With purpose-driven and persistent effort, UC Santa Cruz sought to advance justice, push the envelope of knowledge, and advocate for transformative change. |
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Princeton Review has ranked UC Santa Cruz as the No. 3 green college in the nation, a testament to the campus’s longstanding commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability. |
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UC Santa Cruz emerita professor of literature Karen Tei Yamashita received the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation, joining such literary luminaries as Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Walter Mosley. |
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Constanza Romero (Porter ’85, theater arts), widow and executor of the estate of Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright August Wilson, is keeping his legacy alive, saying his work chronicling Black life in the 20th century is more important than ever. |
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Dr. MarkAlain Déry (Kresge ’93, human biology), an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist in New Orleans, has been testing for COVID-19, promoting vaccinations, and analyzing news on the virus through the filter of social, economic, and racial justice. |
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 7:00–8:30 p.m. |
Friday, December 17, 2021 4:30–6:00 p.m. |
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Many upcoming events are being delivered virtually; check calendar.ucsc.edu for latest updates
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Get your UC Santa Cruz news while you’re driving to work or doing the dishes. Find our podcasts–including a regular news roundup, interviews, story companions, and original reports–on Stitcher.
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The UC Santa Cruz Alumni is seeking feedback from our global network of Banana Slugs. We are launching an alumni survey via email this fall. This is your chance to tell us what you love most about UCSC, what we can do better, and how you want to stay involved. Your opinion matters, and we want to hear from you!
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UCSC alumni trained in the campus’s Human Rights Investigations Lab use computer savvy and bilingualism to counter Spanish-language disinformation online. |
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Problems with bias in criminal justice, hiring, ranking, search, news, and more have created an explosion of interest in ethics and algorithms. Computer scientists at UC Santa Cruz are tackling these and other sensitive issues of big data, artificial intelligence, and ethics in technology. |
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We welcome your comments and ideas for future issues. Send us an email: ucscnews@ucsc.edu |
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