Nabeela Ariqat
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Student Spotlight: Evanjelin Mahmoodi
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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.”
Student Spotlight: Jami Clayton
Undergraduate ecology and evolutionary biology major Jami Clayton is one of seven recipients of the 2020 Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology Award. We asked her about her time at UC Santa Cruz, her research, and her advise for incoming students.
Student Spotlight: Elizabeth Yunerman
Undergraduate physics major Elizabeth Yunerman is the 2021 recipient of the Kenneth & Ann Thimann Scholarship. For student achievement week, we asked her about her time at UC Santa Cruz, her research, and her advise for incoming students.
Student Spotlight: Miles Miller
Undergraduate ocean sciences major Miles Miller is one of seven recipients of the 2020 Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology Award. For student achievement week, we asked him about his time at UC Santa Cruz, his research, and his advice for incoming students.
Student Spotlight: Brooke Santos
Undergraduate earth science major Brooke Santos is one of six recipients of the 2021 Kathryn D. Sullivan Research Impact Award in Earth & Marine Sciences. For student achievement week, we asked her about her time at UC Santa Cruz, her research, and her advice for incoming students. Please tell us about your experience at UC […]
Student Spotlight: Dan Nguyen
Daniel Nguyen is one of our 2021 Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology Award Winners. We asked him about his time at UC Santa Cruz, his research, and his advise for incoming students.
Legendary oceanography professor has made sea changes in students’ lives
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EPS grad student wins Best Overall Presentation at the 2021 Graduate Research Symposium
Colleen Murphy, a graduate student in Earth and Planetary Sciences, won the grand prize of $1000 for her video, “Sluggish Slides: Why Some Landslides Never Pick Up the Pace.” Another Science Division student, Lourdes “Lulu” Martinez Estevez, won “Best of the PBSci Division” for her presentation, “Spatial ecology of hawksbill sea turtles in the Gulf of California.”
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