The 2022 Diverse Voices speaker series kicked off on April 20 with Paystand Chief of Staff Alexandra Navarro discussing the importance of building self-confidence, maintaining a support system, and setting actionable goals to succeed personally and professionally.
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.
This season features two industry professionals who will share their experiences as women in tech, the importance of self-confidence, and how to build community.
Alexander Wolf, Baskin Engineering dean, and Becca Fenwick, director of the CITRIS Initiative on Drone Education and Research, are two of the 11 tech professionals selected to be a part of the Santa Cruz Works 2022 Titans of Tech.
The annual UCSC hackathon brought together over 400 students worldwide to learn new skills and develop innovative technological solutions to real-world challenges.
Each department is gaining at least one new faculty member this academic year, furthering the school’s effort to expand and diversify course offerings and research opportunities.
Baskin Engineering recognizes exceptional postdoctoral scholars and their contributions to university research and more.
Degree Program: Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Graduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Undergraduate Institution: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Department: Applied Mathematics, Statistics
Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
“From learning English to receiving an outstanding formation in Bayesian Statistics, my time at the Baskin School of Engineering was a life-changing experience for me.”
Graduate Institution: University of Washington
Undergraduate Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Department: Statistics
Hometown: Xuzhou, China
“A big part of my research deals with how I can use statistics to solve global and public health problems.”
Degree Program: P.h.D., Statistics
Graduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Undergraduate Institution: Cal-State Bakersfield
Department: Applied Mathematics and Statistics (2014)
Hometown: Buttonwillow, California
“The skills and lessons I learned at UC Santa Cruz have largely influenced the manner in which I approach my current research on a daily basis. The high standards for rigorous statistical analysis have carried forth into all aspects of my work.”
Graduate Institution: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Undergraduate Institution: Auburn University
Department: Professor and Department Chair, Statistics
“What I do as a statistician is crunch the numbers. We take data, compare it to what a climatologist’s model predicts, and give them our conclusions and how sure we are of those conclusions.”
The top UC Santa Cruz startup teams presented their pitches at the grand finale of the annual IDEA Hub Pitch Contest, hosted by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development.