New faculty join Baskin Engineering with expertise in AI, sustainability, health engineering, and more
The Baskin School of Engineering welcomes a cohort of 12 new faculty members to the 2024-25 academic year.
Computer Science and Engineering
New QB3 Biotech Undergraduate Summer Internships program connects students with hands-on work experience
This summer, QB3 at UC Santa Cruz launched the QB3 Biotech Undergraduate Summer Internships program, designed to give students work experience in the biotechnology field.
Emily Lovell: Postdoctoral Fellow
Double UC Santa Cruz alumna Emily Lovell joined Baskin Engineering’s Computer Science and Engineering Department in 2022 as a postdoctoral fellow. Lovell focuses on open source software contribution and teaching open source as a way to support broader participation in computing.
Summer program brings data science and AI education to community college students
This summer, an inaugural cohort of 34 community college students participated in a unique program focused on data science and AI education at UC Santa Cruz.
!!Con tech conference celebrates the joy, excitement, and surprise of computing
For the third time, Baskin Engineering professor Lindsey Kuper co-hosted the !!Con (pronounced “bang bang con”) tech conference at UC Santa Cruz, bringing together 200+ attendees to celebrate the joys and surprises of computing.
Baskin Engineering students take home awards at SC Launchpad 2024 in areas of social impact, climate action, biotech and more
The Santa Cruz (SC) Launchpad event on May 29, 2024 was an exciting opportunity for UC Santa Cruz students to compete in a business plan competition for $40,000 in cash prizes. Notably, Baskin Engineering students or alumni were on each of the winning teams.
The 2024 Dean’s Awards highlight outstanding Baskin Engineering undergraduate research
Dean’s Awards recognize 10 outstanding Baskin Engineering student-research projects.
UCSC computer programming team advances to ICPC Nationals
For the first time, a UC Santa Cruz computer programming team will compete in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) North America Championship (NAC) taking place May 23-28, in Florida.
UC Santa Cruz scientists Carol Greider and Daniel Kim to share innovative research using nanopore sequencing at London Calling 2024
London Calling, a conference showcasing the latest research in nanopore sequencing technology, celebrates its 10th anniversary in May and will feature UC Santa Cruz professor and Nobel Laureate Carol Greider and Assistant Professor Daniel Kim as plenary presenters.
PBS’s ‘Easter Island Origins’ explores surprising genetic research to help tell the story of the Rapa Nui people
Ishaan Bansal, a second-year computer science and engineering student at UC Santa Cruz, won first place in the Interactive Media track at HackMIT, an annual student-run hackathon held in the fall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2024 awards and accolades
An ongoing list of 2024 accolades and research awards given to Baskin Engineering faculty, students, and staff.
Computer science student places first in Interactive Media track at HackMIT
Ishaan Bansal, a second-year computer science and engineering student at UC Santa Cruz, won first place in the Interactive Media track at HackMIT, an annual student-run hackathon held in the fall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.