Campus News

  • Nitin Vidyasagar

    Nitin Vidyasagar

    Nitin Vidyasagar is looking forward to graduation and a new position in a cell biology lab. Over the next two years, he will assist UC Berkeley Assistant Professor Samantha Lewis in exploring mechanisms cells use to maintain mitochondrial DNA.

  • Ben Ochoa

    Ben Ochoa

    The documentary Ben Ochoa is most proud of is one he made that hit close to home.

  • Diego Alonzo Martinez Mori

    Diego Alonzo Martinez Mori

    When he was a child in Peru, Diego Alonzo Martinez Mori’s mother would sometimes bring him to the medical office where she was a secretary. Seeing the doctors in their white coats helping people, it looked like something he’d like to do when he grew up. Now on the verge of his graduation from UC…

  • Nyereath Nhial

    Nyereath Nhial

    Nhial, a 2020 UC Santa Cruz graduate who was born in San Diego County, knew her family’s saga but wanted to explore more deeply the stories of women in the deadly conflicts that had wracked South Sudan rather than the men that history usually centered on.

  • Minh Anh Nguyen

    Minh Anh Nguyen

    It was a big change for San Jose resident Minh Anh Nguyen to move across the country to New Jersey last summer for an internship with defense contractor Lockheed Martin, but because of her experience she was able to land a job working with the C programming language at Lockheed Martin’s Sunnyvale location.

  • Sergio Mendez Vargo

    Sergio Mendez Vargo

    Sergio Mendez Vargo always knew he wanted to be in the sciences but wasn’t sure what branch.

  • Zoom Update – Please Review

    Beginning May 30, Zoom meetings will require version Zoom 5.0 or newer. This latest version provides valuable security enhancements.

  • Ahyesha Russell

    Ahyesha Russell

    After graduation, Ahyesha Russell is headed for a well-paid job with Capgemini in Seattle as a technical consultant—something she hadn’t thought was possible in her wildest dreams.

  • Daniel Garcia

    Daniel Garcia

    Daniel Garcia is looking forward to going to grad school and having a career in education, either as a professor or directing a program that provides equal opportunities for students no matter who they are or where they came from.

  • Felix Vazquez

    Felix Vazquez

    If Felix Vazquez had to title his four years at UC Santa Cruz, he said they would be called, “A Series of Fortunate Events.”

  • Protecting vulnerable children and families during the pandemic

    Protecting vulnerable children and families during the pandemic

    In addition to experiencing higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death, the most vulnerable among us are losing ground in schooling, learning, and development, according to the authors of a new policy brief aimed at lawmakers.

  • Jocelyn Lopez-Anleu

    Jocelyn Lopez-Anleu

    Jocelyn Lopez-Anleu was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles and is the first member in her family to leave home and attend a four-year university.

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025