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MAY 2021

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This story is part of UC Santa Cruz's vaccination advocacy campaign, Arm in Arm, which is aimed at communicating to our campus community the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine for a safe reopening of California and UC Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz experts urge all COVID-19 vaccine holdouts to get their shots immediately.
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Three-time Grammy-award winning musician Terri Lyne Carrington (Photo by Delphine Diallo)

The Institute of the Arts and Sciences presents a "Music for Abolition" artist panel featuring a dozen prominent musicians.
Celine Parreñas Shimizu (Photo by Hannah Anderson)

UC Santa Cruz has named Celine Parreñas Shimizu, an award-winning film scholar and filmmaker, the new dean of the Arts Division.

 
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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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Antonio Velasco. Photo credit: David Velasco Jr.

With a COVID-induced online pivot that allowed for eclecticism and flexibility, Alumni Week was a virtual smorgasbord for nostalgic Banana Slugs.

Antonio Velasco (Crown ’75, biology), who worked in the fields alongside his parents as a child, became a doctor who developed protocols for treating pesticide-poisoning victims.
EVENTS
 

Many upcoming events, including those below, are being delivered virtually; check calendar.ucsc.edu for latest updates

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Wednesday, February 10, 5:30 p.m.University Forum with Michael Lopp

June 1, 5:30 p.m.

 

2021 UC Santa Cruz Games Showcase Livestream

June 9 &10, 12–5 p.m.
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Maziar Toosarvandani, associate professor of linguistics, recording traditional narratives with a Zapotec elder in Santiago Laxopa, Oaxaca, Photo by Fe Silva Robles
Pichardo was among the participants in a project developing methods to detect sulfur and selenium in the Salton Sea.

The Zapotec Language Project and Nido de Lenguas (Language Nest), a project supported by the Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz, celebrate and promote endangered languages of southern Mexico.

The UC Santa Cruz Alumni Scholarship Fund is a proud tradition on campus, helping graduates reconnect with the campus while paying it forward.
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