Baskin Engineering announces nine new faculty members

2020 New Baskin Engineering faculty

The Baskin School of Engineering welcomes nine new faculty members this year, bringing the total faculty count to 115. These new faculty bring expertise in a wide range of subjects to the school of engineering, including statistical computing, computer security, human-robot interaction, wireless communications, serious games, artificial intelligence, and more.

Cal-Bridge pilots program offering CSU students access to UC Ph.D programs

CAL Bridge logo

Cal-Bridge is extending its mentorship program to computation-focused students. The program connects promising California State University (CSU) students with mentors at CSU and University of California (UC) campuses.

News Brief: Partnership between UCSC and UNAM improving COVID-19 detection

Claudia Wehrhahn Cortes

In April 2020, Alianza UCMX, a partnership between the University of California and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), put out a special call for “Binational Collaboration Addressing COVID-19.” They offered $10,000 per project (split evenly between universities), with the possibility of an extension after six months.

News Brief: Katherine Isbister receives NSF Funding to investigate how VR can improve online meetings

Professor Isbister with students

Computational Media Professor Katherine Isbister at UC Santa Cruz has received $373,000 from the National Science Foundation to fund “Social Virtual Reality Technology to Improve Networked Meetings.” The project will investigate how social VR technology can be used to enhance networked meetings.

UC Santa Cruz’s Baskin School of Engineering waives its GRE requirement

students in the Science and Engineering Library

All seventeen of UC Santa Cruz’s graduate engineering programs have chosen to temporarily waive the GRE test requirement for 2021 applicants. Ten programs have permanently dropped the test.