Real Stories. Real Builders. Real Impact. Details: 📍 Thimann Lecture Hall 1 📅 Wednesdays The Lineup: 4/8/25 Toby Corey - Zetrepreneurship 4/15/26 Lloyd Tabb - Inventor, Looker  4/29/26  Micki Siebel - Ag Tech 5/13/26   Kim Lewandowski - ChainGuard 5/20/26  Doug Erickson, and Sol Lipman  Through Tara Hernandez’s network (UCSC alumna, VP of R&D at MongoDB), students connect directly with innovators, founders, and industry leaders—bringing real-world insight into every se

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2026 Santa Cruz, CA — March 30, 2026  — Student innovators from the University of California, Santa Cruz are gaining national recognition across both entrepreneurship and invention, highlighting the strength of the university’s growing innovation ecosystem. Rayna Borah has been selected to represent UC Santa Cruz at e-Fest, one of the nation’s premier undergraduate entrepreneurship competitions, taking place later this April. Competing alongsid

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: : Marina Glagolev –  mglagole@ucsc.edu Santa Cruz, CA – May 2026 – The 10th annual Santa Cruz Launchpad returns to the Grove at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, bringing together the region’s most promising student innovators, entrepreneurs, employers, and community leaders for an afternoon celebrating innovation and opportunity.  Co-hosted by Santa Cruz Works, UC Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College, and the Center for Innovati