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State funding supports UC Davis/UC Santa Cruz program to train future Central Coast physicians
The UC Programs in Medical Education Central Coast (PRIME Central Coast) is recruiting for its inaugural cohort of students, who will begin their medical training in 2027
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Collaborating to support youth leadership and voice
2026 Youth & Adult Partnership Summit promotes strategies for working effectively with youth, supported by UC Santa Cruz, United Way, and All Children Thrive.
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Beach season is here—just not for everyone
Marine and social scientists at UC Santa Cruz explain why privileged people enjoy more recreational, economic, and emotional benefits of the ocean than underresourced groups, and offer holistic remedies
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La temporada de playa ya está aquí—pero no para todos
Científicos marinos y sociales de la UC Santa Cruz explican por qué las personas privilegiadas disfrutan de más beneficios recreativos, económicos y emocionales del océano que los grupos con menos recursos, y ofrecen soluciones holísticas
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UC Santa Cruz team helps state better understand how wetlands sequester carbon and improve air quality
Atmosphere-monitoring towers operated by the Paytan Lab will tell the tale of two very different Southern California wetlands over the next two years
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Postdoctoral researcher to develop instrumentation to detect distant protoplanets
Supported by the new Astronova Fellowship program, Christina Vides will advance her research in a technique that sharpens the images from astronomical telescopes in order to detect faint planets in the glare of their bright host stars
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The color of penguin poo: Satellites reveal the chilling truth of global warming’s impact on an iconic polar species
Scientists study poop patterns of Adélie penguin colonies across all of Antarctica over a 30-year span using Landsat satellite images, a first for capturing food-web and population trends at continental and decadal scales relative to climate change
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‘Parent’ blood cells act as a buffer against the effects of aging
A new study shows cells called multipotent progenitors protect blood cell production and function
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UC Santa Cruz researchers at NASA COFFIES Science Center make breakthrough on solar enigma
Researchers are closer to unraveling a long-standing solar mystery surrounding the extreme thinness of the Sun’s tachocline layer
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Mike Beck appointed to California Ocean Science Trust’s board of trustees
State Secretary for Natural Resources named Beck and Cal Poly Humboldt’s Eric Riggs to serve on the unique science-policy bridging organization’s board, citing their distinguished leadership and deep expertise in coastal climate resilience and marine STEM education.
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More colorful songbirds face higher extinction risk
The bird pet trade seems to account for some, but not all, of this connection
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Alumna María Ramos Bracamontes champions indigenous farmworker health and justice
María Ascención Ramos Bracamontes (Merrill ’02, language studies and Latino American and Latino studies) is a certified midwife, community activist, and founder of mutual aid organization Campesina Womb Justice, advocating and supporting farmworker women’s health.
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Partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies will support development of RNA liquid biopsy for cancer early detection
The technology screens for cancer, and even abnormal “precancerous” cells, using a simple blood draw.
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Stem cell education platform strengthens students’ identity as scientists
Hispanic and first-generation college students are particularly positively impacted by the Braingeneers group’s technology
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Shining a light on Bleak House: 46th annual Dickens Universe embraces Charles Dickens’s dark masterpiece
Bleak House, a 377,000-word page turner about family intrigue, wicked lawyers, and grinding legal bureaucracy, will be the focus of the 46th annual Dickens Universe this summer.
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A ripple effect of support: Alumna Bev Crair uplifts student success
Alumna Bev Crair (Stevenson ’83, computer science and mathematics) actively supports UC Santa Cruz philanthropically and currently serves as the co-chair for the university’s comprehensive fundraising campaign, Inspiring Change.
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From Homer to Hollywood: The enduring fascination with The Odyssey
Ahead of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film release, UC Santa Cruz classics professors discuss the enduring fascination with The Odyssey
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Team builds best-performing detection system for next-generation accelerators
At the high beam-repetition rates of advanced accelerators, eventually reaching beyond one billion times per second, existing detection systems that are critical for ensuring precise measurements fail
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates the Class of 2026 during commencement weekend
More than 5,000 graduating students and nearly 30,000 guests gathered at UC Santa Cruz across 11 commencement ceremonies, where student and keynote speakers reflected on resilience, community, and navigating an uncertain future.
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Coexisting with mountain lions
Research reveals how big cats and outdoor recreation can safely share spaces
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As the Pister Scholarship grows, two scholars reflect on their time at UC Santa Cruz
As the Pister Leadership Opportunity Program prepares to double in size this fall, graduating scholars Andrea Aviles Guzman and Cipriano Echezarreta look back on their experiences at UC Santa Cruz and the impact of the scholarship.
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Intergenerational keynote speakers Becky G and Olga Talamante inspire graduates at UC Santa Cruz Chicane Latiné Year-End Celebration
This year’s bilingual ceremony featured danzantes, live musical performances, and a powerful keynote conversation between global superstar and activist Becky G and lifelong organizer and human rights advocate Olga Talamante (Cowell, ’73).
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Toxic algal blooms linked to deaths of recently stranded humpback whales
Lab tests conducted at UC Santa Cruz of samples taken from the two carcasses found domoic acid, the biotoxin that causes neurological impairment, seizures, and death in marine mammals.
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Celebrating a shared cosmos and advancing Black equity in space science
Black in Astro, co-led by an astronomy postdoc at UC Santa Cruz, welcomes all to join the grassroots organization’s virtual conference to find inspiration and connection in a vibrant global community
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CEJA at UC Santa Cruz: Preparing alumni for academic and community impact
Alumni Desiree Ryan (Ph.D. ’24, psychology), David Amaral (Ph.D. ’22, politics), Melina Singh (Ph.D. ‘23, psychology), and Rosalie Lansing (Rachel Carson ’24, sociology) share their experiences with the Center for Economic Justice and Action and how it prepared them to…
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Thirty years of investing in communities: Alumna Shannon Lawder on language, philanthropy, and following your passion
UC Santa Cruz alumna Shannon Lawder (Kresge ’91, Russian studies) is the director of the Civil Society Program at the Mott Foundation. The Mott Foundation has supported communities worldwide for 100 years, and Lawder has been part of that mission…
