The event served as both a festive kickoff to commencement weekend and a joyful transition from student life to the next ...

The Banana Slug character (shown here with a newly redesigned costume) may very well be the most recognizable image associated with UC Santa Cruz. Walking around the campus, Sammy always runs into ...

Such was the case with UC Santa Cruz’s mascot, the banana slug. On Tuesday the Westside campus celebrated its beloved yellow mollusk, now in its 25th year as the school’s official representative.

the article asked rhetorically. “In a few weeks, the humble UC Santa Cruz banana slug will be wrenched from its dank Santa Cruz home and thrown into the national spotlight. Travolta will be ...

Santa Cruz housing is too expensive ... “Some people still think of us as a kooky place … as banana slugs, hippies and protests,” he said. “We’re also a serious university.” ...

UC Santa Cruz men’s volleyball team won two more matches Saturday at its tournament, UCSC Slug Slam, and finished the two-day event with a 4-0 record and four sweeps. UCSC freshman outside ...

SANTA CRUZ — UC Santa Cruz’s Banana Slug mascot has oozed its way into the fabric of pop culture. Students voted to adopt it in the early 1980s, shortly after UCSC joined the NCAA, which ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species synonymous with California’s coastal redwood forests and the university's beloved ...

Such was the case with UC Santa Cruz”s mascot, the Banana Slug. On Tuesday the Westside campus celebrated its beloved yellow mollusk, now in its 25th year as the school”s official representative.

the article asked rhetorically. “In a few weeks, the humble UC Santa Cruz banana slug will be wrenched from its dank Santa Cruz home and thrown into the national spotlight. Travolta will be ...