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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Sarah Xia at Stanford
Sarah Xia (College Nine ’23, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics) found her passion for genomics at UC Santa Cruz. Now, a year after earning her B.S. in biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics, Xia is a research associate at Stanford.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Vann Jones
One year after graduation, Vann Jones (Merrill ’23, feminist studies and the history of art and visual culture) works as a freelancer and activist.
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Building community, empowering students
UCSC parent Kayleen Maya brings families together to create care packages, offering students support and a sense of community.
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Bear DNA study to measure impact of conservation actions on genetic diversity
The National Science Foundation will fund research at UC Santa Cruz that will examine the DNA of brown bears in the lower 48 states, where the iconic beast’s numbers have seen catastrophic declines over the last century.
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New UC Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer
Effective July 1, 2024, UC adopted the Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Innovation Transfer (pdf) to establish the University’s ownership of intellectual property, facilitate legal protection under applicable intellectual property laws, promote innovation transfer, and commit to an equitable distribution of intellectual property commercialization income.
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Cowell College’s personal finance class is shaping financial education across the UC
At UC Santa Cruz’s Cowell College, a remarkable course is setting new standards in financial education. COWL 52 – Personal Finance and Investing, a 5-unit asynchronous online class, stands out not only as the largest online course at UC Santa Cruz but also as a model for financial literacy education across the University of California…
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Courtesy notice regarding annual systemwide payroll disclosure
As part of the university’s commitment to transparency and public accountability, including the way it compensates faculty and staff, UC is conducting its annual disclosure of systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2023.




