Santa Cruz is located at the north end of Monterey Bay on the Central California coast, approximately 75 miles south of San Francisco. Getting here is easy since several major highways run to Santa ...

Social psychologist Elliot Aronson wins the American Psychological Association’s award for distinguished writing. Later he becomes the only psychologist to have won the association’s highest awards in ...

Within walking distance to other UC Santa Cruz facilities and direct bus routes to the residential campus, the Delaware Avenue project will provide housing for about 400 upper-division undergraduate ...

Mirella Ferraz, Electrical and Computer Engineering Linking Microbial Activity, Carbon Cycling, and Bioelectricity: Investigating MFCs as a Tool for Soil Process Insights ...

Two UC Santa Cruz research projects designed to leverage advanced forms of artificial intelligence to improve how scientists measure and predict the effects of climate change win funding from a $20 ...

UCSC’s renowned elephant seal research program is founded. The program has revealed the animals’ phenomenal diving abilities (they can reach depths of nearly 5,000 feet and remained submerged for over ...

UC Santa Cruz continues on its remarkable trajectory. Over our nearly 60-year history, we have established a track record of groundbreaking multidisciplinary research, high-level teaching, ...

CZU August Lightning Complex fires sweep through the Santa Cruz Mountains, forcing an evacuation of campus—a first in its 55-year history. The crisis—combined with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—tests ...

After a year-long campuswide conversation to craft a shared vision for the future, UC Santa Cruz releases a new strategic plan, “Leading the Change: The UC Santa Cruz Strategic Plan.” With goals and ...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and ...

Oakes College and College Eight are established. A college endowment and support for the eventual construction of Oakes is provided by the San Francisco Foundation, using funds from the Roscoe and ...