Donor News
- December 15, 2017
Osterbrock Leadership Program awards mini-grants to six astronomy grad students
The Osterbrock Leadership Program provides experiences and opportunities for astronomy graduate students to develop leadership and management skills.
- December 13, 2017
Two UCSC biologists receive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor awards
Biology professors Beth Shapiro and Erika Zavaleta won HHMI funding for their innovative science education proposals.
- November 16, 2017
Tackling challenges on the way to a national championship
UC Santa Cruz’s men’s rugby team looks forward to a promising 50th season
- November 15, 2017
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant supports $1.5 million project expanding humanities impact
A $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is now supporting a new five-year project at UC Santa Cruz. It includes a two-part humanities initiative that is designed to support doctoral student success for students from diverse backgrounds, and to expand the impact of the campus’s public humanities “Questions That Matter” outreach program.
- November 06, 2017
Bioinformatics leaders partner to build platform for NIH Data Commons
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of Chicago, and the Broad Institute will create the Commons Alliance Platform with funding from the National Institutes of Health.
- November 01, 2017
A month of generosity
Fall Into Philanthropy is a month-long funding drive that puts the spotlight on UC Santa Cruz programs that bolster research, endowment funds and student scholarships, while fostering a culture of giving.
- October 31, 2017
MCD Biology launches undergraduate biomedical research initiative
Biology professor Jeremy Sanford is taking a bold new approach to the undergraduate biology lab experience.
- October 20, 2017
Local cancer charity group funds four cancer researchers at UC Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group has given more than $450,000 in grants to the campus since 2005.
- October 16, 2017
Astronomer Alexie Leauthaud wins prestigious Packard Fellowship
Leauthaud is the 13th UCSC faculty member, and sixth UCSC astronomer, to receive a Packard Fellowship.
- June 22, 2017
Steck Award recipient seeks to solve atomic structure of human astrovirus
Edmundo Perez (College 10 ‘17, bioengineering) is being recognized for his work on how the human immune system blocks virus infection and disease.
- June 22, 2017
Worm studies investigate how grandparents' experiences can affect our genes
In the hot field of epigenetics, Susan Strome's lab is studying tiny roundworms to understand the mechanisms behind surprising observations in human populations.
- June 22, 2017
Knight Foundation funds project on breaking 'filter bubbles' in science journalism
The Science Communication Program will explore ways to broaden the reach of science journalism and improve civic discourse on science-related issues.
- May 30, 2017
Ronnie Lipschutz appointed to chair in integral ecology and environmental justice
Ronnie Lipschutz, professor of politics and provost of Rachel Carson College, was honored as the inaugural holder of the Robert Headley Presidential Chair for Integral Ecology and Environmental Justice.
- May 18, 2017
Graduating senior propelled by curiosity and a desire to give back
Jenn Figueroa arrived at College Ten from her hometown of Northridge and proceeded to take advantage of every extracurricular program offered by College Nine and College Ten.
- May 09, 2017
UC Santa Cruz receives gift to establish Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies
UC Santa Cruz has received a $500,000 gift from the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation, plus matching funds from the UC Regents, to establish the $1 million "Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies."
- April 17, 2017
Hearst Foundations grant supports UCSC Science Communication Program
Two-year grant will help fund instructional costs, multimedia training, and recruitment efforts.
- March 16, 2017
Gun safety advocate Shannon Watts to speak at Gabriel Zimmerman Award benefit
Gun safety advocate Shannon Watts will be the keynote speaker at a campus reception to celebrate the life of alum Gabriel Zimmerman.
- March 09, 2017
Giving Day 2017 raises more than $520,000 for a wealth of worthy projects
The spirit of friendly competition added excitement to this 24-hour online giving fest, which raised money for a wide array of good causes.
- March 03, 2017
Astronomer Ruth Murray-Clay appointed to chair in theoretical astrophysics
Investiture ceremony honors Murray-Clay as the inaugural holder of the E. K. Gunderson Family Chair in Theoretical Astrophysics
- March 02, 2017
Gift from Narinder Kapany will establish Sikh book collection and study room at McHenry Library
UC Santa Cruz has received a gift from Dr. Narinder Kapany to establish the Sundar Singh Kapany Book Collection and the Sundar Singh Kapany Group Study Room in the University Library.
- March 01, 2017
With more than 100 featured projects, UC Santa Cruz hosts Giving Day 2017
The website site will go live at 12:01 a.m. on March 8 for donors to make gifts and track their favorite projects in real-time. Giving Day 2017 builds on the success of last year’s event, when nearly 3,000 donors came together to collectively give $340,000.
- February 21, 2017
UCSC biomolecular engineer Russ Corbett-Detig wins Sloan Research Fellowship
Corbett-Detig studies evolution and genetic diversity in species ranging from fruit flies to humans.
- February 08, 2017
The mighty Phyllis returns after record-shattering swim
The tagged elephant seal's landing at Año Nuevo means she swam about 7,400 miles, longer than any elephant seal recorded over two decades—then she gave birth to a baby boy.
- January 26, 2017
Science Internship Program creates opportunities for high school students
SIP alumni and their families are raising funds to extend the program's reach and support need-based scholarships.
- January 23, 2017
UC Santa Cruz launches Murray Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
UC Santa Cruz has established an endowed chair to honor the person most responsible for the thriving Jewish Studies program that exists on the campus today.
- January 17, 2017
UC Santa Cruz receives $2.2 million for innovation and entrepreneurship program
New support program will help bring research innovations to the marketplace and spur economic development in the Santa Cruz area.
- January 17, 2017
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn wins architectural awards
The Cowell Ranch Hay Barn has won two architectural awards: a 2016 Excellence in Design Honor Award from American Institute of Architects Montana, and the 2017 U.S. WoodWorks Regional Excellence Award from the Wood Products Council.
- January 06, 2017
Santa Cruz receives $450,000 grant to study economic inclusivity in emerging countries
UC Santa Cruz will test and refine the foundation’s emerging inclusive economies framework in geographic contexts and markets.
- January 04, 2017
Moore Foundation grant funds UC Santa Cruz groundwater sustainability project
The $854,000 grant supports research and solutions for the sustainability of groundwater in California.
