UC Santa Cruz Giving News

Donor-funded scholarship paves the way for UCSC student's impactful internship
Student Leslie Salgado was able to pursue an internship thanks to UCSC's Transforming Futures, which awarded up to $7,500 scholarship stipends to 12 students from underrepresented backgrounds to allow them to pursue unpaid internships over the summer.
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Empowering dreams
Alumna Birong Hu will fund a cohort of 25 middle school students to participate in Girls in Engineering in the summer of 2024.
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Five UC Santa Cruz projects win California Climate Action Grant funding
The funding will support UC Santa Cruz and partners in tackling some of California's toughest climate change challenges through innovative research and community engagement.
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Alumni raise $1M for Crown College
A trio of UC Santa Cruz alumni, Lisa Rose, Jim Lapsley, and Susan Nerton, led a campaign to raise over $1M for the Crown College Endowment fund. With the help of 60 of their fellow pioneer alumni they surpassed their goal in July.
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UC Santa Cruz receives $10 million grant to cultivate diverse food and agriculture professionals
In a momentous stride toward fostering a sustainable and equitable future in food and agriculture, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded the University of California, Santa Cruz a $10 million grant to lead a transformative five-year project.
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