data" to assist campus facilities in withstanding the changing temperature ...

The common marmoset is a small monkey from South America. To study complex diseases like Alzheimer’s, scientists and clinicians analyze how genes change and malfunction in other species. Marmosets, a ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers lead analysis of ancient DNA that yields a genomic roadmap for the restoration of the continent’s largest land mammal, pushed nearly to extinction because of past human activ ...

An electric vehicle plugged in at a public fast-charge station in Pacific Grove, Calif. Photo: Allison Arteaga Soergel As it turns out, from a carbon emissions standpoint, you’d be better off sending ...

Since graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Jessica Lum (Rachel Carson '09, environmental studies and economics) has built a career ...

A model of the a-Heal wearable device. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote. Twenty-five ...

MIT's decision to recruit Akirah speaks to the impact of her leadership and the national reputation she has earned in student affairs. Dear Campus Community, I am writing to share that Vice Chancellor ...

Daniela Amodei graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2009. Dolores Huerta is a longtime supporter of UC Santa Cruz and continues to collaborate with the university through the Dolores Huerta Foundation.

In the United States, immigration status has long created hierarchies within our society, where some can participate fully in public life, while others are excluded. These divisions have serious ...