Author: Peggy Townsend
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Sleuthing a killer shrub
Students like Jennifer Thompson—who researched why Scotch Broom is toxic to Douglas fir—take advantage of a unique opportunity at UC Santa Cruz: the ability to do research as an undergraduate.
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Undergrads experience the rewards of research
Students such as Sanjin Mehic showcase one of UC Santa Cruz’s most valuable opportunities—the chance to do original research as an undergraduate.
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Spreading science education, one telescope at a time
UC Santa Cruz grad student Tuguldur Sukhbold is using grant money to bring telescopes to schools in Mongolia so that science-starved kids might be exposed to the wonders of the universe.
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Alumni Profile / Rachel Howzell Hall: Writing down the mysteries
Rachel Howzell Hall had always been fascinated by the darkness of crime novels, and, as an English and American literature major at UC Santa Cruz, she’d wanted to pen her own. But she was too frightened by her lack of knowledge about police work to give it a try. Then something came along that scared…
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Alumni Profile / Jacob Martinez: Creating opportunity
When Jacob Martinez asked a classroom of middle-schoolers to raise their hands if they had a computer at home, most of them did. But as the 36-year-old Martinez dug deeper, hands began to drop. How many had broadband? How many shared their computers with fewer than three people? How many had computers less than five…
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The birth of UC Santa Cruz: Audacious and academic
Fifty years ago—in 1965—the UC Santa Cruz campus began as ‘the most significant educational experiment in the history of the University of California’
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The birth of UC Santa Cruz: Audacious and academic
Fifty years ago—in 1965—the UC Santa Cruz campus began as ‘the most significant educational experiment in the history of the University of California.’
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Alumni Profile / Greg Neri: A voice for urban teens
Greg Neri’s award-winning books have yet to hit the New York Times best-seller list, but they have a distinction about which the UC Santa Cruz graduate is proud. Librarians across the country tell him his teen novels are among the books most often stolen from shelves.
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Preparing for UC Santa Cruz’s 50th
This fifth installment in our series of stories leading up to a celebration of UC Santa Cruz’s 50th anniversary in 2015 is about Page Smith, the first provost of Cowell College, whose unconventional approach set the tone for a rigorous and free-flowing education.
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Julie Packard: Philanthropy and pragmatism
Alumna (Crown ’74, biology; M.A. ’78) talks about investing in passion, working to make change, and expanding world views through the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Carving out their niche
Alumni business partners find Kickstarter enthusiasm for their creation — a programmable desktop 3-D router with a consumer-friendly a price tag.
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Never give up on a dream
Re-entry student Raymundo Reyes, who dropped out of high school to raise seven siblings, is on to his next chapter—a literature degree from UC Santa Cruz.