Issue: Spring 2019

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

Thinking really big
From the time before time to potential existential dangers of the future, physicist Anthony Aguirre peers into the mysteries that define our reality

Hire power
Three new strategic faculty hires come with résumés of pioneering work and plans to focus on game-changing objectives

A chancellor looks back
With his time as chancellor drawing to a close, George Blumenthal reflects on his 13 years in UC Santa Cruz’s top job and a lifetime on campus






Crown funding
When an alumna recounts her special memories from Crown College, it becomes easy to join the effort by Crown alumni to double the college’s endowment by 2021

Escuchar, Compartir, Comunidad: The power of voice
A unique partnership trains young people from Watsonville in the broadcasting basics and helps them publish their podcasts

The thrill of computing
Inaugural !!Con West Conference revels in the playful side of high tech, letting participants ‘experience computing viscerally’