University News Events

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A global response to COVID-19 Stories about the role of UC Santa Cruz in helping to fight the pandemic. more » September 16, 2020The global land rushIn her new book, 'Fields of Gold, Financing the Global Land Rush,' Madeleine Fairbairn looks at forces and players that have transformed farmland into a novel financial asset class.September 16, 2020New federal funding supports student success, equityFive years of federal funding from the Title V Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Program will support a new project, "Graduating and Advancing New American Scholars (GANAS) - Career Pathways." September 15, 20202020 Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture to feature visionary author Margaret Atwood Award-winning poet, novelist and essayist Margaret Atwood will be featured in conversation with UCSC alumna Kate Schatz, the New York Times bestselling author of "Rad American Women A-Z," as part of the Humanities Division’s annual Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture Series.September 15, 2020UCSC engineers developing all-electric power train for future aircraftFunding from the Department of Energy for the UCSC team is part of a major effort to develop carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation.September 14, 2020 Outstanding Staff Award honoree is a passionate advocate for STEM diversityYulianna Ortega, the campus's STEM Diversity Programs director, has earned the trust and respect of fellow staff members, faculty, and students across divisions. Ortega, this year's Outstanding Staff Award recipient, is cares deeply about student academic success and well-being. September 14, 2020UC Santa Cruz ranks again as a top university for social mobilityThe ranking (No. 4) speaks to the campus’s success in offering a world-class education to low income and first-generation students.September 14, 2020ARCS Foundation scholarships support UCSC graduate studentsSixteen UC Santa Cruz graduate students have received scholarships worth a total of $160,000 from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation.September 10, 2020New art game explores intersection of personal trauma and climate induced wildfiresSin Sol (No Sun) is an augmented reality game that allows players to experience the feelings of a climate change event. Set 50 years in the future, it tells the story of environmental collapse from the past—which is our present in 2020.September 10, 2020High-fidelity record of Earth’s climate history puts current changes in contextA continuous record of the past 66 million years shows natural climate variability due to changes in Earth’s orbit around the sun is much smaller than projected future warming due to greenhouse gas emissions.September 9, 2020Summer Session helps students earn degreesUC Santa Cruz staff and faculty have been steadily working to increase summer session enrollment, leading UCs in online offerings and working with departments to offer the classes students need to graduate. September 9, 2020Cooperative research effort documents northward migration of kelp forestsFrom Alaska to Mexico, warming waters are driving widespread changes in these highly productive coastal ecosystems.September 8, 2020Election series looks at critical moment in timeThe four-part series will address how social movements on the left and right have shaped what is at stake in the election, what institutional barriers to democracy exist in America’s political system, and how patterns of civic engagement are influencing the election.More stories

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