Issue: Spring 2021

John Sanders: Inspiring kids to create a personal relationship with nature
Rachel Carson College '90, biology

Discover the wonders of ancient Greece
Join political theorist Dean Mathiowetz on a journey to relive the grandeur of Ancient Greece through the arts, ruins, monuments, and museums that make Greece a unique travel destination Image: Acropolis of Athens, Greece

Alumni Week
We're celebrating Alumni Week in true 2021 style. Have fun, remember your roots, reignite your passions, and connect like never before as our first virtual Alumni Week zooms you back to campus. Wellness, tours, talks, learning, living, poetry, motion. And...

Creating lasting good
Alumnus Jim Myers and husband Joe Levesque are using their life’s work to offer opportunities to worthy students, establishing four endowed funds for scholarships at UC Santa Cruz funded by their estate plan

Giving back to Banana Slugs in need
The UC Santa Cruz Alumni Scholarship Fund is a proud tradition on campus, helping graduates reconnect with the campus while paying it forward

UCSC expands COVID-19 testing during surge to support community needs
A gift from community members Bud and Rebecca Colligan is expanding testing capacity and helping fund a new, dedicated laboratory space to house the diagnostic lab in the Genomics Institute’s facilities at the Westside Research Park.