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
Building opportunity
Campus benefactor Jack Baskin not only established the Baskin School of Engineering Fund, but also a charitable remainder trust benefitting the fund—helping more than 5,000 students (and counting) gain engineering degrees and compete effectively in the job market.
October 2020
Alumni Weekend 2020 is postponed
Important news: Alumni Weekend 2020 is postponed to a future date for coronavirus safety. However, the Margaret Atwood appearance on April 5 and The Deep Read are still on!
February 2020
Mark Zemelman: A mission-driven career
Crown '78, history
By David Gleason (Merrill '70, literature), Humanities Dean's Advisor, February 2020
Joaquin Sapien: Holding power accountable
Cowell ’06, environmental studies and politics
By Peggy Townsend, February 2020
Sherrice Mojgani: Lighting up the stage
Merrill '07, theater arts
By Maureen Dixon Harrison, February 2020
Words of warning
By crafting a dangerous future from fragments of history, novelist Margaret Atwood implores us to pay attention to the present, writes alumna Kate Schatz.
By Kate Schatz (Stevenson '01, women’s studies and creative writing), February 2020
Visit Shakespeare’s London
Literature professor and Shakespeare expert Sean Keilen will walk you through the monuments, museums, pubs, playhouses, gardens, and churches that have made London the envy of world capitals
February 2020
