- Adjunct Professor of Computational Media Aviv Elor and Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. student Ash Robbins, who co-founded the telehealth physical therapy company Immergo Labs, were recognized in the 2025 Forbes 30 under 30 list in the Healthcare category.
- Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Alex Ioannidis was quoted in a KPBS story about research he is working on to trace genetic evidence of the migration of ancient Polynesian people.
- Professor of Computational Media Katherine Isbister spoke to the New York Times about what makes a cute video game character.
- The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics Ashesh Chattopadhyay and Distinguished Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics J. Xavier Prochaska new NSF funded projects to leverage AI and geophysics to address climate change.
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Leilani Gilpin comments on some of the potential issues with AI on smartphones.
- A study on brain waves from Distinguished Professor of Biomolecular Engineering David Haussler's lab was featured in New Atlas. Additional coverage in Earth.com.
- Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Jason Eshraghian's research on energy effecient large language models was featured in Ars Tecnica, with additional coverage in Venture Beat, The Register, and Tech Xplore.
- The Verge reports that two UCSC engineering students discovered a security vulnerability in internet-connected laundry machines that could allow millions to do laundry for free. Additional coverage in Tech Crunch.
- Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News covered Camilla Forsberg's lab's discovery of a secondary population of platelet cells that lead to excessive clotting.
- Distinguished Professor of Biomolecular Engineering David Haussler's research on human genomic evolution was mentioned in a Mercury News story on the effects of the increasing size of human brains.
- Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Daniel Kim was featured in a Technology Networks story on advances in liquid biopsy technology for cancer detection, his area of expertise.
- Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Shiva Abbaszadeh's pathway to commercializing her x-ray detector technology was featured in an article about the anniversary of the The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering's Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation (C3i) program.
- Genome Web reports on technology developed by UCSC Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Holger Schmidt for detecting COVID-19 and the Zika virus.
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yihsu Chen offers his perspective on how the California electricity market can be made as efficient and equitable as possible in the face of the rise of small-scale solar. Also published in The Conversation.
- KTVU's coverage of the Golden State Warriors' annual STEAM fest highlighted UCSC's demonstration table at the event.
- The New Scientist featured Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Roberto Manduchi's research on creating apps that allow visually impaired people to navigate with their phones while the device is in their pocket.
- Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Alexander Ioannidis discusses the genomic evidence used to trace the origins of the people of Easter Island. Ioannidis came to UC Santa Cruz after doing this research at Stanford University.
- Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Benedict Paten was quoted in a story in a Discover Magazine that discussed the promise of the pangenome project aimed at capturing human genetic diversity into a usable genomics reference.
- Professor of Computational Media Katherine Isbister penned an op-ed in Popular Science and MIT Press on how games provoke deep emotions via choice and consequence.
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Tyler Sorensen was quoted in a Wired story on flaws present in mainstream GPUs — a discovery that was found through Sorensen's reseach.
