March 2021
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UC Santa Cruz celebrates its first Rhodes Scholar
Spring 2020 graduate Garima Desai was named among the top 32 scholars from across the U.S. and will have all of her expenses paid to attend graduate school at Oxford University through a Rhodes Scholarship.
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Barbara Ferrer: Advocating for justice through public health
Rachel Carson ’78, community studies
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Girl activists are more visible than ever. Is this progress?
In the past decade, there’s been an explosion in media coverage of girl activists. Professor Jessica Taft, a leading expert in youth activism, sees opportunity in this visibility, but her research has also identified many troubling trends in how girl activists are portrayed.
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Shiva Abbaszadeh wins Tracy Lynn Faber Memorial Award
The award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging supports the advancement of women in medical imaging sciences.
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Dean of Arts position finalists visiting our campus virtually
I am happy to announce that starting Monday, March 8, five finalists for the Dean of Arts position will be virtually visiting our campus.
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Yuan Ping wins OpenEye award for outstanding junior faculty
The award from the American Chemical Society identifies junior stars in the area of computational chemistry.
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TestMe: Slugs rise to the challenge of helping to keep the campus community healthy
More than five dozen hardworking Banana Slugs are a key element of UC Santa Cruz’s TestMe asymptomatic testing program, which has administered more than 56,000 COVID-19 tests of students, staff, and faculty since the project’s inception in September 2020.
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Women’s History Month a time to honor accomplishments, celebrate excellence
Women’s History Month, observed every March, recognizes, commemorates and encourages the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in U.S. history. It is the perfect month for us to host two of our scientific trailblazers: Sandra Faber, professor emerita of astronomy and astrophysics, and Kathryn D. Sullivan, a UC Santa Cruz alumna…
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UC MBEST Speaker Series and Info Sessions
The UC MBEST Executive Committee invites you to join us for our UC Monterey Bay Education Science & Technology (UC MBEST) Speaker Series featuring leading UC-affiliated and national research park and innovation district practitioners and thought leaders.
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Realigning the Office of Planning and Budget with new reporting structures
Effective March 1, OMB was realigned and reporting structures changed to strengthen the effectiveness of the four units within the office and to increase transparency about campus resources.
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In Memoriam: Atharva Chinchwadkar, Oakes College
We are saddened to write to you with news of Atharva Chinchwadkar, an Oakes student, who was reported missing Sunday, February 21. It is now known that Atharva passed away in an automobile accident. Their vehicle was located February 27.
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Scientists describe ‘hidden biodiversity crisis’ as variation within species is lost
Many of the benefits people receive from nature depend on diversity within species, but this intraspecific variation is poorly understood and declining rapidly.