TuesdayNewsdayVol. 6 - Issue 37 - June 09, 2020 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2020/june-09/images/grad-banner-600px.jpg) UC Santa Cruz will hold virtual commencements this weekend to recognize graduating seniors. |
Twenty graduate profiles showcase the breadth, tenacity, caliber, and diversity of the Class of 2020, and more than 1,000 messages celebrate this milestone and our new Banana Slug alumni. |
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![UC Santa Cruz Minute](/tuesday-newsday/2020/june-09/images/ucsc-minute-grad-v2-250px.jpg) | Graduating seniors donned their caps, gowns, and stoles for graduation photos at the campus sign and Porter squiggle. |
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![Nyereath Nhial](/tuesday-newsday/2020/june-09/images/nyereath-nhial-250px.jpg) | College Ten '20, sociology and critical race and ethnic studies Nyereath Nhial earned the Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award for her senior seminar research project about Sudanese refugees. |
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![Ben Ochoa](/tuesday-newsday/2020/june-09/images/ben-ochoa-250px.jpg) | Porter ‘20, film and digital media During his second year at UC Santa Cruz, Ben Ochoa made a documentary film about the impact of wildfires that ravaged Napa and Sonoma counties. |
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![Nirupama Chandrasekhar](/tuesday-newsday/2020/june-09/images/nirupama-250px.jpg) | Cowell '20, history/literature (creative writing) Nirupama Chandrasekhar has been a key member of a public history project that involves interdisciplinary work, oral history, and digital humanities. |
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![Ahyesha Russell](/tuesday-newsday/2020/june-09/images/ahyesha-russel-250px.jpg) | Merrill ’20, technology and information management Ahyesha Russell is headed for a well-paid job with Capgemini in Seattle—something she hadn't thought was possible in her wildest dreams. |
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![Nitin Vidyasagar](/tuesday-newsday/2020/june-09/images/nitin-vidyasagar-250px.jpg) | Cowell ‘20, MCD biology Nitin Vidyasagar worked to promote and destigmatize HIV testing, focusing on disparities in treatment for Latinx and African, black, and Caribbean-identified students |
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