Media Coverage
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UCSC recovers some funding cut by Trump, but research disruption roils campus
University officials warn that the temporary losses caused long-term disruption to crucial research and student training programs, and that ongoing federal pressure continues to threaten the broader University of California system.
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After deadly year for whales in Calif., new map offers a lifeline
“I hope this new platform can demystify the scientific data we collected, making it accessible for people who are interested in whales and biology,” said Ari Friedlaender, a UC Santa Cruz ecologist who tagged many of the featured whales. “It’s great if it also brings people closer to the animals, helping foster empathy and responsibility.”
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UC Santa Cruz’s ‘Festival of Monsters’ blends scholarship and scares this October
The Festival of Monsters returns to Santa Cruz in October. It’s a celebration of horror and theory hosted by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Monster Studies. This season also marks the arrival on campus of two new philosophy professors in the Humanities Division, Sara Bernstein and Daniel Nolan, whose collaborated on a project about what…
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Tracey Weiss, Our Ocean Backyard | NEXTies: Earth & Sea celebrates Santa Cruz changemakers
Professor Andrew Fisher won the “Brainwave Award” for his groundbreaking hydrological research on urban flooding, saltwater intrusion and freshwater supply in the Pajaro River Valley. Darryl Wong and Gage Dayton of the Center for Agroecology won the “Big Idea Award” for their work on UC Santa Cruz’s recent land acquisition that strengthens conservation, sustainable agriculture…
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Recess Can Boost Student Learning. 9 Ways to Make It Matter
As Rebecca London, a community-engagement researcher and professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, points out, “You can’t just throw 400 kids out on a play yard for 20 minutes with a couple of balls and expect it to go well.”
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New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems
That was the case until the mathematicians Kirsten Wickelgren and Jesse Kass, associate professor at UC Santa Cruz, came to a sudden realization: that enumerative geometry might provide the exact kind of deep insights that Hilbert had hoped for.
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US serial killer case opens door to using cutting-edge DNA data in courts
Prosecutors contracted the company Astrea Forensics, a forensic genetic genealogy company co-founded by Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Richard “Ed” Green, who developed the methods used in this case. The technology cleared a ‘Frye hearing’, proving that it has been accepted by the scientific community and opening the door for the use of this DNA evidence…
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UC Santa Cruz first-years excited for a fresh start as new school year kicks off this week
Thursday marks the first day of classes for UC Santa Cruz students for the 2025-26 school year. UCSC officials previously told Lookout they expect overall undergraduate enrollment will be similar to the past two years, at around 17,600 to 17,790 students.
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‘Chinese Gold’ trailer to receive special screening at 418 Project
The afternoon will feature guest speeches by UC Santa Cruz film professor Yiman Wang.
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The national housing crisis is reviving the debate over rent control
Efforts to control rental increases have led to unintended yet serious consequences, observers say. Gonzalo Respighi Grasso, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has made rent control the focus of his research.
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Lasers, fiber optics and tiny vibrations tease a way to warn about earthquakes
Emily Brodsky, a professor of earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was not involved in the research, said “earthquake early warning could be dramatically improved tomorrow” if scientists are able to broker widespread access to existing telecommunication networks. Additional coverage in SFGate.
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San Jose: $197 million project completed to improve flood protection along south San Francisco Bay shoreline
“We’ve built megacities of the world on coasts,” said Gary Griggs, a distinguished professor of earth sciences at UC Santa Cruz, in 2022 when the Alviso project broke ground. “We didn’t think of sea level rise 100 years ago, and now we are having to pay the price.”