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  • Capstone to console: UC Santa Cruz student-developed game releasing to Nintendo Switch

    Capstone to console: UC Santa Cruz student-developed game releasing to Nintendo Switch

    The soon to be released, interactive, fast-paced game Squish was developed by UCSC engineering and arts, games, & playable media students.

  • Teresa Faasolo

    Teresa Faasolo

    Teresa Faasolo decided to study computer engineering because she was good at math and highly interested in computers. The major proved more difficult than she had expected, but with help from the Multicultural Engineering Program, she regained her confidence—and found a family.

  • Tiffany-Ellen Vo

    Tiffany-Ellen Vo

    Tiffany-Ellen Vo encountered some initial difficulties in college, but with support from the Multicultural Engineering Program she regained her footing. She went on to take advantage of every opportunity she was offered at UC Santa Cruz—and she has already secured a job as a software engineer at Cisco.

  • Computer scientist Lindsey Kuper wins NSF CAREER award

    Computer scientist Lindsey Kuper wins NSF CAREER award

    Lindsey Kuper, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has won a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund her lab’s study of distributed systems.

  • CITRIS Tech for Social Good 2021-22 student teams awarded funding

    CITRIS Tech for Social Good 2021-22 student teams awarded funding

    CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz has chosen three new student projects and two events for funding through the 2021-22 Tech for Social Good (TSG) Program.

  • UCSC team scores gold for second straight year at iGEM synthetic biology competition

    UCSC team scores gold for second straight year at iGEM synthetic biology competition

    For the second year in a row, a team of UC Santa Cruz undergraduates won a gold medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Jamboree.

  • Baskin Engineering students advance to the finals of this year’s Amazon Alexa Prize Challenge

    Baskin Engineering students advance to the finals of this year’s Amazon Alexa Prize Challenge

    The Socialbot Grand Challenge competition showcases the students’ mastery of conversational artificial intelligence.

  • Evanjelin Mahmoodi

    Evanjelin Mahmoodi

    Evanjelin Mahmoodi knew she was interested in STEM fields when she arrived at UC Santa Cruz but soon discovered she especially liked mathematics. Now she’s graduating with a double major in mathematics and computer science.

  • Vaishnavi Dornadula

    Vaishnavi Dornadula

    Vaishnavi Dornadula was a leader in creating the first-ever Baskin Day celebration, which launched in February 2020. Since then, it has turned into a popular campus tradition, with students from across the disciplines, as well as off-campus visitors.

  • Ray Jara

    Ray Jara

    Ray Jara liked science and was good at it, but he didn’t have college in mind until his freshman year of high school. A trip to Northern California with a college-readiness organization brought him to UC Santa Cruz. His concentration now is on photonics and electronic devices.

  • A day to Baskin the glory

    A day to Baskin the glory

    Student Vaishnavi Dornadula played a leadership role in launching the popular Baskin Day celebration, which invites the community to learn about the achievements of Baskin School of Engineering faculty and students

  • UC Santa Cruz iGEM team seeks a solution to plastic waste

    UC Santa Cruz iGEM team seeks a solution to plastic waste

    Through campus shutdowns, wildfires, and a two-week quarantine, 13 UCSC students have been finding ways to research a solution to agricultural plastic pollution.

Last modified: Jun 19, 2025