The Humanities Institute @UCSC on Instagram: "The Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures competition is now open! Undergraduate and graduate students at UC Santa Cruz from across campus are inv... 33 likes, 0 comments - ucscthi on December 2, 2025: "The Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures competition is now open! Undergraduate and graduate students at UC Santa Cruz from across campus ...

Due 1/16/26 The Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures competition invites grad students to submit a creative piece of speculative fiction in any medium or genre. Submissions should be based in actually existing worldly conditions. Winners will receive $1K:
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poster text reads Wellness Week at the GSC. Stop by the GSC for tea and relaxing activities all of finals week! Grad student commons above Iveta Café. Enjoy you(r) study break with us.

TGIF - thank goodness it's finals (week)! The Grad Student Commons is hosting a Wellness Week event there, above Iveta Café, so you can join your pals or come alone to quietly study, chill, and enjoy a beverage.

Pardon the typo, nobody is perfect 🤭

Well this is awesome. @clarivate.com has looked at the affiliations of those named “highly cited researchers” 11 years in a row. An incredible 24% listed a primary affiliation with @ucsantacruz.bsky.social - the highest of any public university on the planet.

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The challenge of creating brains in a lab Lab-grown brains don’t have to inspire horror.

Creating brains in a lab doesn't have to be like Frankenstein this Halloween. 🧠👻

The Braingeneers team at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute recently received a $1.9 million grant to grow miniature 3D brains from stem cells.

Natalie Batalha looking at a projection of an exoplanet on a wall in front of her

Artist rendition of an exoplanet and a sun

Natalie Batalha on stage speaking with a creative graphic being projected behind her

6,000+ exoplanets and counting—just this year. This Thursday, Nov. 6, hear from Natalie Batalha, UC Santa Cruz’s director of astrobiology & former NASA Kepler scientist, on the search for life beyond Earth. 🌌
Free talk, hybrid format, and open to all. More info here: events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-f...

UC historical fall enrollment, 1869 to present Historical student enrollment by level and campus dating from UC's inception.

For our first ever post on @bsky.app we're sharing the historical fall enrollment numbers at UC (data!). Graduate studies began at Santa Cruz in 1966 with 27 students. Applications are open now for graduate studies for 2026 😀 applygrad.ucsc.edu/apply
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