Digital detectives: Advancing human rights Working in the Human Rights Investigations Lab for the Americas, UCSC students have become adept at this new type of research and using it to investigate protests in Chile, COVID-19’s spread in Latin America, the extent of online disinformation about the Black Lives Matter movement, and other matters that remain confidential. Read more >
Economics professor takes deep dive into challenges and opportunities of climate change
January 13, 2022
The widespread impacts of climate change raise urgent and critical questions.
Appetite for entrepreneurship leads alum to launch successful meal-prep business
January 13, 2022
Economics alumnus Andy Sartori, a Sacramento Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree, helps people eat with purpose.
Undergraduate Pearl Ibeanusi wins national scholarship in honor of late U.S. Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink
January 06, 2022
Pearl Ibeanusi, who’s double majoring in community studies and education, justice, and democracy, recently won a nationally competitive scholarship award from the Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation.
Legal studies major Aissata Ba looks back on the “whirlwind” of meeting Michelle Obama at recent event
January 05, 2022
Aissata Ba was among the students who asked a question as part of a conversation last year with Michelle Obama. The event was recorded and will air later this month on BET.
Undergraduate Tommy Alejandrez won a $20,000 Leadership Opportunity Award
January 04, 2022
Tommy Alejandrez, studying sociology and Latin American and Latino studies, recently won a Karl Pister award. Alejandrez was experiencing homelessness when he met former NFL player Zack Follet, sparking a friendship that changed both their lives.
Year in review: Giving voice to the challenges of our time December, 2021
A collection of prominent UCSC news stories from 2021.
