Author: Peggy Townsend
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Expert sails-men
The American Youth Sailing Force, which had three members who are either current or former UCSC students, raised $250,000 in order to compete in the first Red Bull Youth Americas Cup.
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Getting at the truth
NPR foreign correspondent Carrie Kahn (College Eight ’87, biology) braves tough situations to report the news, with both heart and grit.
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Farm fresh
The U.S. farming population is growing older, but a young UCSC alum—founder of Lonely Mountain Farm—is bucking the trend.
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New child-study room a bridge to research and teaching
The Early Childhood Education Center was able to remodel its observation room as part of a $165,000 grant from the Claire Giannini Fund, allowing advanced developmental psychology students a place to practice scientific observation.
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The faith to follow her heart
Former veterinarian Elizabeth Devitt, graduating from UCSC’s Science Communication program, trades a scalpel for a pen in a lifelong dream of becoming a journalist.
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‘I recognize I can make a difference’
Student Carson Watts’s experience in a Ghanaian slum confirmed his career path of sustainable development.
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Finding the correlations
Nineteen-year-old senior Emerson Glassey wrote a software program that rapidly analyzes compounds produced by bacteria, which could help in the development of new drugs.
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Rolling eateries on campus delight frugal foodies
Three independently owned food trucks roll up to campus each weekday laden with enticing edibles for hungry faculty, students, and staff.
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Sharing a love of the outdoors
Staff member Kathy O’Hara Ferraro takes students on canoe and backpacking tours and also organizes an annual film festival that helps fund the Recreation Program and UCSC Wilderness Orientation scholarships.
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UCSC’s Talent Show debuts, showcases students’ artistic flair
They made a Britney Spears song sound hip. They sent machetes flying, flung yo-yos, and danced fingers over the keys of a grand piano. On a recent Friday night in the Stevenson Event Center, 20 of UC Santa Cruz’s most creative student performers came together for the premiere of UCSC’s Talent Show.
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Elaine Kihara: Immeasurable dedication toward students
Oakes College academic preceptor named 2013 recipient of Outstanding Staff Award
