Alumni
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An advocate for awareness
Alumna Dyane Harwood is sharing her journey with postpartum bipolar disorder to raise awareness and help others struggling with postpartum mental illness
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UC Santa Cruz initiated fiber-optic project brings high-speed broadband to Central Coast communities
Installation is complete on a 91-mile fiber optic cable made possible by UC Santa Cruz that will bring reliable, speedy internet broadband to underserved communities across 430 square miles from Watsonville through the Salinas Valley to Soledad.
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UC Santa Cruz ranked third worldwide for research influence
In a new analysis of the world’s top universities, UCSC ranked third in research influence as measured by the number of times its faculty’s published work is cited by scholars around the world.
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SciCom graduates spanned the country to cover the solar eclipse
From NASA to the New York Times, graduates of the Science Communication Program played a major role in conveying the scientific and societal impacts of the August 21 solar eclipse to eager readers.
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Coastal wetlands dramatically reduce property losses during hurricanes
A new scientific study reports that coastal wetlands significantly reduce annual flood losses and catastrophic damages from storms.
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Humanities alum Michael Scherer joins ‘Washington Post’ as national political reporter
Michael Scherer will join the Washington Post as a national political reporter in September. One of the first students in the Creative Writing Program led by literature professors Micah Perks and Karen Yamashita, Scherer graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1998 with a B.A. in Literature.
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Giving fish a fighting chance
Alumnus Brycen Swart identified how warmer river temperatures were hurting Chinook salmon fry—and he earned a medal for conserving them.
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Lessons of regional recovery from around the country
As the country’s political and cultural divides appear insurmountable, Chris Benner says hope can be found at the local and regional level.
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Alum and independent filmmaker Peter Bratt directs, writes, and produces documentary about labor activist Dolores Huerta
Independent filmmaker Peter Bratt, a 1986 politics graduate of Cowell College, has written, directed, and produced a new documentary about legendary labor activist Dolores Huerta.
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Murals tell a story of pan-Latino solidarity in SF’s Mission District
Graduate student Mauricio Ramírez is an artist, a muralist, and a native San Franciscan who is fascinated by the murals in the Mission District of San Francisco—and by the progressive coalition of artists and immigrants that coalesced during the decades they were painted.
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In Memoriam: Andrew Doe (1928-2017)
Andrew Doe, UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus of theater arts, died of lung cancer at his home in Vermont on July 12, 2017. His family shared thoughts from Theater Arts professor James Bierman.
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Dining for Farmers supports Farm & Garden’s apprenticeship training programs
Seven of Santa Cruz County’s best restaurants are participating in the “Dining for Farmers” dinner series, donating a portion of their proceeds to apprenticeship training programs.