Mapping a menace

The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute is facilitating research into the novel coronavirus that has infected thousands of people since an outbreak began in Wuhan, China, last year.

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Foraging humpback whales lunge feeding on anchovy in Monterey Bay. (Photo by John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective)

Troubled waters

Entanglements of humpback whales in fishing gear along the U.S. West Coast increased dramatically during the 2014 to 2016 marine heat wave known as the ‘warm blob.’

Image of a student immersed in Atwood’s The Testaments

A deep dive into dystopia

The Humanities Institute has launched “The Deep Read,” a new initiative that invites the campus and community to take a deep dive into literature, art, and pressing issues. The inaugural Deep Read book is Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize–winning novel, The Testaments. Atwood will appear on campus during this year's Alumni Weekend.

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Hear! Hear!

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.

Slug Survey Design Phase 1 Results

The UC Santa Cruz Athletics and Recreation brand identity refresh during the 2019-2020 academic year is a comprehensive team effort, engaging the entire UC Santa Cruz community, both past and present, to help shape the new Athletics and Recreation (Strong Slug) logo.

We have been collecting data since October 2019 from current students, faculty/staff, and of course, alumni like you. In fact, alumni are responsible for at least 52% of our initial survey responses! As we transition into design phase 2, we would like to show you the results of Slug survey design phase 1 which focused on font, face, and concepts of the new logo.

The next round of voting will begin on Tuesday, March 3. Your feedback throughout this process is invited and key to the continued development of UC Santa Cruz.

Learn more and view results of phase 1

EVENTS

FEATURED EVENT

The Deep Read Santa Cruz Salon

Focusing on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, the Santa Cruz Salon will be an opportunity to discuss the book with UC Santa Cruz professors and your fellow community members.

Cowell Ranch Hay Barn

March 10, 5–7:30 p.m.

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REGIONAL EVENTS

Silicon Valley

March Prof. & a Pint

at The Forager Tasting Room and Eatery

Monday, March 9, 6:30–8 p.m.

Kraw Lecture with Anne Kapuscinski

at Silicon Valley Campus

Thursday, March 19, 6–8 p.m.

San Francisco

Alumni Meetup at Game Developers Conference (GDC)

in San Francisco

Friday, March 20, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.

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ALUMNI UPDATES

Alumni regent wanted!

UC Santa Cruz has the opportunity to help shape the future of the University of California by appointing an alum to become a voting member of the UC Board of Regents.

Save the date: Alumni Weekend 2020! April 3–5

The annual festivities of Alumni Weekend provide a time to reunite, learn, laugh, celebrate the past, and look toward the future. Bestselling author Margaret Atwood will appear as part of the Baskin Ethics Lecture series on Sunday, April 5, during Alumni Weekend.