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
By Peggy Townsend, March 2021
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
By Dan White, March 2021
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.
By Tim Stephens, March 2021
Chancellor Cynthia Larive: Rising to meet the moment
Strong values and remarkable achievements helped us face the challenges of a tumultuous year
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