Author: J.D. Hillard
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Stories of UCSC rugby: The Women’s Rugby Football Club, 1979–2022
Dating back to 1979, the Women’s Rugby Football Club at UCSC has a history of tenacity and dedication to their sport and peers.
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In memory: Yolanda Dybdahl
The community leader served as a UC Santa Cruz Foundation trustee during a period of significant change
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A year of generosity
In 2020, UCSC donors demonstrated how giving can make a positive difference even in a period of turmoil.
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CruzHacks 2021 to be held virtually January 15 to 17
Applications now open for hackers, mentors, and judges
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The savior of the opera
With dampened prospects for in-person classes, rehearsals, and performances this pandemic year, UC Santa Cruz’s opera program is adapting with help from donor Scott Lord
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Seymour Center director to retire
During Julie Barrett Heffington’s 21-year term as director, the center has established widely appreciated public programs and served nearly 1.5 million visitors
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Give revolution a chance
History of Consciousness Professor Massimiliano Tomba’s prestigious Princeton University fellowship will enable him to spend the next year advancing his reinterpretation of the concept of revolution
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Nitin Vidyasagar
Nitin Vidyasagar is looking forward to graduation and a new position in a cell biology lab. Over the next two years, he will assist UC Berkeley Assistant Professor Samantha Lewis in exploring mechanisms cells use to maintain mitochondrial DNA.
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Diego Alonzo Martinez Mori
When he was a child in Peru, Diego Alonzo Martinez Mori’s mother would sometimes bring him to the medical office where she was a secretary. Seeing the doctors in their white coats helping people, it looked like something he’d like to do when he grew up. Now on the verge of his graduation from UC…
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Slug Support provides a lifeline in the COVID-19 crisis
Emergency student assistance program rapidly shifts to remote work while fielding increased caseload and providing crucial help to some of campus’s most vulnerable students
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Double fellowships
History of Consciousness Associate Professor Banu Bargu will use two fellowships to complete her book on human bodies, violence and political expression
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Bringing new perspectives to astronomy
An array of grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation is helping UC Santa Cruz accelerate astrophysics and other sciences while changing what we think an astrophysicist looks like