Since graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Jessica Lum (Rachel Carson '09, environmental studies and economics) has built a career ...

A model of the a-Heal wearable device. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” ...

UC Presidential Chair Magy Seif El-Nasr shares insights on how AI has shaped academic publishing, and her observations on an ...

In order to expand access to cutting-edge research technology, the University of California, Santa Cruz, is welcoming institutions in the United States and abroad to use its powerful ...

The UC Santa Cruz Science Division proudly celebrates the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients—three remarkable alumni whose work is transforming how we understand and shape the world around us.

One of the biggest mysteries of evolution is how species first developed complex vision. Jellyfish are helping scientists solve this puzzle, as the group has independently evolved eyes at least nine ...

Students with the Resource Recovery Team in the Grounds Department and Sustainability Office performing a waste audit to determine divertable materials from McHenry Library. Princeton Review has ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Finnegan (Cowell, ‘74, Literature), this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Humanities Undergraduate Alumni Award, spoke of the need for self-reinvention, ...

A group of farmworkers speak with CBDIO team members in Monterey County. Salinas Valley, known as the “salad bowl of the world,” provides food for millions of people and powers a multi-billion dollar ...

Long before Disney turned Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid into global blockbusters, European writers, editors, and folklorists captivated readers with their fairy-tale collections as early ...

of desire, de Lauretis taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz, from the mid-1980s until her retirement in 2008 as Distinguished Professor Emerita.