Prominent microbiologist and UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus Dr. Eugene Cota-Robles died on September 12, 2012, at the age of 86. He was well-known throughout the University of California for his tireless work promoting diversity in graduate and professional school students and faculty. He is perhaps best-known at UCLA for the Cota-Robles Fellowship, created by the University of California to honor his legacy. Since 2001, 985 students at UCLA have been awarded this prestigious diversity fellowship, which provides full tuition and a $21,000 yearly stipend during the first four years of graduate study.

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