Campus News
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Philanthropy Focus: Students helping students
When students ask her why they should give to UCSC’s Undergraduate Scholarship Fund, Dominique Carella tells the story of her life.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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UCSC engineer focuses on assistive technology for people with disabilities
Roberto Manduchi applies computer vision technology to develop products that address daily challenges faced by visually impaired people.