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Spring 2025

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The Giving Back Issue

Features

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Making Art in Challenging Times

Q&A with the 2024-25 Queer and Trans Research Lab's Artist-in-Residence Vivek Shraya
by Matthew DiMera

Giving Back: Five Short Stories

Five ways UC alumni have given back to our community.
By Elaine Smith

Contents

Campus Compass: A Message From the Principal
Beyond the Quad: News From Fellow Alumni
On Campus: Faculty & Staff Announcements
In Memoriam: People We've Lost in the Past Year

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