Campus News
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Dickens Universe returns to campus
The Dickens Universe, now in its 41st year, returned to campus in late July after two years in the virtual realm. The conference turned UCSC into a bustling community of scholars, students, and community members who socialized at Victorian teas, talked about books, and wrapped up their evenings with “post-prandial potations.”
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Two UCSC grad students are finalists for prestigious Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships
The finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program include UCSC graduate students Austen Stovall and Ellen Willis‑Norton.
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NOAA scholarship supports graduate student’s seabird conservation research
Aspen Ellis, a Ph.D. student in ecology and evolutionary biology, is one of seven students nationwide selected by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to receive a 2022 Nancy Foster Scholarship.
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UC Santa Cruz partners with CLC for trademark licensing management
CLC is providing UC Santa Cruz with innovative tools and resources that enable vendors to offer a greater variety of high-quality merchandise with the UC Santa Cruz logo and mascot, expanding the overall reach of merchandise available in stores and online retailers.
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Campus Update on Monkeypox
The Student Health Center provides an update about monkeypox and our campus response and preparedness efforts.
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UCSC student named one of 50 top hackers of 2022
Rising second-year computer science: computer game design student Mansi Saini has been recognized by Major League Hacking for outstanding contributions to the hackathon community.
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Sina Grace: Representation matters
Comics creator Sina Grace (Stevenson ‘08, literature) centers LGBTQIA characters as the industry evolves to include more diversity—and he looks forward to including even more heroes from all backgrounds.
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As alumni regent, Art Torres advocated for access, diversity in higher education
Art Torres (Stevenson, ’68, government) worked to support the University of California in advancing the diversity of its student body while serving a two-year term as the alumni representative on the UC Board of Regents.
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New book traces the scientific and technological development of militarized border
In her new book, Professor of Feminist Studies and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Felicity Amaya Schaeffer draws stunning connections between indigenous ways of life and relationships to the land with modern-day, militaristic border surveillance technologies.
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Data from elephant seals reveal new features of marine heatwave ‘the Blob’
Instruments carried by migrating elephant seals measured deep warm-water anomalies that lasted much longer than the surface warming.
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UC Santa Cruz teams with TiE Global to help entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life
UC Santa Cruz and TiE Global are establishing the Destination Silicon Valley program to leverage the Silicon Valley presence of both organizations and create new learning opportunities for university-based entrepreneurs from across the world, including University of California students and innovators, and others from TiE’s 59 chapters.
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Center for Reimagining Leadership
Center for Reimagining Leadership has been established, effective July 1, 2022. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, will be the faculty director of the center.