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November 2022
 

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UC Santa Cruz is internationally recognized as a hub of organic activity and expertise

UC Santa Cruz recently earned the Agricultural Experiment Station designation, marking more than 50 years of industry-leading research in organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices and opening doors to expanding community impact.

FEATURED STORIES
Dolores Huerta with UCSC students from Grupo Folklórico Los Mejicas at the 30th anniversary and naming celebration. Photo: Devi Pride Photography

UC Santa Cruz’s Research Center for the Americas celebrated 30 years of groundbreaking work with an official renaming for social justice icon Dolores Huerta.

Natalie Batalha, professor astronomy and astrophysics and director of astrobiology at UC Santa Cruz.

Astronomer Natalie Batalha testified at a Congressional hearing on the initial scientific findings of the James Webb Space Telescope, which, Batalha says, is ushering in a new era of exoplanet science.

STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE
UC Santa Cruz holds the distinction of being only one of four institutions in the Association of American Universities that is both an HSI and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution.

UC Santa Cruz earned a $3 million federal grant to advance transfer student success—part of a campuswide effort to strengthen transfer pathways for underrepresented students.

 
The genomics TA team from left to right: Daniel Arriaza, Vikas Peddu, Roman Reggiardo, Sarah Xia

Launched just last year, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute's summer research programs are already seeing unparalleled success.

ALUMNI UPDATES
Director of the AARCC, Autumn Johnson (Kresge ’15, sociology)

As director of the African American Resource & Cultural Center, alumna Autumn Johnson is dedicated to generating opportunities and cultivating community for students.

 
Irene Vasquez (Merrill ’09, environmental studies and economics)

Irene Vasquez preserves her Southern Sierra Miwuk heritage while serving as Yosemite National Park’s first-ever cultural ecologist.

UC SANTA CRUZ MAGAZINE
UCSC student Liam Asayag posing with a DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone on campus. This drone, used as a prop for the photo, has a similar camera to the drone model Asayag designed for humanitarian use in the war zone of Ukraine. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta)

Robotics student Liam Asayag had never even thought of making a drone before—until he witnessed the war zone in Ukraine and made a low-cost prototype in a lab on campus for use by aid groups on the front lines.

Ph.D. candidate Theresa Hice-Fromille (M.A. ’20, sociology) worked at Reality Labs this summer as a THI Summer Public Fellow. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta)

A Humanities Institute fellowship brings trained humanists into high-tech companies, providing firms with creative and fluid thinkers while also giving scholars a view into how their expertise can be used in different positions.

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