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January 17, 2025 UCHRI grants advance Humanities research on campus . This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power, with critical funding from the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI).
University News
January 23, 2025 The teaching profession never really recovered from the pandemic. A new book explains why, and what we can do about it. Education Professor Lora Bartlett and her collaborators collected detailed data on the pandemic and post-pandemic experiences of 75 teachers across the country, revealing how the pandemic era hastened a downward spiral in career satisfaction and longevity for ...
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Dec 15, 2023 · February 13, 2024 Life Beyond the Redwoods: Noah Whitley reflects on the value of a UCSC degree one year later . One year after graduating from UCSC, Noah Whitley works as a legislative assistant for a political consulting firm …
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Dec 11, 2023 · December 17, 2024 Scientists collaborate on immersive technology to address climate challenges. The UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) and a team of scientists and science communicators at UC San Diego have developed an initiative focused on immersive technology that uses advanced hardware and software to simulate environments and experiences.
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Dec 15, 2022 · February 01, 2023 New traditions. UC Santa Cruz alumni Florence Nelson, Stephen Klein, and Nadene Thorne are at the forefront of volunteering at Cowell College.
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Jan 5, 2021 · December 22, 2021 Impacts of rainy weather on coronavirus outbreaks reveal economic benefits from earlier social distancing. Economists at UC Santa Cruz used rainy weather as a natural experiment to understand how communities across the U.S. that started some form of social distancing slightly earlier may have …
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Jan 5, 2025 · Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions. We can look to current geopolitical and ecological events that are playing out currently to understand what we can expect in the future,” said Hannah Waterhouse, a soil and water scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Press Releases
January 13, 2025 New data shows how ‘rage giving’ boosted immigrant-serving nonprofits during the first Trump Administration. Nonprofits that provide legal services for immigrants ended up receiving increases in public contributions in the wake of Trump's attacks on immigrants, demonstrating a backlash effect that's sometimes called “rage giving.”
Chancellor’s Update: Celebrating the new academic year!
Sep 26, 2024 · Whether you are just joining us at UC Santa Cruz or are returning to campus recharged after summer break–welcome to the new academic year!
Campus update: UC president addresses campus climate, Giving …
Nov 16, 2023 · This fall has been a difficult one, as the impact of the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict has rippled outward to our community and so many others. University of California President Michael Drake at Wednesday’s UC Regents meeting addressed the hurt and tensions that many UC students, staff and faculty are experiencing as we collectively process this tragedy.