The construction of UC Santa Cruz’s 2,900-bed Heller Drive student housing project, a key part of the long-delayed and controversial Student Housing West development, has been pushed back to 2027 and is now slated to be completed during the 2029-30 school year.
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‘A giant leap forward,’ UCSC expert says of breakthrough in mass starfish die-off
As scientists identify the bacteria killing Pacific sea stars, a UC Santa Cruz marine biologist who began spotting dismembered starfish on class dives more than a decade ago says the discovery highlights enduring questions about the local marine ecosystem.
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UC Santa Cruz medical training partnership with UC Davis to launch with 6 students in 2027
UC Santa Cruz is launching a new medical training program in partnership with UC Davis, aiming to address a regional physician shortage and lay the groundwork for a future UCSC medical school. The initiative, part of the UC PRIME program, will begin in 2027 with six students and focus on training physicians with local ties to the Central Coast.
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Tom Lehrer: the man who walked away
Wallace Baine recounts his chance parking garage meeting with Tom Lehrer, the brilliant but reclusive musical satirist who spent many years in Santa Cruz and died Saturday at 97.
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Tom Lehrer, musical satirist who taught math at UC Santa Cruz, dies
Tom Lehrer, the popular music satirist who taught musical mathematics at UC Santa Cruz among other universities, died Saturday at the age of 97 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
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UCSC prof’s work helps powerful new Vera C. Rubin Observatory capture secrets of deep space
UC Santa Cruz physicist Steve Ritz, who helped lead production of an image called the “Cosmic Treasure Chest,” says the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s unprecedented capabilities will spark discoveries scientists never imagined.
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UCSC-based Dickens Project hosts Victorian-themed Curiosity Gala
Dress up in your best Victorian attire for the Curiosity Gala, an event to support The Dickens Project, an academic consortium headquartered at UC Santa Cruz that researches English writer Charles Dickens and his contemporaries.
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More than a year later, just one person is facing formal charges from 122 arrests at UCSC Gaza encampment
Only one of 122 UC Santa Cruz protesters faces charges in connection with Gaza encampment arrests last year as the statute of limitations on prosecution expires.
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Bikini Bottom meets redwoods: SpongeBob musical hits stage at UCSC this fall
UC Santa Cruz will bring a SpongeBob SquarePants musical to life this fall, marking the school’s first musical production since 2022. Directed by assistant professor Rebecca Wear, the show explores themes of community, environmental crisis and xenophobia through a playful, campy retelling of the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon.
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UCSC must reverse its decision to fire lecturers and cut language instruction
UC Santa Cruz needs to rethink its budgeting model and focus on cutting administrative jobs, rather than gutting essential courses like language instruction taught by lecturers, writes recent graduate Brock Hrehor.