Issue: Fall 2020
Chancellor Cynthia Larive: Rising to meet the moment
Strong values and remarkable achievements helped us face the challenges of a tumultuous year
October 2020
Confronting COVID
From developing faster tests to building prediction models of the spread of the infection, campus researchers are applying their skills in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
By Lisa Renner, October 2020
Think local, go global
Ten ambitious UC Santa Cruz research fellows—the first cohort of the new Global and Community Health Wellbeing Awards program—are being trained to recognize essential connections between community issues and worldwide health concerns
By Dan White, October 2020
The show must (virtually) go on
This year's Irwin Scholars—winners of the most prestigious award in the Art Department—got creative with 3D software to present a pandemic-safe version of their famed year-end exhibit
By Maureen Dixon Harrison, October 2020
Hidden figures
UC Santa Cruz Economics Professor Rob Fairlie is sounding the alarm about COVID-19's disproportionate impact on African American/Black-, Latinx-, and other minority-owned businesses, with the aim of addressing the nation's racial wealth gap
By Dan White, October 2020
Barbara Ferrer: Advocating for justice through public health
Rachel Carson ’78, community studies
By Peggy Townsend, October 2020
Fire, loss, and the embrace of community
A UC Santa Cruz staff member reflects on the devastating loss of their home in the CZU August Lightning Complex fires
By Kristen Lee, October 2020
Raising a glass (and funds) for research
Michael David Winery—owned by the family of UC Santa Cruz virologist Rebecca DuBois—is helping fund the professor’s COVID-19 research with its “Going Viral” Merlot.
By Dan White, October 2020