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2014 Experiential Learning

December 15, 2014
UC Santa Cruz hosts an expanded Santa Cruz hackathon January 9 to 11
HACK UCSC 2015 is open to students throughout the Monterey Bay region
December 15, 2014
Students garner awards at national biomedical conference
Five UC Santa Cruz students received awards for their presentations at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.
December 02, 2014
UC Santa Cruz undergrads earn bronze medal in bioengineering competition
A team of UC Santa Cruz undergraduates worked to engineer a microbe to produce biofuel from processed plant material.
November 07, 2014
UC Santa Cruz student researchers recognized at national conference
Five undergraduates doing research at UCSC were recognized for outstanding research presentations at the 2014 SACNAS conference.
September 26, 2014
"Seeding Innovation" event highlights green technology projects
Collaborations between UC Santa Cruz undergrads and community mentors are featured in October 3 event at marine sanctuary center.
September 16, 2014
Native vegetation makes a comeback on Santa Cruz Island
Study led by UC Santa Cruz undergrads shows native shrubs reclaiming the island on their own after removal of introduced grazers.
September 11, 2014
Julie Packard: Philanthropy and pragmatism
Alumna (Crown '74, biology; M.A. '78) talks about investing in passion, working to make change, and expanding world views through the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
August 20, 2014
Undergraduates present work at Summer Research Symposium
Research presentations featured UCSC students in a range of disciplines and others who came to UCSC for summer projects.
August 20, 2014
'Science Notes 2014' now available online
The weird and wondrous feeding habits of moray eels are among the featured stories in the Science Communication Program's magazine.
August 12, 2014
Private donors contribute more than $50 million to UC Santa Cruz
Private financial commitments to UC Santa Cruz for the fiscal year ended June 30 topped $50 million for the first time, bringing the total for The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz to more than $180 million.
July 29, 2014
Scholarship support available for UC Santa Cruz organic farming training program
Applications are now open for the 2015 Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture program, with a range of scholarship support available
July 16, 2014
Studying death in ancient Greece
Last year, UC Santa Cruz received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to undertake a summer institute investigating the history of mortality in ancient Greek culture...
June 30, 2014
$4-million gift establishes endowment to support sustainable agriculture
A $4-million gift to the University of California, Santa Cruz will establish an endowment to support the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, the nation's first hands-on training program for beginning organic farmers at a public university.
June 04, 2014
Huffman Prize winner approaches bioengineering with an artist's eye
Payam Yousefi, who graduates in June with a B.S. in bioengineering and a minor in bioinformatics, is the 2014 Huffman Prize winner.
May 29, 2014
Congrats, Class of 2014!
Ideally, we'd profile every one of UCSC's talented, passionate, and determined graduates--but the three students featured here serve as excellent representatives of the Class of 2014.
May 29, 2014
UCSC receives major grant to revamp introductory science courses
A $1.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute supports efforts to increase the number of students earning science degrees
May 28, 2014
Communicating science
Student Nick Lounsbury saw a problem at UCSC: there was cutting-edge research happening on campus, but no one knew about it. His answer? The creation of UC Santa Cruz's first student-run scientific magazine: Scientific Slug.
May 23, 2014
Opening the doors of history
History major Helen Porter took a circuitous path to a unique undergraduate research project exploring the complicated world of Okinawa in the 1950s
April 24, 2014
$1 million gift from alumna Julie Packard funds student programs at UCSC
UCSC has received a $1 million gift from alumna Julie Packard, executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
April 09, 2014
Coupon sharing app wins top prize in first UCSC hackathon
About 100 UCSC students turned out for HACK UCSC 2014, the first UCSC hackathon.
March 31, 2014
$2-million gift supports natural history fieldwork at UC Santa Cruz
A $2-million gift from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in honor of the late professor Kenneth Norris will help ensure that UC Santa Cruz continues as a leader in natural history and at the forefront of educating students to become environmental leaders.
March 26, 2014
UCSC students will code for Santa Cruz in April 5-6 'hackathon'
The first UC Santa Cruz "hackathon" will bring together student software developers, designers, and entrepreneurs.
March 17, 2014
Reintroduction experiments give new hope for a plant on the brink of extinction
A critically endangered plant is inching back from the brink of extinction thanks to a UCSC plant ecologist and her students.
February 27, 2014
UCSC students shine at CAMP Statewide Symposium
Five UC Santa Cruz undergraduates received awards for their research presentations at the 2014 CAMP symposium
February 21, 2014
UCSC engineering students find inspiration in eBay scholarship program
A team of engineering students has developed promising new approaches for doing online shopping from mobile devices
February 07, 2014
Making tangible change
Alums who formed socially conscious nonprofit as a way of keeping in touch have funded more than $180,000 in projects.