Shakina Nayfack: Creating change
Transgender actress Shakina Nayfack is creating a lot of change these days—not only through her one-woman shows and her theater company, but also through her new role as the transgender Lola in Hulu's hit show Difficult People.
By Peggy Townsend, October 2016
Rafael López: Commitment to community
Rafael López once protected his mother and siblings from an abusive, alcoholic father. Now he heads a $10 billion federal agency that administers the nation's domestic violence prevention programs.
By Peggy Townsend, October 2016
Liquid alchemy
UC Santa Cruz is home to the last working metal foundry in the UC system, giving students the opportunity to experience an unusual level of artistic discovery.
By Sean M. Monaghan, October 2016
About the Fall 2016 issue
Credits, a new beginning in Silicon Valley, and a retiree giving back.
October 2016
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Alumnus's game aims to build empathy by allowing players to take the role of a poor black American, encountering aggressions from humiliating to lethal
By Leigh Alexander, March 2016
Building a ladder to a cure
A cancer diagnosis used to be a death sentence for children. Now UC Santa Cruz researchers are opening a new front in the battle against the disease.
By Dan White, March 2016
Crossing borders
At UC Santa Cruz, the Latin American and Latino Studies Department is breaking boundaries and creating thought leaders
By Peggy Townsend, March 2016
