Simayijiang Xirenayi
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.
Work in social justice pushes recent grad toward career in medicine
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.
Dialogues, collaborations, and the success of ‘slow science’
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/06/seacoast.html
Claire Max to retire as director of UC Observatories
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/06/uco-director-claire-max.html
Nabeela Ariqat
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/06/ariqat-nabeela-commencement.html
David Sanchez Godinez
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.”
Legendary oceanography professor has made sea changes in students’ lives
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/05/gary-griggs-mentorship-feature-dw.html
UC Santa Cruz named No. 3 public university for ‘making an impact’
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/04/princeton-review.html
Researchers rescue endangered black abalone buried by debris flows
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/04/black-abalone.html
UCSC Science student helps power campus testing program
Meet UC Santa Cruz senior Arcelia Gonzalez Jimenez, who found a way to help with the COVID–19 pandemic by joining the first cohort of students trained to help run the campus’s asymptomatic testing program.
Seymour Marine Discovery Center offers new marine science virtual expeditions
“Scientists Saving the Oceans” program begins with a behind-the-scenes look at how marine mammal researchers are working to protect dolphins and whales from ocean noise
Three major wildfires impact campus facilities
Dear Friends of the Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, As all of you are aware, the immense dry lightning storms on August 16 and the massive wildfires it sparked quickly upended our campus’s preparations for opening in Fall 2020 in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fires came at a time when our science […]