Campus News
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Into the wilderness: Intrepid hiker, biologist blazes her own trail
The 34-year-old UC Santa Cruz alum Sage Clegg is the first woman to complete the triple crown of long-distance, end-to-end trail hiking — hoofing 7,400 miles over the Pacific Crest Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Appalachian Trail — in only 18 months.
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Invitation for Voluntary Disability Survey
As a friendly reminder, if you have not already done so, please take a moment to complete the one-question voluntary survey emailed to all UC staff and academic employees on or around April 3rd, from the following sender UC_Disability_Survey@vres.us.
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Alumni Profile / Alejandra Vargas: A light in the darkest hours
For 11 months, Alejandra Vargas and her father lived in half of a tiny garage. Her father, an electrician who often worked seven days a week, slept in a blanket on the floor. Vargas was 17 then, and living through one of the hardest times in her life.
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Good humor and hard work: Associate registrar Margie Claxton recognized with Outstanding Staff Award
Margie Claxton, this year’s UCSC Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award honoree, takes on “unimaginably gargantuan tasks,” according to the co-workers who nominated her for the award.
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Awards recognize top presentations at Graduate Research Symposium
Graduate students from all divisions shared their research at the 10th Annual Graduate Research Symposium.
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Making tangible change
Inspired by a UC Santa Cruz class, a group of friends formed a socially conscious nonprofit as a way of keeping in touch after graduating—and have since funded more than $180,000 in projects
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Alumni Profile / Brett Dennen: Blessed
The singer-songwriter Brett Dennen (Kresge ’04, community studies) stands out like a bright-yellow banana slug on a brown leaf. He’s unmistakable, with his flame-colored hair, on-stage dance moves, and reedy voice.
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UCSC Farm’s CSA program accepting members for 2014
The UCSC Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program is open for business and accepting new and renewing members.
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Averting extinction
Island Conservation, a Santa Cruz nonprofit with UCSC roots, has saved 389 species from possible extinction on 52 islands around the world.
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UCSC emeritus professor Nathaniel Mackey wins prestigious poetry prize
Nathaniel Mackey, professor emeritus of literature at UC Santa Cruz, has been named the winner of the Poetry Foundation’s 2014 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
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GPS collar documents puma’s travels from mountains to Mountain View
Forty-six m (46m) is a young puma on the move. A GPS tracking collar that UC Santa Cruz scientists placed around his neck reveals his journey into suburban Silicon Valley.