Alumni
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StoryCruz: Bittersweet moment
In our new audio stories project, Charles and Adrienne Coleman of Greenville, S.C., share their bittersweet feelings about dropping their son, Vernon, off for his freshman year at UC Santa Cruz.
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Founders Celebration Fiat Fifty: Spectacular night highlights proud past, bold future
The crowning event of UC Santa Cruz’s 50th anniversary celebration set the tone for the campus’s future while remaining true to its creativity and iconoclastic spirit.
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Reuniting and remembering
Pioneer student reunion brings together UC Santa Cruz’s original students for laughs, insights, and memories of the unique and intense educational experience of the campus’s first years
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New UC Presidential Chair to strengthen screenwriting program at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz has received a gift from arts alumnus Ken Corday, plus funds from the UC Regents, to establish a new Kenneth R. Corday Family Presidential Chair in Writing for Television & Film.
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Wednesday Night Cinema Society kicks off new film series curated by grad students
The UC Santa Cruz weekly film series, Wednesday Night Cinema Society, is back this year, with films specially curated by grad students.
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No reason to retire
In their 70s and 80s, many pioneer faculty are still working on campus—for the chance to open students’ eyes, for the excitement of discovery, and for the love of teaching.
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Alumna Gillian Welch receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting
UC Santa Cruz alumna Gillian Welch took home a Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting at the 2015 Americana Music Awards Sept. 16.
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UCSC Farm hosts Fall Harvest Festival Sunday, Sept 27
Celebrate fall’s arrival with pumpkins, music, great food, a fall plant sale, farm tours, and much more at the UCSC Farm & Garden’s Fall Harvest Festival, coming up on Sunday, September 27, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at UC Santa Cruz’s 30-acre organic farm.
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Long-running UC Santa Cruz program supports diversity in biomedical sciences
Renewal of NIH grant provides $4 million for program supporting underrepresented minority students in biomedical fields.
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Astronomy alumni join Chancellor Blumenthal in panel discussion Sept. 26
Three distinguished alumni and a current grad student join Chancellor Blumenthal to discuss astronomy, space, and discovery
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Tearing down the walls
Pioneering UC Santa Cruz professors and staff challenged convention and traditional academics. In the process, they helped reform American higher education.
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Tearing down the walls
Pioneering UC Santa Cruz professors and staff challenged convention and traditional academics. In the process, they helped reform American higher education.