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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Allysa Kazhe at Apple
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Allysa Kazhe is an engineering program manager at Apple.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods 2025: Jennie Lin at Google
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Jennie Lin (Crown ’25, computer science) is a software engineer at Google.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Owen Moosman at UC San Francisco
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Owen Moosman (Stevenson ’25, molecular, cell & developmental biology) is working as a research associate in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Samantha Chang at Sunblink
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Samantha (Sammy) Chang (College Nine ’25, art & design: games and playable media) is a marketing and player communications coordinator at Sunblink—a video game development studio based in Boulder, Colorado, best known…
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Maddison Brodeur at Girl Scouts Heart of Central California and Maddison’s Communitea
One year after graduating, Maddison Brodeur (Stevenson ’25, community studies and sociology) is a Regional Coordinator at Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, running her own business, Maddison’s Communitea, and currently serving as Miss Black Sacramento through Nov. 2026.
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Partnership with Fujitsu enables long-term impact forecasting of climate risks
Ashesh Chattopadhyay and Fujitsu Research are developing actionable AI-based climate models that reduce resource-guzzling computation time from months to minutes
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GET app discontinued as Dining Services transitions to new system
The GET app ends Aug. 27 as UCSC Dining transitions to a new meal plan and payment system.
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RNA researcher on the basics of how mRNA vaccines are made and work
In light of recent wins for mRNA vaccine makers, UCSC RNA Center Co-Director Jeremy Sanford describes the versatility of the mRNA platform and how it quickens vaccine production
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A student’s trajectory from Tanzania and transformation into a scientist
On its 150th anniversary, Lick Observatory draws on its legacy of pioneering research to continue producing the next generation of scientific instruments, techniques, and astronomers
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Altering the atmosphere could fight climate change, but is it worth the risk? Who gets to decide?
As solar geoengineering technology becomes increasingly viable, public participation in its governance will be essential. A new book shares strategies for supporting public voice.
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$350,000 UC grant will expand support for doctoral students at UC Santa Cruz
A new $350,000 University of California grant will help UC Santa Cruz build a more welcoming and supportive environment for doctoral students, as part of the campus’s national leadership as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).
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UC Santa Cruz is building better detection for rare form of cancer
New five-year NIH-funded project aims to transform the detection of synovial sarcoma using advanced single-molecule analysis
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UC Santa Cruz’s first student-built satellite deployed from International Space Station
Hundreds of miles above Earth, a small satellite built by University of California, Santa Cruz students deployed from the International Space Station on July 2, 2026, becoming the university’s first student-built satellite to reach space.
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More than a resume line: high schoolers build community in Art for All
With the summer rapidly drawing to an end, the Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) has said a fond farewell to its 2026 cohort of eleven Santa Cruz County high schoolers who participated in Art for All, a summer…
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Fueling the biotech flywheel with fundamental discoveries and driven graduates
UC Santa Cruz deepens industry engagement to underscore its vital role in contributing basic research and tomorrow’s talent, convening its first international RNA biology conference on August 18
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Doctoral candidate’s research explores impacts from overuse of H-2A visas in Washington state
H-2A visa loopholes may be displacing immigrant farmworkers already living in the region, especially women, a new report shows.
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Forest health and fuel reduction project in Upper Campus
While the project is occurring, expect delays and temporary closures of fire roads and ad-hoc single-track trails in the project area.
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UC Santa Cruz adopts future climate reality data to design resilient buildings
In collaboration with the University of California Office of the President, the campus is utilizing “future-shifted climate data” to assist campus facilities in withstanding the changing temperature realities of the 21st century.
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Learning beyond the classroom: ten UC Santa Cruz students immerse themselves in Japanese art and culture
Ten students took part in an intense and immersive ten-day trip to Japan. Throughout the journey, they engaged in translanguaging, a practice that allows students to shuffle between two languages or more to deepen comprehension, express complex ideas, and build…
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Decoding the North American bison’s genome to better inform conservation efforts
UC Santa Cruz researchers lead analysis of ancient DNA that yields a genomic roadmap for the restoration of the continent’s largest land mammal, pushed nearly to extinction because of past human activities
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Thinking about trading your car in for an EV? Here’s a compelling new reason to do it now
Research shows the carbon emissions benefits are far greater than you might imagine.
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First complete marmoset genome will enable research on Alzheimer’s, neurodegenerative diseases
The new reference is one in a collection of studies on end-to-end, or “T2T,” genomes
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Leading games research in the AI era
UC Presidential Chair Magy Seif El-Nasr shares insights on how AI has shaped academic publishing, and her observations on an emerging “AI divide.”
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They escaped the slave trade to an island in the middle of the ocean. Almost two centuries later, science is revealing their life histories.
The origin stories of Saint Helena’s Liberated Africans come into focus in a new study combining historical methods, computer modeling, and biogeochemical and DNA analysis.
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State funding supports UC Davis/UC Santa Cruz program to train future Central Coast physicians
The UC Programs in Medical Education Central Coast (PRIME Central Coast) is recruiting for its inaugural cohort of students, who will begin their medical training in 2027
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Collaborating to support youth leadership and voice
2026 Youth & Adult Partnership Summit promotes strategies for working effectively with youth, supported by UC Santa Cruz, United Way, and All Children Thrive.
