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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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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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