Campus News
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UCSC alumna wins prestigious 2013 Guggenheim
UCSC 1993 graduate Brenda Shaughnessy has been awarded a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship for the creative arts in poetry. She returns to campus for Alumni Weekend events, including a free public reading on April 25.
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Alumni Profile / Lisa Witter: Speaking her truth
Lisa Witter, partner and chief change officer of Fenton, the biggest public interest communications firm in the country, is a firm believer in the power of communications to advance social issues.
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Philanthropy Focus / Karen Rhodes: Giving back by paying forward
Karen Rhodes has been a student, public information officer, development staff member, and an Alumni Councilor at UCSC. But one thing hasn’t changed throughout the years: She and her husband have been consistent, reliable donors.
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Departure of University Librarian Virginia Steel
CP/EVC Alison Galloway announces that University Librarian Virginia Steel is leaving UCSC to join UCLA as their University Librarian.
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Get social: Comments from Facebook
Our nearly 32,000 Facebook friends share their memories, thoughts, rants, and compliments with us. Check out some of the best comments from our Facebook page in the past few months.
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Mathematics lecturer Richard Mitchell wins teaching award
Richard Mitchell, a lecturer in mathematics, has received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association.
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Uncommon People / Rachel Wheat and Yiwei Wang: Crowdsourcing for research
Grad students turn to a crowdfunding website to fund their bald eagle research.
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Uncommon People / Juan Ledesma: Persistence and faith
Juan Ledesma, the son of agriculture laborers, arrived in Santa Cruz from Hartnell Junior College with a $25,000 S-STEM scholarship from the National Science Foundation, and a love for physics and medicine.
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Alumni Profile / M. Sanjayan: Scientist of the world
As a hard-working Ph.D. student at UC Santa Cruz, M. Sanjayan—now lead scientist for the Nature Conservancy—never expected to be a spokesperson, a TV personality, or a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Fall 2013 freshman class at UC Santa Cruz is one of the most selective
After receiving a record number 38,515 applications, UC Santa Cruz has offered admission to fewer than half of freshman applicants, making fall 2013 one of its most selective classes.
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Distant blazar is a high-energy astrophysics puzzle
New observations of a blazar show that it is the most distant known source of very high-energy gamma rays.
