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Digging, diving and discovering stories untold
Once a dream of two plucky UC scholars, the Society of Black Archaeologists has become a force for change.
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21 UC faculty named 2024 Sloan Research fellows
Sloan Research fellowships recognize early-career scientists and scholars emerging as leaders in their fields.
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UC inventions garnered more patents than any other university in the world last year
Six UC campuses also on the list of schools with most undergraduate startup founders
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How three UC campuses are phasing out fossil fuels
This year every UC campus will publish a plan for eliminating carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy by 2045, and three campuses — Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz — are on track to decarbonize ahead of schedule.
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Finding her voice: Farnaz Fatemi's poetry explores language, borders and selfhood with an emphasis on her Iranian American identity
Alumna and Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate reflects on her academic journey and career.
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Notable UC books of 2023
Looking to curl up with some winter reads? Whether your taste leans toward coming-of-age memoir or non-fiction, cooking or crime, we have something for you.
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12 ingenious discoveries from a year of UC research
In 2023, every campus, lab and medical center came through with findings that benefit our health, happiness and the very fate of our planet.
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UC researchers among the most influential in the world, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list
UC’s 317 faculty and scientists across all 10 campuses and the labs make the university the most highly cited institution in the world.
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Worldwide leaders convene to protect, advance global biodiversity
UC Santa Cruz hosted the APEC University Leaders' Forum with UC Davis and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities
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When humanists met technologists
UC Santa Cruz’s new Humanizing Technology Certificate Program is helping students confront the moral and social implications of technology, harnessing the power of the humanities to envision a more just and responsible future.
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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.