Above: Nandha Ramakrishnan (M.S. ’24, electrical and computer engineering) (left) and Radhika Prasad (Ph.D. ’24, literature) (right) talk with Anjali Arondekar, professor of feminist studies and founding codirector for the Center for South Asian Studies, outside of the Humanities 1 building. (Photo by Elena Zhukova)
Features:
Slugworks, a new creatorspace in the Jack Baskin Engineering building, is full of equipment and machines for all types of crafting, metalworking, fabrication, woodworking, and more—but fostering a collaborative community within the space may be the most important tool there.
By Emily Cerf
A childhood cancer survivor becomes a cancer researcher
This past summer, 15-year-old Robert McCabe helped to sequence and analyze a tumor sample in the lab of the UC Santa Cruz Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative.
By Emily Cerf
A new interdisciplinary minor in Middle Eastern and North African studies is immersing undergraduates in the region’s languages, culture, politics, and history.
By Dan White
Alumni profiles:
The teenager of steel
No one escapes the travails of being a teenager—not even the mighty Superman. Acclaimed comics creator Sina Grace (Stevenson ’08, literature) has brought this chapter of Superman’s life to light in the newly published DC graphic novel Superman: The Harvests of Youth.
By Dan White
Kevin Lunzalu (M.S. ’23, coastal science and policy), co-founder of the youth-led conservation organization Kenyan Youth Biodiversity Network, received an award from the Global Environment Facility for his work to significantly reduce plastic waste ending up in the ocean.
By Grace Stetson