Author: Peggy Townsend
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Tracking pumas
UCSC students get first-hand scientific experience while monitoring the elusive big cats as part of the Puma Project.
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The UCSC-Dave Brubeck connection
In the early ’80s, jazz great Dave Brubeck slipped onto the UC Santa Cruz campus for a visit that would remain a nearly invisible slice of university history—until the pianist and composer’s recent death.
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Got game: UCSC student holds astonishing college basketball scoring record
In 1986, a 5-foot-11 junior from UC Santa Cruz became the NCAA’s lead scorer. John Saintignon beat out bigger and better-known players like UCLA’s Reggie Miller and All-American Len Bias. He edged out hundreds of Division I and Division II players, and became the only Banana Slug before or since to hold the title.
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Deep learning
UCSC’s scientific diving program provides crucial training for students who want to work in marine science fields
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Alumni Profile / Steve Collins: A ‘real’ rocket man
As the one-ton rover, Curiosity, rushed toward the surface of Mars for a landing that was part dance, part crazy science, someone snapped a picture of Steve Collins.
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Cheerleaders? At UC Santa Cruz?
Though little-known, the UCSC cheer squad supports Banana Slug teams with an upbeat attitude and fearless acrobatics.
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Alumni Profile / Hal Aronson: Shining a light on women’s health
Hal Aronson toils in a backyard workshop in Berkeley in order to save lives in Africa.
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A summary of summery things to do at UCSC
When the summer fog rolls in, UC Santa Cruz and its off-campus facilities roll out a long list of things to do and see. From Shakespeare to sea stars to exotic plants and astronomy, there is always something interesting and fun to experience at UCSC.
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The Real Deal
Malia Bradley is working on a plan to harvest rainwater and use non-potable water for things like irrigation and toilet flushing on campus. Soraya Danesh is helping students prepare for natural disasters and also make sure their residences are fire-safe. While these tasks may seem administrator-worthy, UCSC undergrads are actually carrying them out as part…
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Alumna Fernanda Coppel is taking New York theater world by storm
When Fernanda Coppel came to the hilly UC Santa Cruz campus, her plan was to become a lawyer. Born in Mazatlan, she grew up in an all-female household in San Diego, working since she was 16 to support herself. The law, she believed, would provide a stable life. A campus play put on by Don Williams’s Rainbow…
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Forensic anthropologist Lauren Zephro is a voice for victims of crime
The girl’s decomposed body was found in 1994 in the shadowed woods of Pogonip, not far from downtown Santa Cruz. She was petite, with short-cropped dark hair and a small heart tattooed on her hand. She had been brutally beaten. At the time, police estimated the girl to be in her 20s but had little…
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Watsonville High names UCSC’s Bill Doyle to alumni hall of fame
UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus of Biology Bill Doyle knows what it’s like to grow up hard. But the founder and long-term director of UCSC’s Institute of Marine Sciences, says even though times were tough, those years—especially the ones at Watsonville High—became “the basic, grounding platform” of his life.