Congrats to the Class of 2022!
CONGRATS Class of 2022 Please join us in congratulating the class of 2022!
Dr. Elena Finkbeiner, Adjunct Ast. Professor Receives 2021-22 Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr. Elena Finkbeiner Receives 2021-22 Excellence in Teaching Award The Committee on Teaching (COT) identified Dr. Finkbeiner as one of eight faculty to receive the Excellence in Teaching Award. The committee received approximately 335 student nominations and selected eight instructors to receive this award. Based on student comments and nominations, the committee recognized the [...]
Andrea Paz-Lacavex (MS Class of 2022) Places 5th in Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition
Andrea Paz-Lacavex Wins Funding to Support her Project SPORA at the Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition After being selected from over 130 applications, she competed in a live pitch and received $2,500 towards her project SPORA. Read more about Andrea and her project here. Andrea is pitching SPORA, or “Sociology, Planning, and Optimal Restoration of Algae.” [...]
Andrea Paz-Lacavex (MS Class of 2022) Chosen to Compete in Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition
Andrea Paz-Lacavex to Compete in Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition After being selected from over 130 applications, she will compete in a live pitch for a total of over $50,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. The competition will be held in Silicon Valley on April 12th, on the main stage of the Startup Grind Global Conference, [...]
CSP Student, Kevin Lunzalu, Is Leading at the Forefront of Ocean Plastics Collaboration
CSP Student, Kevin Lunzalu, Is Leading at the Forefront of Ocean Plastics Collaboration Kevin is currently helping organize the following workshop aimed at designing collaboration frameworks to tackle ocean plastics. If you are an ocean professional (early career or experienced) that is working on ocean plastics and interested in joining the event, please see [...]
CSP Represents at the 2022 UCSC Grad Slam!
Two CSP Students are 2022 Grad Slam Finalists! Grad Slam gives graduate students three minutes to share their research, concisely and compellingly, with a public audience. Currently enrolled graduate students are eligible to participate, with the exception of previous winners (Grad Slam champion, runner-up, or people’s choice). Learn more here. Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 [...]
CSP PhD Designated Emphasis Student’s At the Cutting Edge of Managed Retreat Dialogue
E&E News features work of PhD DE Students in "No one likes ‘managed retreat.’ So it’s getting rebranded" Wendy Bragg, Sara Gonzalez, Ando Rabearisoa, and Amanda Stoltz, each Designated Emphasis students in the Coastal Science & Policy Program recently published "Communicating Managed Retreat in California," which shares findings from work with the City of [...]
Emerging ocean conservation leaders set to visit UC Santa Cruz
By Allison Arteaga Soergel (featured on UCSC's News Center) The Blue Pioneers Program (BPP) Accelerator recently announced its 2021 cohort of international ocean conservation professionals who will visit UC Santa Cruz’s Coastal Science Campus as part of an eight-week leadership development training program taking place over a span of five months. The BPP Accelerator, hosted by [...]
Alumni Supports COP26 Special Session on Bottom trawling and a zero-carbon future
Alumni Tom Collinson supports COP 26 Special Session on Bottom Trawling Title: Bottom trawling and a zero-carbon future: what needs to change? When: Monday 8th November 2021 14:00-15:30 Glasgow | 17:00- 18:30 Antananarivo | 21:00 – 22:30 Jakarta | 09:00 – 10:30 New York Meet the panel: Jenny Crockett – Community of Arran Seabed [...]
Class of 2023 Member, Jamal Galves, featured in Tuesday Newsday
Jamal Galves, Class of 2023, Receives 2021 Wildlife Conservation Society Scholarship and Champions Manatee Conservation in Belize Read more about Jamal and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Conservation Leaders Scholarship here. Jamal is one of a handful of rising leaders to receive a leaders scholarship. The Scholarship will help Jamal continue his work in [...]