Wherein we discuss a big mentoring award; the cautious optimism of a hybrid virtual and in-person Alumni Week; elephant seals' built-in GPS systems, which Gwen covets (and Dan gets a little size-ist about our beloved chubby pinnipeds); The Deeeep Read; and much more. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan discuss recent UCSC news. You may request a transcript by emailing gwenj@ucsc.edu.

Wherein we discuss voter suppression and lessons we can apply from the civil rights movement; research on circadian rhythms; Afrofuturism; the puzzling recent scarcity of Wheat Thins; and much more. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over recent UC Santa Cruz News. Transcript available upon request.

In which we first welcome Dan back from a health scare, then discuss an incredible story of connection and redemption, UCSC's recognition for its green efforts, a program that teaches how the Amah Mutsun tribe worked with native plants, and the effect of a rainy weekend on controlling coronavirus. Then we go on to discuss finding an ancient mammoth tusk in the most unexpected of places!?, and much more. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over recent UCSC news.

In which we first mention some super prestigious awards, then discuss Visualizing Abolition, a prison abolition project, which recently received a big grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Then we go on to a TED talk on body ideals, the very first arts convocation, and much more.

Communications staffers Gwen and Dan take a field trip to a local high school to talk to the students about podcasting—and have them help record this episode! We also talk about fall move-in, a new genomics center, educational equity, the first-ever Downtown Day, and much more. Music from Artlist. Transcript available upon request.

Wherein we discuss a campus COVID hero, telling the stories of the girls of color in California's Central Valley, a peripatetic mammoth, rejuvenating the aging brain, and much more. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over the latest UCSC news.

Wherein we discuss UCSC's first student to go to the Olympics; the incoming fall 2021 class; UC's vaccine policy; new leadership at the Seymour Center; pumas!!; and an epic Dickens Universe. Also, how tired we are of COVID. Staffers Gwen and Dan go over recent UCSC news. Some music by Podington Bear.

Wherein communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over our experts' current views and guidance on COVID and the road ahead; a new discovery in mammoth DNA; changes for the campus bookstore; fall 2021 plans; a big anniversary for the African American Theater Arts Troupe; ways to get your groove on during COVID times; and more! Music by Podington Bear and Artlist.

Wherein communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over the news about the CZU Lightning Complex Fire and its impact on campus.

Wherein we discuss the campus's ongoing work to combat COVID-19, fidget spinner research, social wearables to spark girls' interest in computing, the complete sequence of a human X chromosome, and a virtual Dickens Universe, among other things. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan bring you the news while social distancing.

Wherein we discuss UC's new president, how to protect yourself from COVID, a new research center on supplements, a new book from Karen Tei Yamashita, first-gen student family achievement guilt, and a virtual Shakespeare summer series. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over recent news from UC Santa Cruz and remember the carefree days of eating in restaurants and strolling leisurely about with wistful nostalgia.

Wherein we discuss what UCSC is doing to help combat and manage COVID-19. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over the recent news. Opening music by Podington Bear.

In the inaugural Arts Division podcast, host Maureen Dixon Harrison speaks with arts students about the meaning of the rapid shift to remote learning in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wherein we continue sharing the impressive ways UC Santa Cruz is combating COVID-19. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over the news. Music by Podington Bear.

Wherein we discuss campus response to coronavirus, from alumni on the front lines to pivoting 1,500 instructors to teaching online within days. Communications staffers Gwen and Dan go over the news.

Wherein we interview visiting alumna Stephanie Foo, a writer and radio producer who spent several years at This American Life, where she produced dozens of radio stories and an Emmy-winning video short. She is currently working on a book about healing from Complex PTSD.

Wherein we interview visiting alumna Stephanie Foo, a writer and radio producer who spent several years at This American Life, where she produced dozens of radio stories and an Emmy-winning video short. She is currently working on a book about healing from Complex PTSD. Music by Podington Bear.

Wherein we discuss the passing of UC Santa Cruz benefactor Jack Baskin, a better flu shot, killer asteroids, recognition for a new book on Chicanx art, a $1 million gift for Lick Observatory, and killer fishsticks. Staffers Gwen and Dan go over all the latest news from UC Santa Cruz.

Wilfrido Hernández Flores discovered social science research in the Culture and Achievement Collaborative, and it changed his life

First-gen student Reina Garay-Solis is doing undergraduate research to help identify common challenges for first-gen and underrepresented students and find effective institutional practices to address them.