UC Santa Cruz announces that the campus’s Research Center for the Americas will be named in honor of social justice icon Dolores Huerta, whose legacy has influenced the center’s work and values. See information about a celebration event below. |
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UC Santa Cruz was recognized for its longstanding commitment to undergraduate teaching in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings. The campus was also named as a leading university for social mobility and among top public universities. |
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Genomics researcher Karen Miga, who co-led a team to fully sequence a human genome, was recognized again as she took the stage among global visionaries and leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative 2022 Meeting. |
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STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVE
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UC Santa Cruz recently celebrated National Hispanic-Serving Institutions week, which recognized the 559 HSIs throughout the nation for their work and critical role in educating and empowering Hispanic youth. |
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UCSC’s Redwood Free Market—a campus food resource run by and for students—welcomes all students so that they can focus on their studies and finish their degrees with their minds and bodies fully nourished. |
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After years working across industries from filmmaking to horse-wrangling, alumnus Justin DiPego channels both his vast career experience and his UCSC creative education into his latest novel—Wrong Side of a Workingman. |
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Alumna Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (M.S. ’05, astronomy and astrophysics) explores the mysteries of the cosmos while simultaneously confronting injustices in our earthbound country. |
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Friday, October 7 4–7 p.m. Downtown Santa Cruz on Pacific Avenue |
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Celebrating the renaming of the RCA in honor of civil rights icon Dolores Huerta |
Thursday, October 20 5–10 p.m. UCSC Cowell Ranch Hay Barn |
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Many upcoming events are being delivered virtually; check calendar.ucsc.edu for latest updates
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Monday, October 3, 4 p.m. Location: UCSC Silicon Valley Campus |
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Friday, October 7, 1–5 p.m. Hybrid |
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Wednesday, October 19, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Location: UCSC Silicon Valley Extension |
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One scientist’s vision to reveal the secrets of our “junk” DNA launches a worldwide effort to complete a human genome. Also: See story about Karen Miga at the Clinton Global Initiative 2022 Meeting, above.
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Sir Isaac Julien, distinguished arts professor, filmmaker, and artist, had a blockbuster summer—including receiving a knighthood—while continuing to highlight the importance of the arts in a current climate of social transformation. |
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