At 77, longtime Santa Cruz swim coach Joel Wilson just set a masters world record at the 2026 U.S. Masters Swimming Summer Nationals in Sacramento — the newest milestone in a career that stretches back more than 70 years. But ask Wilson about it and he’ll tell you it matters less than watching the swimmers he mentors hit their own goals.
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University of California’s most selective campuses have increased in-state enrollment
Entering the final year of a compact agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom, the University of California has succeeded in meeting one major goal of the deal: increasing undergraduate enrollment of California residents.
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Despite Trump’s visa policies, international students are still flocking to California universities
Across the country, universities have seen dips in international student enrollment during Donald Trump’s second term, but the University of California has largely avoided those decreases.
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UC Santa Cruz student who died in West Cliff Drive crash identified as 19-year-old Alli Singh
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office says UC Santa Cruz student Alli Singh, 19, was killed last Thursday after the car she was in drove off West Cliff Drive and into the bay at Steamer Lane.
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UC Santa Cruz student died in Thursday crash off West Cliff Drive
A UC Santa Cruz student has been identified as the victim killed Thursday when a vehicle carrying two people crashed into the ocean off of West Cliff Drive at Steamer Lane.
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From Texas censorship to UCSC: Silenced anti-ICE art exhibition celebrating dual identity finds a home in Santa Cruz
Earlier this year, Mexican-born, Texas-raised visual artist Victor Quiñonez had his new exhibition, which speaks to being an immigrant in America and to the harm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has caused, pulled from two different galleries in Texas. It is now set to come in September to UC Santa Cruz, where Quiñonez hopes his art can continue to make an impact in a state and gallery that is more understanding of its impactful message.
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Beyond free access: UC Santa Cruz study exposes the hidden barriers to California’s beaches
A new UC Santa Cruz study reveals that despite California’s strong access laws, historical discrimination, wealth disparities and systemic barriers still make the state’s coastlines overwhelmingly white and affluent.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions’ worth of California research grants
The Trump administration canceled $2 billion of research grants to University of California professors. Their legal team says it has proof that those terminations were unconstitutional.
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UCSC workers say administration violated ‘good faith’ measures by implementing parking rate increases
UC Santa Cruz faculty, students and campus unions are fighting back against new parking rate increases, accusing the administration of implementing the hikes in bad faith and violating its own policies.
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Legendary composer and Nina Simone brother, collaborator Samuel Waymon to bring six-decade legacy to UCSC
Samuel Waymon, the legendary composer and activist who spent a quarter-century shaping the sound of his sister Nina Simone, is bringing his six-decade cultural legacy to UC Santa Cruz this October for a weeklong residency.
