Campus News
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UC Santa Cruz innovators recognized for impact at 2024 Santa Cruz Works Titans Awards
Two UC Santa Cruz faculty members, Richard (Ed) Green and Chris Benner, have been selected as awardees for the eighth annual Santa Cruz Works Titans Awards
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Increasing our power reliability
UC Santa Cruz relies on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for its regular day-to-day power needs. The main residential campus has an established backup system to provide continuity of power during outages to select buildings on campus. Our cogeneration plant, along with building generators, provide electricity to various facilities on campus when PG&E power…
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Physics experiment proves patterns in chaos in peculiar quantum realm
Where do you see patterns in chaos? It has been proven, in the incredibly tiny quantum realm, by an international team co-led by UC Santa Cruz physicist Jairo Velasco, Jr. In the journal Nature, the researchers detail an experiment that confirms a theory first put forth 40 years ago stating that electrons confined in quantum…
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Magnetic tornadoes create Earth-size spots discovered at Jupiter’s poles
While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, a team of astronomers have discovered equally large spots at the planet’s north and south poles that appear and disappear seemingly at random.
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California court affirms campus understanding of water service agreements
California’s Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that agreements signed in 1962 and 1965 by the City of Santa Cruz and UC Board of Regents require that the city provide water service to all parts of the residential campus.
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UC Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay Aquarium lead collaboration on kelp conservation
In May 2024, UC Santa Cruz and the Monterey Bay Aquarium convened a workshop aimed at bridging the gap between scientific research and the practical application of evolutionary resilience concepts for kelp.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Marilynne Robinson to deliver 2024 Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson, renowned for her deeply reflective explorations of faith, humanity, and the divine, will deliver this year’s Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture on Dec. 3 at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.
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Giving Day 2024 raises $1.3 million with record number of donors
Giving Day 2024 wraps up with over $1.3 million raised to support students across 185 project teams with a record number of donors. Formula Slug raised the most money, had the largest number of donors, and landed five challenge wins.
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Notice of Open Comment: Policy on the Use of Animals in Research, Teaching, and Testing
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on the Use of Animals in Research, Teaching, and Testing. The proposed policy would update and replace UC’s current policy on the use of animals in research and teaching.