 | | Opening doors of opportunity | UC Santa Cruz ranks as one of the top universities in the nation for social mobility—where a student from an economically disadvantaged background can enroll, pay a low tuition, earn a degree, and land a good-paying job.
| |  | | Banana Slug pageantry | | The first-ever Banana Slug Parade & Expo celebrated our 50th anniversary and brought the campus and community together. | |  | | How a black hole swallows a star | | New details about what happens when a black hole tears apart a star are giving scientists an extraordinary opportunity to understand the extreme environment around a black hole. | | | | | ALUMNI REGIONAL EVENTS | Santa Cruz – Wednesday, November 18
| | UC Santa Cruz History Trivia Night at New Bohemia Brewing Co. | San Francisco – Thursday, November 19
| | Game Changers: New Directions in Design and Play at San Francisco Film Centre | | Los Angeles – Saturday, December 12 | | Holiday Volunteer Service Day at Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | | » More Regional Events | | | |  | | Names of fame | Students may take for granted the monikers on buildings around campus. But how did they get those names?
| | | The campaign for uc Santa Cruz |  | | Rising to the challenge | | Leaving behind an early life of poverty, Layla Cervantes (College Eight ’16, MCD biology) is defying the statistics. This year, she won an Undergraduate Research Award, made possible by a generous private contribution. | |  | | May her memory be a blessing | Bev Crair’s mother was her best friend. Now, Crair is sustaining her mother’s name, and helping gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth, with a $50,000 pledge establishing an endowed fund for students at the Cantú Queer Center.
| |  | | Bridging science and tradition | | Dedicated scientists launch One People One Reef, a five-year conservation effort on Ulithi Atoll in Micronesia aimed at sustaining the ecological health of the islands—and the islanders. | | | 'This Home Won't Break' | | Assistant professor of film and digital media Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's new documentary focuses on former gang member, victim of gang violence. | | |
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