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🔥 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝟕 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐀𝐘. Check out our Giving Day video @ youtube.com/watch?v=qjCiEg…. ~~~~~~~~ @UCSCTHI @UCSC @UCSC_GradDiv @UCSCevents @UCSCLibrary

👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽 UC Santa Cruz has appointed Marco Rolandi, professor and chair of the department of electrical and computer engineering, to serve as faculty director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development. go.ucsc.edu/2OpA97Q

Tonight! Don't miss the opportunity to hear from alum and entrepreneur Mothusi Pahl.

Alumni! The Baskin Day 2021 Evening with Alumni event is just a couple weeks away! When you sign up, you have the option to purchase a “loot box," which includes different merchandise items like wine glasses, mugs, and stickers! Learn more: sites.google.com/ucsc.edu/baski… @UCSCBaskinDay

@JesseThorn Oh snap, we thought those were banana slugs!

@ucsc @UCSC_BSOE Fun fact: Jim Kent is a banana slug several times over: he received his BA, MA, *and* Ph.D. from UCSC. Fiat Slug, Mr. Kent!

Friday, June 26, 2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the draft of the human genome sequence. @UCSC_BSOE Professor David Haussler recalls, "As the endless stream of A's, C's, G's, and T's cascaded across my computer screen, tears welled up in my eyes." bit.ly/2YCX4iA

@UCSC_BSOE @ucsc Fun fact: Jim Kent is a banana slug several times over: he received his BA, MA, *and* Ph.D. from UCSC. Fiat Slug, Mr. Kent!

🧬 Happy Genome Anniversary! 🧬Twenty years ago today, engineers and scientists at @ucsc published the first draft of the #HumanGenome online, ensuring that it would remain free and accessible to researchers forever. Watch the incredible story:

@AstroKDS Fiat Slug!

@aschristy @Jodyji Get everyone on that train! We'll help!

What better moment to ponder the art of hope? View @UCSC faculty on the topic in a recent series of TEDx talks. news.ucsc.edu/2020/04/tedx-s…

April 28: Rebecca DuBois talks about vaccines & viruses – and her promising work on COVID-19 testing. Register now! calendar.ucsc.edu/event/kraw_lec…

Sharing good news! @UCSC grad Erin Lamontagne was a researcher in the Haussler-Salama Lab + worked with @ProfDanielKim She joined the UCSD Bioengineering grad program last fall, & just learned she got the @NSF graduate research fellowship. 👏👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 Way to science, Erin! 🔬

Alumna @Laurie_Garrett, a global health expert and @PulitzerPrizes winner, urges communities to help the most vulnerable, proactively develop plans, and discredit #cronavirusoutbreak conspiracy theories. #COVID19 preparation is key. Not panic. sci.ucsc.edu/334MeCu

“Your library is a fantastic piece of architecture.” — director Alex Garland on the juxtaposition of UCSC’s brutalist buildings with the magic of the redwood forest.

Director Alex Garland at UCSC to introduce the first episode of sci-fi thriller #Devs, largely filmed on the UC Santa Cruz campus. @ucsc

McHenry library as the Amaya campus.

Today is the Presidential Primary Election in California. 🗳️ Find out where on campus you can vote: bit.ly/2TmB4Vi 🗳️ Find out where you are assigned to vote: bit.ly/3adkEVP 🗳️Get info on same day voter registration on campus: bit.ly/2TmB4Vi

We're delighted too, Jeff! Hey @ucsc alumni & friends – come hear one of our own speak to the dynamic issues developing in Hong Kong.