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United by loss, a Palestinian and Israeli walk together on a path to peace
Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian peacebuilder, and Maoz Inon, an Israeli entrepreneur and activist, will speak on Monday, April 20, in Santa Cruz about their work promoting understanding and reconciliation in the region.
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A Deep Read interview with Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life
The British biologist Merlin Sheldrake, this year’s featured author for The Humanities Institute’s (THI) seventh annual Deep Read, spoke with UC Santa Cruz about the strange, generative intelligence of fungi and what it can teach us about connection, creativity, and survival.
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April in Santa Cruz: Experimental music festival explores new traditions
The annual April in Santa Cruz Festival of Creative Music (AiSC) returns this year with UC Santa Cruz faculty and graduate students, renowned guest artists, and several visiting artists.
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National award recognizes UCSC’s student-centered housing strategy
Where students live shapes their success. UC Santa Cruz built a housing plan around that premise—and it earned a national award.
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Art, ecology, and interconnection: UC Santa Cruz launches inaugural Earth Day festival
Professor Jennifer Parker organized the April 22 Arts & Ecology Festival as a space for gathering, exchange, and collective inquiry, bringing together interdisciplinary research, visual and sonic practices, and performance to engage the urgencies of the environmental crisis through shared experience and collaboration
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With expertise spanning media, health, AI, and energy, new leaders join UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees works in partnership with university leadership to advance philanthropic support for the campus mission while fostering greater understanding of UC Santa Cruz’s research, education, and public impact.
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Incoming: New fellow will probe moon’s magnetic past for clues about its formation and interior
51 Pegasi b Fellow Sarah Steele will spend three years at UC Santa Cruz working with Earth and planetary scientists to advance her work to decode ancient magnetic records preserved in rocks
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UC Santa Cruz pledges to become a “Clean California Community,” expands commitment to statewide beautification and environmental stewardship
The Clean California initiative is an effort to remove litter, restore public spaces, and inspire community engagement across California.
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UC Santa Cruz among top 10 public U.S. universities with high-impact research, analysis shows
The campus ranks among the top 10 public universities in the United States home to high-impact researchers, according to a recent analysis by Clarivate.
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Engineering student wins NVIDIA Agents for Impact Hackathon
Preet Karia built an AI-powered tool to turn physics notes into 3D visualizations.
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UCSC alumna Quressa Robinson expands representation in publishing
As a literary agent, Quressa Robinson (Oakes ‘03, literature) uses her influence to bring diverse, nuanced stories to young adult readers.
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Grant funds research to identify drug targets for autism and schizophrenia using human stem cell models
The research aims to uncover the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying autism and schizophrenia and to identify drug targets for both conditions.