Baskin Engineering fosters student opportunities through corporate partnerships

CSSPP Student Job Fair Spring 2022

On April 13, nearly 500 students connected with companies and campus organizations for an afternoon of networking and recruitment for summer internships and full-time career opportunities.

UC Santa Cruz mechatronics course makes a lasting impact on students, local community

Mechatronics 2021 public demo

The mechatronics course, offered twice a year by the UC Santa Cruz Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, provides students a strong foundation in robotics engineering and allows the general public to stay connected and engaged with the UCSC engineering community.

Maryam Siddiqui: Undergraduate Student

Maryam Siddiqui: Undergraduate Student

Degree Program: Computer Science, B.S.; Electronic Music, minor
Department: Computer Science and Engineering

“There’s a lot of intersection between electronic music and computer science. In one of my classes, we’re using a specific music programming language to program our own sounds and electronic instruments. Doing these types of projects heightens my interest because I never thought I could blend those two fields and passions of mine together.”

CruzHacks 2022: Sparking innovation and embracing inclusion in tech

Cruzhacks 2022 banner

The annual UCSC hackathon brought together over 400 students worldwide to learn new skills and develop innovative technological solutions to real-world challenges.

Invention inspires UCSC-Alisal bio collaboration, taking basic research way beyond basics

Students looking through microscopes

Fall quarter 2020, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute’s Scientific Director David Haussler had an inspiration: “Let’s use our Picroscope to introduce Alisal High students to research!” With that, the Genomics Institute Office of Diversity was on its way to piloting a remote teaching project in an Advanced Placement® (AP) biology class at Alisal High School in Salinas, California, located about an hour’s drive south of Santa Cruz.