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Claudia Paz Flores, an undergraduate student working in the Haussler-Salama Lab, presented her research as part of DNA Day at UC Santa Cruz

Joining with 19 leading universities, UC Santa Cruz helps to form the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities to increase opportunity for those historically underserved by higher education »

Time100: Assistant Professor Karen Miga has been selected as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2022 for her work completing the human genome.

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June 15, 2022 Grant funding will support university-community partnership on inclusive economic development in neighboring city of Salinas
June 14, 2022 Microbiologist Jacqueline Kimmey named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
June 13, 2022 Zimmer to develop Responsible AI course
June 13, 2022 New executive leadership position for the Arts Division

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Commencement 2022: Teresa Faasolo

Teresa Faasolo initially found computer engineering to be more difficult than she had expected, but with help from the Multicultural Engineering Program, she regained her confidence—and found a family.

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