Graduate News
May 3, 2022Team of researchers win the public benchmark phase of new Alexa Prize competition
April 15, 2022 Game on! Tune in to watch UC grad students explain their research in three minutes flat at the 2022 Grad Slam.
April 14, 2022Politics professor’s book challenging Western notions of Sharia wins global acclaim
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The 2022 UC Santa Cruz Grad Slam brought graduate students into Downtown Santa Cruz to present their research, in just three minutes (or less). Watch the full show here, and congratulations to our Champion Amanda Quirk who will go on to represent UCSC at the UC-wide Grad Slam. Watch»
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From speaking to k-12 students and audiences at competitions, to working on ways to penetrate cancer cells - Tori Klein wants to find ways to improve human life inside and outside of the laboratory. Continue»
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