Review

Fall 2010

UC Santa Cruz is 45 ... groovy

Bob Dylan released his iconic song, "Subterranean Homesick Blues," in 1965: "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." The winds of change were blowing toward Santa Cruz, where a major public-research university was rising out of the coastal fog. UC Santa Cruz opened that same year with 650 students.

Mists of time

UC leaders founded UCSC in Santa Cruz rather than San Jose in part because of the cooling effect of the coastal marine layer. The rest is history.

Restoring an altered Eden

A UCSC professor fosters a happy marriage between academic rigor and on-the-ground conservation to protect and renew an estuarine gem.

Oh brother, where art thou?

Early in the life of the campus, three artists helped establish UCSC's art department with little more than grit, humor, and creativity. Where are they now?

Material culture

A young alumna costumes actresses on the white-hot TV show Mad Men, capturing the social turbulence of the '60s.

Happenings/news

First persons

Alumni Notes & profiles