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Three fellows in the Humanities EXCEL Program partnered with local Santa Cruz organizations to gain hands-on, real-world experience. Using disposable cameras, they captured moments of creativity, confidence, service, and joy at their paid internships. Read their reflections: https://bit.ly/3JJ357H
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Three fellows in the Humanities EXCEL Program partnered with local Santa Cruz organizations to gain hands-on, real-world experience. Using disposable cameras, they captured moments of creativity, confidence, service, and joy at their paid internships. Read their reflections: https://bit.ly/3JJ357H
Three fellows in the Humanities EXCEL Program partnered with local Santa Cruz organizations to gain hands-on, real-world experience. Using disposable cameras, they captured moments of creativity, confidence, service, and joy at their paid internships. Read their reflections: https://bit.ly/3JJ357H
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Three fellows in the Humanities EXCEL Program partnered with local Santa Cruz organizations to gain hands-on, real-world experience. Using disposable cameras, they captured moments of creativity, confidence, service, and joy at their paid internships. Read their reflections: https://bit.ly/3JJ357H
🧬Genomics: Mark Diekhans, James Kent, Maximilian Haeussler, Galt Barber, Jonathan Casper, Hiram Clawson, Jairo Navarro Gonzalez, Angie Hinrichs, Robert Kuhn, Brian Lee, Christopher Lee, Brian Raney, Kate Rosenbloom, Matthew Speir, and Ann Zweig.
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🧬Genomics: Mark Diekhans, James Kent, Maximilian Haeussler, Galt Barber, Jonathan Casper, Hiram Clawson, Jairo Navarro Gonzalez, Angie Hinrichs, Robert Kuhn, Brian Lee, Christopher Lee, Brian Raney, Kate Rosenbloom, Matthew Speir, and Ann Zweig.
🧪Chemistry and biochemistry: Yat Li
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🧪Chemistry and biochemistry: Yat Li
☄️ Astronomy and astrophysics: Jonathan Fortney and Garth Illingworth
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
☄️ Astronomy and astrophysics: Jonathan Fortney and Garth Illingworth
🧫 Biomolecular engineering: Karen Miga, David Haussler, and Benedict Paten
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🧫 Biomolecular engineering: Karen Miga, David Haussler, and Benedict Paten
Inspiring Change: Help us invest in expanding life-changing educational opportunities and advance world-changing ideas and solutions that benefit all of us💫
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Inspiring Change: Help us invest in expanding life-changing educational opportunities and advance world-changing ideas and solutions that benefit all of us💫
Your Giving Day gifts made a real difference—almost 2M+ in donations by 8k donors—supporting students, research, and programs that keep UC Santa Cruz moving forward. Here’s to 10 years of generosity, community, & impact 💛
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Your Giving Day gifts made a real difference—almost 2M+ in donations by 8k donors—supporting students, research, and programs that keep UC Santa Cruz moving forward. Here’s to 10 years of generosity, community, & impact 💛
It’s Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz! 🎉 You have 24 hours to make an impact and support scholarships, research, student orgs, & more. Every gift adds up + unlocks bonus funding 💙✨#give2ucsc
Give now: bit.ly/43NYt6O
Give now: bit.ly/43NYt6O
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s Giving Day at UC Santa Cruz! 🎉 You have 24 hours to make an impact and support scholarships, research, student orgs, & more. Every gift adds up + unlocks bonus funding 💙✨#give2ucsc
Give now: bit.ly/43NYt6O
Give now: bit.ly/43NYt6O
🧬 Beth Shapiro, @ucscgenomics.bsky.social Director of Conservation Genomics, was recognized for leading a Colossal Biosciences research team to a breakthrough that makes cloning endangered animals easier and safer—using cells from a simple blood draw instead of invasive surgical tissue samples.
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🧬 Beth Shapiro, @ucscgenomics.bsky.social Director of Conservation Genomics, was recognized for leading a Colossal Biosciences research team to a breakthrough that makes cloning endangered animals easier and safer—using cells from a simple blood draw instead of invasive surgical tissue samples.
UC Santa Cruz innovations have been named among TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025!🚀✨
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
UC Santa Cruz innovations have been named among TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025!🚀✨
Today’s undergraduate STEM majors are tomorrow’s K-12 teachers, and Cal Teach is preparing them to transform how students see science, math, and their own potential. 🌱
This #GivingDay, your gift helps fund scholarships & training for future math + science educators: give.ucsc.edu/giving-day-2...
This #GivingDay, your gift helps fund scholarships & training for future math + science educators: give.ucsc.edu/giving-day-2...
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today’s undergraduate STEM majors are tomorrow’s K-12 teachers, and Cal Teach is preparing them to transform how students see science, math, and their own potential. 🌱
This #GivingDay, your gift helps fund scholarships & training for future math + science educators: give.ucsc.edu/giving-day-2...
This #GivingDay, your gift helps fund scholarships & training for future math + science educators: give.ucsc.edu/giving-day-2...
Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have studied the behavior of northern elephant seals that journey to nearby Año Nuevo Natural Reserve with help from the National Science Foundation. 🦭
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
October 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have studied the behavior of northern elephant seals that journey to nearby Año Nuevo Natural Reserve with help from the National Science Foundation. 🦭
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
Image credit: Dan Costa; photos taken under research permit NMFS 23188
From the Humanities Division, Smeet Mehta (Crown, philosophy) is an analyst at 100X.VC Mumbai, a venture capital firm that helps start-ups get the funding they need to achieve their goals.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
From the Humanities Division, Smeet Mehta (Crown, philosophy) is an analyst at 100X.VC Mumbai, a venture capital firm that helps start-ups get the funding they need to achieve their goals.
From the Arts Division, Jane Grantham (Porter, art and design: games and playable media) was an awards administrative consultant at Warner Bros and recently took a role with fortyseven communications.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
From the Arts Division, Jane Grantham (Porter, art and design: games and playable media) was an awards administrative consultant at Warner Bros and recently took a role with fortyseven communications.
From @ucscscience.bsky.social, Danny Cruz (Porter, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics) is a Cellular and Molecular Biology Ph.D. Student at the University of Michigan, and Ciara Bolt (Kresge, B.S. Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology) is a research associate at Natera.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
From @ucscscience.bsky.social, Danny Cruz (Porter, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics) is a Cellular and Molecular Biology Ph.D. Student at the University of Michigan, and Ciara Bolt (Kresge, B.S. Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology) is a research associate at Natera.
From Tanner Rowland (Cowell, politics) is a congressional aide for Representative Jimmy Panetta. Ryan Haraden (Stevenson, intensive psychology) is a J.D. candidate at Georgetown University Law Center and is doing pro bono work with the @washlaw4cr.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
From Tanner Rowland (Cowell, politics) is a congressional aide for Representative Jimmy Panetta. Ryan Haraden (Stevenson, intensive psychology) is a J.D. candidate at Georgetown University Law Center and is doing pro bono work with the @washlaw4cr.bsky.social.
From @baskinengineering.bsky.social, Arsema Moges (College Nine, technology and information management) is a product manager at Apple, and Ricardo Esquivel (John R. Lewis, computer science) is a software engineer at Microsoft.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
From @baskinengineering.bsky.social, Arsema Moges (College Nine, technology and information management) is a product manager at Apple, and Ricardo Esquivel (John R. Lewis, computer science) is a software engineer at Microsoft.
Social documentation professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor is documenting small-town American life and how communities navigate conflicts around politics, culture, and ideology. 🎥
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Social documentation professor Jennifer Maytorena Taylor is documenting small-town American life and how communities navigate conflicts around politics, culture, and ideology. 🎥
Electrical and computer engineering professor Jason Eshraghian is addressing the environmental impact of AI by reimagining how artificial intelligence can operate. By taking cues from the human brain, his team has created a GPT that conserves energy by activating only when needed. 🧠
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Electrical and computer engineering professor Jason Eshraghian is addressing the environmental impact of AI by reimagining how artificial intelligence can operate. By taking cues from the human brain, his team has created a GPT that conserves energy by activating only when needed. 🧠
History professor Kat Gutierrez is helping communities share their history through community-engaged research. She has been working with the local Filipino community to share the history of the Manong Generation, who came to the area as agricultural workers in the 1930s. 🇵🇭
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
History professor Kat Gutierrez is helping communities share their history through community-engaged research. She has been working with the local Filipino community to share the history of the Manong Generation, who came to the area as agricultural workers in the 1930s. 🇵🇭
Sociologist Jenny Reardon is guiding ethical technology development. Her work focuses on considering the societal implications of new research to inform fields such as artificial intelligence, genomics, and neuroscience. 🧬
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Sociologist Jenny Reardon is guiding ethical technology development. Her work focuses on considering the societal implications of new research to inform fields such as artificial intelligence, genomics, and neuroscience. 🧬
Earth and planetary sciences professor Emily Brodsky is getting ready for the next big quake. By studying earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Chile to better understand the mechanics of geologic hazards, her work can inform prediction efforts in the United States. 🌋
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Earth and planetary sciences professor Emily Brodsky is getting ready for the next big quake. By studying earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Chile to better understand the mechanics of geologic hazards, her work can inform prediction efforts in the United States. 🌋
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela has always admired Jane’s kind, passionate, and human approach to research.
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela has always admired Jane’s kind, passionate, and human approach to research.
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Roxanne Beltran reflected on her time as a Ph.D. student, when she and her husband wrote a children's book about a Weddell seal named Patches: “The publisher tasked us with finding people to give quotes for the back cover...
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Roxanne Beltran reflected on her time as a Ph.D. student, when she and her husband wrote a children's book about a Weddell seal named Patches: “The publisher tasked us with finding people to give quotes for the back cover...