UCSC undergraduate Cruz Ortiz set up equipment for collecting samples of fog water on the coast. (Photo by Rene Paul Acosta) An ongoing investigation of elevated mercury levels in coastal fog in ...

Beletsis first joined the UCSC chapter of Theta Chi fraternity in 2017 and was subjected to the same hazing ritual, cited in the complaint as the Crossover Ceremony.

UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received. Water expert Brent Haddad of environmental studies was featured in a New ...

The Santa Cruz City Council declared Tuesday UCSC Banana Slug Day. Sammy the Slug, the costumed incarnation of the mascot, mingled with students in Quarry Plaza handing out slug-shaped cookies.

Hair mercury levels were closely correlated with how much tuna the students said they ate. ... Finkelstein discussed her team's findings with UCSC administrators who oversee the dining halls.

A UC Santa Cruz graduate charged with multiple counts of voyeurism, burglary and theft this month had previously pleaded ...

Dozens of graduate-student workers fired for engaging in a wildcat strike at UC Santa Cruz have a path to reinstatement this fall under a deal reached between the campus and the students’ union.

UCSC plans for enrollment to increase by nearly 9,000 students to about 28,000 by 2040. The Journal report also focuses on UCSC’s sought-after Camper Park, a 42-space trailer park owned and ...

The UCSC students began a strike Feb. 10 after a monthslong campaign for a cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA. The problem? Grad students feel overburdened by unaffordable housing and low wages.

UC Santa Cruz was recently awarded a 2024 Catalyst Grant Award to bolster campus climate action projects that focus on decarbonization, climate action and climate justice.

Just 15 days after joining the lawsuit, campus police seized my phone during an early morning fire drill in my building. I was outside, still in my pajamas, when two UCSC officers approached me. They ...