• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
UCSC Logo

Top Row Search Widget

  • MyUCSC
  • People
  • Calendars
  • A-Z Index

Giving to UC Santa Cruz

Giving to UC Santa Cruz

Header Right

  • About
    • About UC Santa Cruz Giving
    • Foundation Board of Trustees
  • News and Events
  • Profiles in Giving
    • The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz
      • UC Santa Cruz raises more than $335 million from 63,064 donors
      • Campaign Impact
      • Campaign in Numbers
      • Campaign Archive
    • Donor Profiles
    • Student Profiles
    • Videos
  • Giving
    • Giving Opportunities
    • Ways to Give
  • Contact Us
  • Give Now
Home » Campaign Impact » Coastal science and policy

Coastal science and policy

August 14, 2017

A joint UC Santa Cruz and U.S. Geological Survey project tracks sea otters off the California Central Coast using a radio receiver and a telescope.eft: A joint UC Santa Cruz and U.S. Geological Survey project tracks sea otters off the California Central Coast using a radio receiver and a telescope. (Photo by Sean Bogle)

UC Santa Cruz is extending its environmental leadership in coastal science with a robust new program that will welcome its first cohort of students in fall 2018. The Graduate Program in Coastal Science and Policy will train advocates and develop government and community responses to pressing sustainability issues. The program is one-of-a- kind in its goals and resources: significant private support is making possible full-ride fellowships for the inaugural class. The Ed Ricketts Fund, named for the marine biologist and muse of John Steinbeck, will support an internship program. The new graduate program will be based on the Coastal Science Campus, where private support is leveraging state investment in a new Coastal Biology Building and the marine mammal pools. At the Center for Ocean Health, the Holo Family Classroom honors the family’s investment in the coastal campus. Keeley Coastal Scholarships are giving UC Santa Cruz students the opportunity for hands-on summer research in coastal sustainability. A few miles down the coast, in the Pajaro Valley, UC Santa Cruz research supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and others is advancing technology for farmers that addresses groundwater conservation and quality. It’s part of the Recharge Initiative, a collaboration addressing this critical coastal science and policy issue.

Key support provide by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Julie Packard (Crown ’74,  biology; M.A. ’78), the Helen and Will Webster Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Hope Hardison, Christine Holo (Oakes ’90, biology), Rob Holo (Croiwn ’87, history, East Asian studies), Joseph and Vera Long Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Fred Keeley, Marisla Foundation.

Additional Sources

  • The Graduate Program in Coastal Science and Policy
  • The Recharge Iniative

Filed Under: Campaign Impact

Primary Sidebar

Categories

UC Santa Cruz Magazine

Recent Articles

  • Leaving their mark, inspiring others
  • UC Santa Cruz honors alumni Thomas Webb and Susanne Hering
  • Bill McKibben, Daniel Ellsberg headline Right Livelihood Laureates’ Conference at UC Santa Cruz
  • Mathematical biologist Marc Mangel elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • DANM 2018 MFA student exhibition culminates two years of intensive study and creative work

Download the Campaign report

Campaign Stories

Lives honored, in memoriam

Doubling down on faculty chairs

The Quarry, next generation

Putting genomics to work

A network of inclusion

Innovation in data science

Grounded in history, the future

Connecting the arts and sciences

College Eight meets Rachel Carson

Coastal science and policy

Arts and letters for the ages

Archives of the counterculture

Activating social change

Classrooms in the wild

Ready to make a difference?

Give Now
Your generosity supports excellence in education and research at one of the most dynamic, innovative universities in the world. Thank you!



UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

© 2017–2018 Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved.