UC Santa Cruz deepens industry engagement to underscore its vital role in contributing basic research and tomorrow’s talent, convening its first international RNA biotech conference on August 18 ...

UC Santa Cruz sociology doctoral candidate Rosa Navarro’s latest research finds that some Washington State employers are using the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program in ways that may reduce ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote. Twenty-five ...

Daniela Amodei graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2009. Dolores Huerta is a longtime supporter of UC Santa Cruz and continues to collaborate with the university through the Dolores Huerta Foundation.

Since graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Jessica Lum (Rachel Carson '09, environmental studies and economics) has built a career ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers lead analysis of ancient DNA that yields a genomic roadmap for the restoration of the continent’s largest land mammal, pushed nearly to extinction because of past human activ ...

An electric vehicle plugged in at a public fast-charge station in Pacific Grove, Calif. Photo: Allison Arteaga Soergel As it turns out, from a carbon emissions standpoint, you’d be better off sending ...

In collaboration with the University of California Office of the President, the campus is utilizing "future-shifted climate data" to assist campus facilities in withstanding the changing temperature ...

The blue oak, an iconic tree found only in California and seen across the state’s inland ranges and hills, is far more vulnerable to climate change than is reflected by its current status on the ...

A model of the a-Heal wearable device. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” ...

One of the biggest mysteries of evolution is how species first developed complex vision. Jellyfish are helping scientists solve this puzzle, as the group has independently evolved eyes at least nine ...

micha cárdenas, a professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, used art to sound the warning about global climate tipping points in a high-profile artwork The Probability Engine: Atlantic Overturning.