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Alumna Kathryn Sullivan enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame

A trailblazer, barrier-breaker, scientist, and explorer, UC Santa Cruz alumna Kathryn Sullivan was the first American woman to walk in space, the first woman to reach the deepest point of the ocean floor, and the only person to ever do both.
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University of California earns top spots in 2023-24 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings

UC Berkeley and UCLA are the best public universities in the country, UC Merced takes a giant leap, and all nine undergrad campuses are among the top 40 public schools in the rankings’ 39th edition.
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Celebrating UC changemakers: Meet 10 Latino leaders creating a more equitable future for us all

Across disciplines as diverse as education, science, medicine, engineering, law, business and politics, Latino leaders from the University of California are helping to create a more equitable future for all.
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Seismologists use deep learning to forecast earthquakes

Existing models of earthquake aftershocks struggle with the volume of contemporary data, but a new team uses deep learning to improve forecasting.
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Scientists release the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome

Until now, it had been notoriously challenging for the genomics community to sequence due to the complexity of its structure.
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University of California campuses are among the nation’s best, according to student surveys

All nine UC undergraduate campuses were named top academic institutions by the Princeton Review in its Best Colleges for 2024 list and its related guidebook.
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A 15-year-old childhood cancer survivor becomes a cancer researcher

This summer, young Robert McCabe helped to sequence and analyze a tumor sample in the lab of the UC Santa Cruz Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative.
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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.