Research Impact

• In 2008, Science Watch reported that UC Santa Cruz achieved the highest score for the number of citations per high-impact paper in molecular biology and genetics.

• In the same edition of Science Watch, two UCSC researchers — James Kent and David Haussler — were ranked 4th and 9th, respectively, among authors with the most high-impact papers in molecular biology and genetics.

• UC Santa Cruz ranked 1st in the nation for its research impact in physics and 5th nationally in the space sciences, according to Science Watch in 2007.

• In 2007, UC Santa Cruz ranked 3rd in the nation for scholarly productivity in environmental health engineering and music, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

• In 2007, UC Santa Cruz ranked as the 4th most productive institution in North America in conservation biology, according to Conservation Biology.

Faculty Honors and Awards

• In 2007, Harry Noller, Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology, received the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, the most distinguished award in biomedical research in Germany.

• In 2006, David Haussler, director of UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, was elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, two of the most prestigious career laurels for scientists and engineers.

• The Cultural Association of Bengal honored associate professor of history Dilip Basu with a Distinguished Service Award in 2003 for his work preserving the classic Bengali films of Satyajit Ray.

• Associate professor of film and digital media Shelley Stamp was named one of two 2003 Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

College Guides, Surveys, and Magazines

• UC Santa Cruz ranked 35th among public national doctoral universities in U.S. News & World Report’s ratings for 2008.

• UC Santa Cruz ranked 23rd in the nation for Hispanic students in 2005, according to HISPANIC Magazine.

• In 2004, UC Santa Cruz was one of the 30 American public universities to be ranked in the top 200 universities worldwide by the Times of London Higher Education Supplement.

• In a 2004 survey of 3,240 high-achieving high school students by the National Bureau of Economic Research, UC Santa Cruz ranked 16th among the country’s most desirable public colleges and universities.

• Outside magazine rated UC Santa Cruz as the number one college campus in its September, 2003 issue. The article stated that “UCSC’s academic strengths are as diverse as the town.”

Making a World of Difference

• In 2008, UC Santa Cruz again made the Peace Corps' top 10 list for medium-sized schools, ranking sixth, with 50 alumni currently serving as volunteers.
  
  
• According to the Environmental Protection Agency in 2007, UC Santa Cruz was the 6th largest green power purchaser among U.S. colleges and universities.