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

Alumni profiles

Jeffrey Conrad Stewart: Pulitzer pride

Cowell '71, philosophy

By Peggy Townsend, October 2019

Alumni profiles

Melinda James: The language of film

M.A. '12, social documentation

By Amy Ettinger, October 2019

Alumni profiles

Chelsea Manzano: Game plan

M.S. '18, games and playable media

By Amy Ettinger, October 2019

Alumni profiles

Sharifa Crandall: Plant doctor

Ph. D. '16, environmental studies

By Peggy Townsend, October 2019

One more thing

Debates on the wild frontier of genomics reveal where the real frontier lies

When I first received an invitation from Vatican City last summer to attend a global genomics conference, I did a double take. Fifty years prior, my father was among the priests who spoke out against the papal letter on birth...

By Jenny Reardon, October 2019

Giving

Choosing what’s important

Lisa Kermish found her best friends and a lifelong commitment to social justice at UC Santa Cruz. Now she’s added Slug Support to her will. As a student, Kermish (Stevenson ‘76, literature and creative writing) taught creative writing workshops, created...

October 2019

Issue notes

About the Fall 2019 Issue

From the print magazine (Click for larger image) UC Santa Cruz Magazine appears twice a year: spring and fall. Inclusion of advertising in UC Santa Cruz Magazine is not meant to imply endorsement of any company, product, or service being...

October 2019