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Peter Bratt: Championing underrepresented voicesPeter Bratt: Championing underrepresented voices

Peter Bratt (Cowell ’86, politics)—Rockefeller Fellow; Peabody Award winner; Emmy-nominated film producer, writer, and director—was named UC Santa Cruz’s 2023 Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni award winner.

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Spotlight thumbnailGenomics for everyone: The first human pangenome

UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, released a draft of the first human pangenome, which better represents human genetic diversity—and ultimately could help diagnose disease and guide treatments.

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