Alumni
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Reef madness: A coral grows at UC Santa Cruz
Hundreds of students and community members are contributing their handiwork to the Crochet Coral Reef, a massive participatory art project that combines higher geometry with handicraft while calling attention to the disappearing wonders of the marine world.
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Saving victims of deadly toxic mushrooms
Alumnus Todd Mitchell headed a clinical trial on using an extract of milk thistle seeds to overcome toxic mushroom poisoning and developed what has come to be known as the “Santa Cruz Protocol.”
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With more than 100 featured projects, UC Santa Cruz hosts Giving Day 2017
The website site will go live at 12:01 a.m. on March 8 for donors to make gifts and track their favorite projects in real-time. Giving Day 2017 builds on the success of last year’s event, when nearly 3,000 donors came together to collectively give $340,000.
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Campaign for UC Santa Cruz enters home stretch
The campaign is the university’s first campuswide effort to build a culture of giving in support of students, faculty, and campus programs. Launched in 2009 and publicly announced in fall 2013, the campaign has raised $311 million in gifts.
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UC Santa Cruz receives $191,000 grant to benefit grad students in humanities, arts, social sciences
UC Santa Cruz is one of five universities nationwide selected by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) to be part of its new University Initiative program.
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Diversity, inclusivity key to a growing economy
The face of small business is shifting. From 2007–2012, Latino-owned businesses in the U.S. grew by 34.5 percent and African American-owned enterprises grew by 46.3 percent. A quarter of all new businesses were started by immigrants.
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End of the pipeline
In a new book, Professor Flora Lu looks at the oil industry’s impact on the Waorani, an indigenous Ecuadorian population living in a region renowned for its ecological diversity.
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Axel Alonso: Diversity’s superhero
Alumnus Axel Alonso, editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, has worked to make comic book characters and their creators reflect our diverse world.
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Jan. 18 teach-in highlights activism in the Trump era
UC Santa Cruz joins UCLA, UC Berkeley, and other college campuses for a nationwide day of democratic education and action
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Santa Cruz receives $450,000 grant to study economic inclusivity in emerging countries
UC Santa Cruz will test and refine the foundation’s emerging inclusive economies framework in geographic contexts and markets.
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Anthropologist’s new book explores compassionate care and community in Moscow
“How and why do people engage with social problems and injustices?” asks UC Santa Cruz anthropology professor Melissa Caldwell in her new book, “Living Faithfully in an Unjust World: Compassionate Care in Russia.”
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Researcher wins $1 million grant to study English-language proficiency practices
Peggy Estrada, an associate research scientist in Latin American and Latino studies at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded a three-year $999,999 grant to study how to best help school-age English learners achieve English language proficiency and academic excellence.