More than a thousand people, including 560 alumni, converged on the hilly forested campus for Alumni Weekend 2019, complete with thought-provoking lectures, snacks, free Slug Taxis, a fond farewell, and dancing into the night.
Technology for a Changing World
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Monday, April 29, 2019The speaker series is part of a larger effort to get a more diverse population interested in engineering as a field of study and technology as a career. -
Thursday, April 18, 2019The five recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Graduate Student Alumni Award exemplify the diverse ways in which the former graduate students have translated their scholarship into an appreciable impact in various fields.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019UC Santa Cruz researchers are principal investigators of four collaborative teams chosen for funding by the the signature seed funding program of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute.
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Monday, April 15, 2019The Baskin School of Engineering will be in the spotlight throughout UC Santa Cruz's Alumni Weekend, with demonstrations of virtual reality, cutting-edge research, small seminar-style "teach-ins" and more. -
Friday, April 5, 2019CRSS is now a Phase II Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC). -
Thursday, March 21, 2019Researchers tracked and quantified the production of different kinds of blood cells and immune cells to understand how the body maintains a balanced supply. -
Monday, March 18, 2019During a campus visit on Saturday, tech titan Susan Wojcicki urged college students to pursue careers of meaning and impact in fields that are growing—and to be flexible and humble as they begin their work lives. -
Monday, March 18, 2019Associate Professor Leila Takayama and Professor Steve Whittaker have joined the UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering’s Computational Media Department.
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Friday, March 15, 2019C. Seshadhri has been awarded an SDM/IBM Early Career Data Mining Researcher Award for Excellence in Data Analytics. -
Thursday, March 14, 2019'Assembling Life' proposes a novel theory, based on Deamer's research, of how life can begin on Earth and other planets. -
Monday, March 11, 2019Designed to support speech therapy for children after reconstructive surgery for cleft lip and cleft palate, SpokeIt uses game play to make speech therapy fun. -
Wednesday, March 6, 2019Professor Tracy Larrabee succeeded in closing the gap between underrepresented minority and first-generation college students and the rest of her class. -
Wednesday, March 6, 2019A Faculty Research Award from Google will help Associate Professor Leila Takayama learn what it takes for a robot to learn from its human peers. -
Tuesday, March 5, 2019UC Santa Cruz will invest nearly $6 million in its research tools this academic year, thanks to awards from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes for Health. -
Wednesday, February 27, 2019UCSC engineers and genomics experts are partnering with UCSF neuroscientists to develop new technology for studying human brain evolution and development. -
Thursday, February 21, 2019At an investiture ceremony, Vaske was honored as the inaugural holder of the Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics. -
Tuesday, February 19, 2019The Baskin School of Engineering is launching the first professional master’s degree program in serious games offered in the United States, with an initial cohort of students starting in fall 2019. -
Wednesday, February 13, 2019Alumnus Michael Lopp is vice president of engineering at Slack, the popular team-building platform, and the author of two books and a blog about leadership. -
Tuesday, February 12, 2019Lise Getoor, professor of computer science and engineering, will discuss "Responsible Data Science" in the 53rd annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, February 26. -
Tuesday, February 5, 2019The boat and net system would collect plastic waste where rivers meet oceans, preventing it from drifting out to sea. -
Monday, February 4, 2019The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering have entered into a multi-year, joint research and development agreement with Western Digital. -
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Monday, January 28, 2019On a campus filled with exciting events and speakers, two feature Professor Lise Getoor addressing the promises and challenges of data science. -
Thursday, January 24, 2019Grant will support Yanik's research into phononic metamaterials and their use in acousto-microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications.
