Issue: Fall 2018

Lamat Program: Shooting for the stars
The bright—but previously unrecognized—young scientists of UC Santa Cruz’s Lamat program have found their destiny by turning their eyes to the heavens

Hope for housing
With housing costs becoming a crisis both locally and statewide, an ambitious UC Santa Cruz project called No Place Like Home seeks to inform the debate—and the quest for solutions—through research

Shifting the debate
Can public philosophy teach us to think? Students and faculty at UC Santa Cruz explore that question in an unlikely place— San Quentin State Prison.

A new chapter–and more housing–for Kresge College
Kresge College is best known for its distinctive architecture, along with its legacy of experimental teaching and strong sense of community. Above: Kresge College, known for its distinctive architecture, is slated for a renewal. But this planned village of stucco-lined...

Help for housing on campus: Student Housing West
UC Santa Cruz is in dire need of student housing. Almost no one living on or off campus would debate that point. But the questions of where and how to build such housing, along with its size and scope, are...

Reaching more communities
Each winter, high school teams from Salinas to San Francisco travel to UC Santa Cruz to vie in the Northern California High School Regional Ethics Bowl. Above: North Salinas High School students Denize Ignacio (center) and Aliyah Annis (left) at...

This is UC Santa Cruz
A roundup of recent news, events, happenings, and special reports.
