UC Santa Cruz Earth Sciences alum Damon Brown knew the value of preservation. As a geologist, he used knowledge of the past to build a better future, studying the causes of climate change and identifying new, sustainable energy sources. With that kind of long-term thinking in mind, he and his wife Sarah, a fellow geologist, […]
Simayijiang “Sherin” Xirenayi grew up in Xinjiang, a region in northwestern China, where her family is part of the Uyghur ethnic minority and Turkic Muslims. At UC Santa Cruz, she became interested in genetics and evolution.
Isabella Bullock spent her last year at UC Santa Cruz volunteering at local healthcare facilities in and around Santa Cruz during the Covid-19 pandemic, working towards her dream of becoming a physician’s assistant.
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Sanchez arrived at UC Santa Cruz with a passion for scientific exploration, but adjusting to college life was a challenge. A first-generation college student, he could not turn to his parents for advice about coping and thriving at a university.
“It was on me to apply myself and make use of my college education,” he said. “I think being thrown into independence is difficult, and I’m definitely lucky to have been surrounded by hard-working and caring people.”
UC Santa Cruz alumna Kirsten Howley is an astrophysicist working as part of a planetary defense team that has been tasked with preventing a real-life ‘Armageddon’
Joe DeRisi, award-winning “disease tracker,” converted unused lab space into one of America’s most prolific COVID-19 testing centers in eight days.
Original story from UCSC Newscenter.
Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.”
Original story from The New York Times.
Alumnus Jon Mark Hirshon, an emergency physician, faces isolation and personal risk while providing emergency care at a busy Baltimore hospital.
Original story from UCSC Newscenter.
“In late December, my son left for Antarctica. He’s a marine biologist who is doing a whale study in this vast and intimidating place. I didn’t worry… Until I heard that he might be trapped there due to COVID-19.”
Original story from Voices of Monterey Bay.
