Month: March 2016
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Alumnus's game aims to build empathy by allowing players to take the role of a poor black American, encountering aggressions from humiliating to lethal
By Leigh Alexander, March 2016
Building a ladder to a cure
A cancer diagnosis used to be a death sentence for children. Now UC Santa Cruz researchers are opening a new front in the battle against the disease.
By Dan White, March 2016
Crossing borders
At UC Santa Cruz, the Latin American and Latino Studies Department is breaking boundaries and creating thought leaders
By Peggy Townsend, March 2016
Alumni association changes and adapts
UC Santa Cruz is shifting from the old model of "alumni association" to a powerful new model of "alumni network."
By Dan White, March 2016
The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz
Alumna Bev Crair made an empowering decision when she honored her best friend—her mother—with a pledge establishing an endowed fund for students at the Lionel Cantú Queer Center.
March 2016
Anil Ananthaswamy: Self-aware
A willingness to explore and ask questions, even when it's uncomfortable, has marked Anil Ananthaswamy as a respected science journalist.
By Peggy Townsend, March 2016