UC Santa Cruz Magazine

Talented leaders show why arts and humanities matter

UC Santa Cruz welcomed new Arts Division Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu in July, and the campus also recently appointed Humanities Dean Jasmine Alinder. Both are committed to raising the visibility of the humanities and arts, highlighting their power to deepen critical thinking, heighten sympathetic imagination, and prepare students to lead in a rapidly changing world.

By Dan White, October 2021

Ethics and algorithms

Problems with bias in criminal justice, hiring, ranking, search, news, and more have created an explosion of interest in ethics and algorithms. Computer scientists at UC Santa Cruz are tackling these and other sensitive issues of big data, artificial intelligence, and ethics in technology.

By Guy Lasnier (Merrill '78, politics), October 2021

De-extinction could reverse species loss. But should we do it?

From UC Berkeley Alumni Association’s California magazine: What would it mean to reintroduce woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons now? UC Santa Cruz Professors Ed Green (a Cal alumnus) and Beth Shapiro weigh in on a controversial topic.

By Leah Worthington, October 2021

Events

Calendar

Find out what's going on! Check out our events calendar—packed with lectures, classes, concerts, workshops, tours, and more. Sign up for our events newsletter, The LineUp, to get events sent to your inbox.

March 2021

Issue notes

About the Spring 2021 Issue

Staff, contributors, and information

March 2021

Alumni notes

Spring 2021 Alumni Notes

News, notes, updates, and announcements from Slug alumni

March 2021

From the Chancellor

Chancellor Cynthia Larive: Rising to meet the moment

Strong values and remarkable achievements helped us face the challenges of a tumultuous year

October 2020

Featured

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

Featured

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

Featured

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