Social Justice & Community
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After federal cuts to SNAP, Santa Cruz food bank CEO says “we can’t lose sight of hope”
A recent report that UC Santa Cruz commissioned found that one out of every three people in our county is food insecure, namely attributed to the high cost of living.
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Beyond free access: UC Santa Cruz study exposes the hidden barriers to California’s beaches
A new UC Santa Cruz study reveals that despite California’s strong access laws, historical discrimination, wealth disparities and systemic barriers still make the state’s coastlines overwhelmingly white and affluent. Additional coverage by The Cool Down and Earth.com.
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Bohemian Grove: ‘Merely a playground’ for male elite or shrouded retreat with global reach?
The question of whether the encamped Bohos commit much in the way of plotting and conspiring was taken on in the 1970s by G. William Domhoff, a UC Santa Cruz psychologist and sociologist intrigued by individuals who wield great power.
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UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis score state funding for physician training, recruitment program
A medical program meant to train — and ideally retain — physicians in Santa Cruz County received a heavy dose of funding support from state lawmakers as organizers prepare to welcome students next year. California’s fiscal year 2026-27 budget allocated $3.3 million to the forthcoming UC Programs in Medical Education Central Coast, also known as…
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Students take to the skies with drones
For assistant professor Javier Gonzalez-Rocha, the program is about much more than teaching students how to build drones. “It’s really about getting students exposed to science, technology, engineering and mathematics early on and helping them begin developing an identity around becoming an engineer, becoming a scientist, becoming a mathematician,” he said.
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Seymour Marine Discovery Center to open first new exhibit in 15 years
See More HQ is the center’s bilingual interactive “control room,” bringing real-time UC Santa Cruz coastal research to the public. Also in Lookout Santa Cruz.
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More of the men being deported now have lived in the U.S. for years
“It rips apart the fabric of the family,” said Regina Langhout, a psychology professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz who has published studies about the effects of deportation on families. “The material and psychological effects can be felt years and years later.”
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Fewer teens are applying for California’s nonbinary driver’s licenses
Phillip Hammack, a psychology professor and director of the Sexual & Gender Diversity Laboratory at UC Santa Cruz(opens in new tab), said these policy shifts may explain the decline in nonbinary identification among California teens.
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Opinion: We’re scientists. We use AI. And we fear it.
Opinion piece by UC Santa Cruz Professors J. Xavier Prochaska and David Haussler issuing a stark warning about the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, along with a call for urgent global cooperation to ensure that technology remains a tool for human benefit rather than a force for societal displacement. Also in the East Bay Times…
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Detrás de la ‘ensalada del mundo’: la dura realidad de los trabajadores del Valle de Salinas
El informe es resultado de una colaboración de cinco años entre el Instituto para la Transformación Social de la Universidad de California en Santa Cruz y el Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO).
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UCSC students develop website to support Seabright small businesses amid Murray Street Bridge overhaul
As the Murray Street Bridge overhaul disrupts Seabright traffic, students from University of California, Santa Cruz step up with a new website to spotlight local shops and keep the neighborhood thriving.
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The Winter Olympics feel like a 90s snowboarding game, and I’m here for it
The Guardian’s games reporter Keith Stuart recommends UC Santa Cruz professor Noah Wardrip-Fruin’s book “Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Can a Game Take Care of Us?” to his readers.