News & Events

Published research study on climate-driven environmental changes during major ancient global warming event

Housing affordability pressure and climate goals shape development in Santa Cruz

Study identifies need for more coordination and resources to address heat risks for people experiencing homelessness

Honoring Outstanding Students

Sofia ‘Ximena’ Garcia-Isabelli ’26 turned curiosity about the natural world into hands-on research and discovery.

As the new board chair of the Bay Area’s 5 Buckets Foundation, Henry Ferguson ’18 helps empower lower-income communities through financial literacy programs.

Rhodes scholar Sean Reilly ’16 works directly with people in Northern California to improve fire prevention models.

Teams developed a river health assessment, studied riparian declines with ag development, and investigated levee risk assessments under climate warming.

Three ESS graduates collaborate with Gabbe to advance heat resilience research in California.

Students’ research helped launch a new catering co-op, design school gardens, and build food system data dashboards

Leonie presented a poster on isotopic work at the Ecological Society of America Conference in Long Beach

Sam is an environmental science major and a biology, public health, and sustainability minor

ESS faculty member led analysis of monitoring data.

C.J. Gabbe awarded the Dr. David E. Logothetti Teaching Award

Professor Iris Stewart-Frey and students work on five projects

Students report back after the Baja Natural History class

Our first Deep Dive class was offered in Spring 2024

Chris published an article on developing a food justice approach in food pantries.

Eight teams worked on topics related to environmental science, food systems, and urban planning