Alumni
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Alumnus leads massive effort to ramp up COVID-19 testing
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Joe DeRisi is one of the leading scientists in the fight against the novel coronavirus, helming a massive effort to ramp up state-of-the-art clinical laboratory testing for COVID-19 throughout California, while pioneering large-scale testing in Bay Area communities.
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Slug Support provides a lifeline in the COVID-19 crisis
Emergency student assistance program rapidly shifts to remote work while fielding increased caseload and providing crucial help to some of campus’s most vulnerable students
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Zavella authors new book about reproductive justice
Pat Zavella, professor emerita of Latin American and Latino studies, has published a new book about the reproductive justice movement that blends research, history, theory, and memoir.
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Alumnus sews up $1 million prize on TV’s Making the Cut
Graduate Jonny Cota, competing against international designers, makes a splash on reality-style fashion show produced by model Heidi Klum and fashion consultant Tim Gunn.
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UC Santa Cruz theater arts costume shop steps up to combat COVID-19
Just a couple of weeks ago, Brent Foland never imagined he’d be building face masks for his fellow UC Santa Cruz employees.
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Art in the time of COVID
UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences offers shelter-in-place relief with a new, virtual museum called Art Without Distance, featuring sights, sounds, words, curricula, and even a quirky campus tour.
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Agroecology major available this fall
Beginning this fall, students will have an opportunity to enroll in a new agroecology major, an interdisciplinary program housed in the Environmental Studies Department.
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Broadcasting opportunity
Alumnus Rizal Aliga takes the KZSC model to his high school alma mater, establishing a student-run broadcasting club that builds school spirit while providing students with career and communications skills.
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COVID-19: Economist helps build “contact tracing” app for Peru
In an effort to protect people from COVID-19, economist Kristian López Vargas helped lead the development of an app the Peruvian government has launched to improve “contact tracing” .
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Discrimination, governance, and trust in the age of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has upended daily life around the world, and is simultaneously triggering challenging questions of discrimination, governance, and trust, says sociologist Jenny Reardon.
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Grow your own veggies? Orin Martin offers tips for novice gardeners
Orin Martin is delighted that people are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with a desire to grow their own veggies, and he has lots of knowledge to share—as well as one plea: Be sure to plant some flowers, too.
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Campus to host an additional scoping session for Long Range Development Plan
UC Santa Cruz has announced an additional online scoping session to provide people with another opportunity to provide public input for its Long Range Development Plan.