University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., has awarded the UC Presidential Medal to UC Santa Cruz alum Julie Packard in recognition of her work to safeguard the world’s marine ...

The Monterey Bay sparkles in morning sunlight as a person makes their way from Family Housing at UC Santa Cruz towards Rachel Carson College. In 2016, College Eight at UCSC was renamed to honor Carson ...

How can California’s kelp forests, which have faced dramatic declines due to climate change, persist and thrive in the future? The stakes could not be higher. Giant kelp, the foundation of coastal ...

A new $71.1 million federal grant project led by to the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation will support climate resilience across the Monterey Bay region. UC Santa Cruz will partner on the project ...