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The awardees of the 2024 Chancellor’s Innovation Impact Awards: (left to right) Nader Pourmand, Jacob Martinez, Andy Yeh, and Jason Eshraghian.(Photo by Nick Gonzales/UC Santa Cruz)

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Chancellor’s 2024 innovation awards honor excellence in research and impact

UC Santa Cruz has announced the recipients of the 2024 Chancellor’s Innovation Impact Awards, honoring outstanding research with far-reaching impact.

John MacMillan, Vice Chancellor for Research and inaugural President of the UC Santa Cruz NAI Chapter. (Photo by Nick Gonzales/UC Santa Cruz)

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Forging new pathways in innovation

UC Santa Cruz has launched a chapter of the National Academy of Inventors, becoming only the second UC campus to do so.

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Innovation & Business Engagement Hub spearheads UC Climate Tech Showcase

UC Santa Cruz was able to showcase a wide range of innovative climate action solutions at the UC Climate Tech showcase, which took place on Earth Day in San Francisco as part of SF Climate Week.

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Innovative Women in Climate & Tech

On January 30, UC Santa Cruz hosted an evening with women entrepreneurs, funders, and founders to discuss innovation and opportunities to create change.

This was a collaboration between the Innovation & Business Engagement Hub, QB3 and the Genomics Institute.

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NSF names campus an Innovation Corps Hub

UC Santa Cruz is one of eight partner institutions in the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Hub for the Northwest Region.

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This research paves the way for point-of-care cortisol testing and diagnoses.
UCSC alumnus featured in latest episode of “Leguizamo Does America” on MSNBC and Peacock
July 28, 2025 by Haneen Zain
Dr. Rafael Enrique Delgadillo (Ph.D. ’24, Latin American and Latino Studies) is featured in the latest episode of Leguizamo Does America on MSNBC and Peacock.
New air quality sensors enable community decision-making in Pajaro Valley region
July 28, 2025 by Emily Cerf
Newly deployed sensors will fill in significant gaps in the area's air quality monitoring network
2025-26 winter curtailment and holiday dates
July 25, 2025 by Public Affairs
Winter curtailment and holiday dates for 2025-26 are announced and include three additional winter curtailment days.
UC Santa Cruz students discover sunflower sea stars keep kelp-hungry urchins at bay
July 25, 2025 by Mike Peña
Presence of well-armed predator may be one way to help decimated kelp forests recover
New research shows how immigration status can become a death sentence during public health crisis
July 24, 2025 by Allison Arteaga Soergel
A study looking back on COVID-19 deaths in California found that immigrants who were potentially undocumented experienced much higher relative excess mortality during the pandemic, revealing failures in both public health and immigration policy.
Celebrating innovative and creative teaching
July 24, 2025 by Public Affairs
Since 1996, the Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching (COT) in collaboration with the chancellor has been recognizing and celebrating instructors for their Excellence in Teaching.