Author: Dan White
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Speaking from the heart
An array of speakers fired up the crowds throughout this year’s UC Santa Cruz commencement weekend, urging students to embrace compassion and community and imparting valuable life lessons from their pasts.
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Steck Award honoree delves into the mysteries of supernovae
Tin Long Sunny Wong has been gazing at the stars and studying celestial bodies since he was a middle-school student in Hong Kong. This year, his study of supernovae earned him a Steck Family Award, honoring the most outstanding senior research project
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Bookshop Santa Cruz launches UC Santa Cruz Slug Shop
Bookshop Santa Cruz had a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening on Monday for its brand-new UC Santa Cruz Slug Shop, which offers a curated collection of UC Santa Cruz memorabilia, and will serve as headquarters for UC Santa Cruz/Bookshop Santa Cruz partnerships.
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Alumni Weekend 2019: Slugs in the mist
More than a thousand people, including 560 alumni, converged on the hilly forested campus for Alumni Weekend 2019, complete with thought-provoking lectures, snacks, free Slug Taxis, a fond farewell, and dancing into the night.
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Advising students, transforming lives
Stacey Sketo-Rosener (Kresge ’88, literature), UC Santa Cruz’s assistant vice provost for undergraduate advising, is being recognized with UC Santa Cruz’s 2019 Outstanding Staff Award.
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Alumni Weekend: Let’s dance
Get ready to dance away the night at a special Fiesta fundraiser at the Museum of Art and History during Alumni Weekend on Saturday, April 27, from 8 p.m. to midnight.
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Alumni Weekend: Raising a glass to Chancellor Blumenthal
An Alumni Weekend tradition, the annual Beer and Wine Reception, will be a chance for well-wishers to raise a glass to retiring Chancellor George Blumenthal. The gathering will take place in the recently refurbished Quarry Amphitheater on Saturday, April 27.
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High-impact science and cutting-edge teaching
Those who attend UC Santa Cruz’s Alumni Weekend April 26–28 can immerse themselves in cutting-edge science and get to the heart of innovative learning techniques during two Saturday afternoon events.
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The elephant seal in the room
Sixth-year ecology and evolutionary biology Ph.D. student Sarah Kienle wowed the judges at UC Santa Cruz’s annual Grad Slam, a competition that requires grad students to distill years of research into three-minute pitches.
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Return of the Slugs
Alumni Weekend 2019 is just around the corner. This year’s festivities will take place from Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28. Highlights include a talk about “high-impact science,” the ever-popular beer and wine reception, and a reunion of the college band Flowers of Evil.
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A high bar for giving
UC Santa Cruz’s fourth-annual Giving Day, an adrenaline-fueled online philanthropic festival, shattered records this year, with fundraisers kicking in more than $665,000, and a record-breaking 7,000 gifts for 175 projects.
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Ready, set, give!
Mark your calendars for the give-fest of the year. Giving Day, a high-octane 24-hour online festival of nonstop giving, returns to UC Santa Cruz on February 27.