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UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience awards over $4.6 million to support California coastal projects
The projects will support efforts to fight climate change in coastal communities across California and beyond. Funds for these grant programs came from the California State Budget Act of 2022-23.
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UC campuses best in nation for combining quality and affordability, Money says
Money magazine’s 2023 Best Colleges in America list finds all nine UC undergraduate campuses offer exceptional value.
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Bonnie Garmus: Chemical reaction
Alumna Bonnie Garmus, author of the smash-hit novel “Lessons in Chemistry,” drew on many lessons learned at UC Santa Cruz on her way to finding the formula for success.
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Meet your long-lost cousin, the comb jelly
Found in oceans around the globe, invertebrate comb jellies have been proven to be the sibling group to all other animals.
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UC graduate programs and schools among nation’s best in the 2023-24 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings
UC offers some of the most highly-ranked schools and programs across nearly every field imaginable.
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Human pangenome reference will enable more complete and equitable understanding of genomic diversity
UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome — a new, usable reference for genomics that combines the genetic material of 47 individuals from different ancestral backgrounds to allow for a deeper, more accurate understanding of worldwide genomic diversity.
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How UC research is ensuring a future for 10 iconic animals
Bringing species back — and keeping them away — from the brink.
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Peregrine population flies higher, thanks to UCSC's Predatory Bird Research Group
Peregrine falcon populations crashed in the 1960s as a result of DDT. UC people helped bring them back.
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Leading and learning to save the world
As the leader of CalEPA, alumna Yana Garcia heads California’s fight against the ongoing climate crisis.
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Five student teams embark on tech for social good projects
Students are tackling today’s pressing issues, from solar to education, through technological innovation.
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How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific
Urban infrastructure was designed to take stormwater out to the ocean quickly. Now, California needs that precious water.
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Serving the new California: 9 ways UC is working to cultivate a university as diverse as the state itself
Find out how UC is making a strategic effort to cultivate a student, staff and faculty community that reflects the state it serves.