2018
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State program funds lung cancer research at UC Santa Cruz
The California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has awarded $1.8 million in grants and fellowships to UCSC biomedical researchers.
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The Cowell College Love Bank
When Rich Vicenti and Alesa Lightbourne were students at Cowell College in the 1970s, he courted her, but she was not available. They took separate paths after graduation. Nearly four decades later, finding themselves both single they finally began the romance that was not possible in their youth.
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UC housing funds to support students
With $3 million from UC Office of the President, UC Santa Cruz is taking a multi-pronged approach to help students as the region and state grapples with an unprecedented housing shortage.
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Campus hires third investigator for Title IX Office
I am pleased to announce that UC Santa Cruz has hired Rosa Garcia to serve as an investigator in our Title IX Office. The permanent funding for this third investigator position and a new deputy director position will grow our office to a staff of six.
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Community Studies students share social justice work
All students in Community Studies engage in a six-month field study, joining a social justice organization to apply the critical theories they have previously learned during their interactions with more traditional elements of the college experience.
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Acoustic imaging reveals hidden features of megathrust fault off Costa Rica
First detailed 3-D images of a megathrust fault show long grooves and other features in the fault surface that are likely to control how it slips in an earthquake.
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Conversations with Chancellor George Blumenthal and CP/EVC Marlene Tromp
Ólöf Einarsdottir, Chair, Academic Senate — The Feb. 21 Academic Senate meeting will focus on long range development planning and strategic academic planning.
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UCSC’s SlugBot team chosen again to compete in Amazon’s Alexa Prize Challenge
For the second year in a row, a team of computer science students has won sponsorship from Amazon to develop a “socialbot” that can converse with humans.
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Women leaders inspire undergrad during UCDC internship in Nancy Pelosi’s office
For Courtney Zuniga, the sight of powerful women like Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi made a lasting impression during her Fall Quarter UCDC internship in Washington, D.C.
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New director named for Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education (CARE) office
Kelsey Hoie Ferrell joined UC Santa Cruz as the new CARE director December 4, 2017.
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MLK Convocation: For racial equality, we must hear women
Kimberlé Crenshaw, a law professor known for the development of intersectional theory, praised the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. but noted that the civil rights movement and the Obama era left out the perspectives and voices of women.
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Surfing into the history books
If the right conditions arrive this winter, alumna Sarah Gerhardt could be among the first women to compete in the Mavericks big-wave surf contest.