Pandemics expert: Combating coronavirus requires leadership, creativity, accountability

Alumna Laurie Garrett, a Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist, urges communities to help the most vulnerable, proactively develop plans, and discredit conspiracy theories as they cope with the crisis.

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Shenomenal

For International Women's Day this month, we highlighted the achievements of phenomenal UC Santa Cruz women—from astronomers and astronauts to activists, journalists, judges, and so much more, these women are trailblazers.

Filming taking place near the UCSC McHenry Library

Ready for our close-up

The producers of new Hulu sci-fi thriller Devs were looking for just the right location to depict a high-tech corporate campus with a tinge of dystopia. UC Santa Cruz fit the bill.

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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 2

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!

The next round of voting began on March 3. We invite and welcome your feedback throughout this process.

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Alumni Weekend 2020—POSTPONED

Important notice: Because of the impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus), we’re rescheduling Alumni Weekend 2020 to a future date. You can stay engaged with The Deep Read and its online programming. Visit alumniweekend.ucsc.edu for more information.

Alumni Weekend 2020 will be rescheduled.

Other upcoming events: Many events are being canceled, in accordance with public health guidance. Please be sure to check out calendar.ucsc.edu for cancellations on upcoming events.

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Fiction forward

Students, alumni, and community members are participating in a "Deep Read" on the bleak dystopian futures of Booker Prize–winning author Margaret Atwood. Note: The Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture featuring Atwood, originally scheduled for April 5, has now been postponed because of COVID-19 (coronavirus) concerns. More information here.

Beating crime by a hair

Biomolecular engineer Ed Green’s new technique to extract DNA from hair samples to help identify killers and victims could help solve thousands of cold cases.