MAY 2018

Newsletter

Forensic anthropologist Alison Galloway will retire from teaching this year, but her wisdom will live on through a new online course that teaches both technical skills and the things you don’t find in textbooks.

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Taking aim at stroke damage

A drug discovery grant from the NIH is funding a quest by chemistry professor Ted Holman to bring a new drug treatment for stroke to clinical trials.

Garden glory

Undergraduate Eric Medina received a $15,000 public service scholarship to reinvigorate the garden at Oakes College.

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Alumni Updates

The Slugs came home

Returning Banana Slugs ran a 5k, took to the airwaves, attended thought-provoking presentations, and honored a beloved professor during the 2018 Alumni Weekend celebration.

Student Housing West proposed build sites, Hagar and Heller.

More time to comment on Student Housing West

Campus leaders say it’s become clear that having a more robust discussion about the proposed housing project is necessary before moving forward, and they have extended the comment period to June 27, 2018.

Events

Featured Event

Alumni Welcome BBQ
Friday, June 8
Lower East Field, UC Santa Cruz

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ALUMNI REGIONAL EVENTS

Sacramento–Saturday, June 2

Sacramento Slugs Volunteer Day
at Picnic Grounds behind Fairytale Town

London, UK–Saturday, June 9

The California Cruise
at Westminster Pier

London, UK–Sunday, July 15

Virgin Sport British 10k
in London

» More Regional Events

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO?

Share your latest news with your fellow Banana Slugs in an Alumni Note.

UC SANTA CRUZ Magazine

Alesa Smith (now Lightbourne) and Rich Vicenti in their college years.

A rain check for undying love

She sketched out a check for him from the "Cowell College Love Bank," and they went their separate ways—until 39 years later.

Photo of Miranda Bergman and O’Brien Thiele, “The Culture Contains the Seed of Resistance that Blossoms into the Flower of Liberation,” 1984. Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta

These walls can talk

First-generation Salvadoran American Mauricio Ramirez (Oakes ’11, art) finds voice, art, and inspiration in the murals of San Francisco’s Mission District.

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