https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news Celebrating achievements of Crown College's students, alumni, staff, and faculty en-us 2022-01-18 21:13:35 UTC 2022-05-12 16:29:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1542656232/2299ad1b4a786079435e0edeca1ddb8c/crown_thumb2.png ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999048559 2022-01-18 21:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999048559 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999049147 2022-01-18 21:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999049147 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999049646 2022-01-18 21:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999049646 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999050030 2022-01-18 21:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999050030 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999050413 2022-01-18 21:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999050413 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999050814 2022-01-18 21:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999050814 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999085963 Host Dr. Glenn DeGuzman engages in a fun and in-depth conversation about our panelist’s nerd identity (with Alex Belisario, Alfred Day, Brian MacDonald, and Dr. Emily Sandoval) and their personal and professional experiences with geek culture in higher education.]]> 2022-01-18 22:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999085963 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999091530 2022-01-18 22:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999091530 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999094469 2022-01-18 22:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999094469 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999095458 2022-01-18 22:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999095458 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999097349 2022-01-18 22:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999097349 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999099886 When family members have the experience of attending UC Santa Cruz in common, they've walked the same paths—contributing to a sense of pride, connection, and shared values...]]> 2022-01-18 22:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999099886 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999100958 The 21-year-old from Kerala, India, is graduating with a double major in physics and mathematics, she speaks four languages, she has won numerous awards, and—oh, yes, she’s a published author of science-fiction novels. ]]> 2022-01-18 22:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999100958 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999101494 Dana Byrne is the kind of person who likes to get answers. So it was a natural fit for her to gravitate to chemistry as a field of study.]]> 2022-01-18 22:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999101494 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999103183 UC Santa Cruz reached the venerable age of 50 in 2015—meaning that many of its departments and programs are now hitting some big milestones, too.]]> 2022-01-18 22:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999103183 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999104041 2022-01-18 22:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999104041 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999104672 2022-01-18 22:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999104672 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999112116 Alex Belisario, senior director for college student life at Crown and Merrill colleges, has been honored with the Charles L. Miller Leadership and Service Award from the Western Association of College and University Housing Officers (WACUHO).]]> 2022-01-18 22:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999112116 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999113205 One of the world’s leading disease detectives, Joe DeRisi (Crown '92, biochemistry and molecular biology), has spent his professional life studying and fighting viruses.]]> 2022-01-18 22:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999113205 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999113821 UC Santa Cruz Dining was recently honored as Employer of the Year for being a longtime employer of people with developmental disabilities.]]> 2022-01-18 22:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999113821 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999116037 Cota-Robles, a professor emeritus of biology at UC Santa Cruz, died September 12 after a brief illness.]]> 2022-01-18 22:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999116037 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999116859 My favorite class, taught by my favorite professor Hilde Schwartz, was The Fossil Record.]]> 2022-01-18 22:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999116859 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999117675 UC Santa Cruz Dining brought home first-place honors from a national cooking competition highlighting the best vegan recipes.]]> 2022-01-18 22:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999117675 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999120099 When Izzy Connor (Crown ’25, astrophysics) steps onto the carpet at the Tokyo Olympics on August 7, it will be a milestone moment for the U.S. and also the highlight of years of both personal struggle and success.]]> 2022-01-18 22:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999120099 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999121654 This second installment in our series of stories leading up to a celebration of UCSC’s 50th anniversary looks at the early architectural plans that were taking shape 50 years ago, in preparation for UCSC’s opening in 1965. This is a longer version of a story that appeared in the spring '13 issue of Review magazine.]]> 2022-01-18 22:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999121654 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999183553 2022-01-18 23:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999183553 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999186786 The University of California honors her with a prestigious President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership, recognizing the impact of her advocacy and activism.]]> 2022-01-18 23:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999186786 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999187315 Introductory physics students test their knowledge and get exposure to the wider world in a class project in which they create musical instruments to be donated to kids in need.]]> 2022-01-18 23:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999187315 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999188893 Young’s desire to reach different audiences through technology and his curiosity for using computers as tools for creative design eventually inspired him to withdraw from corporate tech to become an independent artist, where he now employs AI tools to create digital artwork.]]> 2022-01-18 23:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999188893 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999189672 Julie Packard helped found the Monterey Bay Aquarium and has served as the aquarium's executive director since it opened in 1984.]]> 2022-01-18 23:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999189672 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999190577 Alumnus Alexis Harte’s long career as a singer/songwriter has included original albums and songs for TV and film, and his company has become a pioneer in scoring and sound design.]]> 2022-01-18 23:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999190577 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999191182 A student writes about her experience caring for, and learning from, UCSC's marine mammal "animal ambassadors".]]> 2022-01-18 23:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999191182 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999194319 Students, alumni, and community members are participating in a “Deep Read” on the bleak dystopian futures of Margaret Atwood in advance of the Booker Prize–winning author’s on-stage discussion during Alumni Weekend.]]> 2022-01-19 00:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/1999194319 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2016874581 A stubborn strength propelled alumnus Dr. Ramon Resa, who went from working in the fields by the age of 3 to successful pediatrician with a practice in the Central Valley.]]> 2022-01-27 22:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2016874581 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2071969448 Harmon’s (Crown '98) recent bequest to UC Santa Cruz’s KZSC radio station illustrates a passion for contributing to causes that are important to her.]]> 2022-03-01 17:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2071969448 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2071995180 Building community with underrepresented groups in STEM majors through early field-research opportunities.]]> 2022-03-01 17:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2071995180 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2072002760 Mark begins his narrative with the time he arrived on campus at UC Santa Cruz, and enrolled in Crown College with a plan to major in science. “I started at Crown as a chemistry major,” he says; "then something happened..."]]> 2022-03-01 17:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2072002760 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2102283716 When an alumna recounts her special memories from Crown College, it becomes easy to join the effort by Crown alumni to double the college’s endowment by 2021.]]> 2022-03-18 17:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2102283716 ucsccrowncollege https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2141036179 The trio were a part of the first cohorts of students at UCSC, Lapsley and Nerton graduated in 1971 and Rose in 1972. Now five decades later, the self-named “Gang of Three” have spent countless hours planning events and raising funds for Crown College, becoming some of the most active members of  the UCSC alumni community. ]]> 2022-04-12 15:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ucsccrowncollege/news/wish/2141036179