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Arctic ecology field course a memorable experience for students
After studying Arctic ecology and environmental change in the classroom, students experienced it firsthand on a three-week summer field trip .
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Housing crisis impacting city and county employees, survey reveals
Those who work for and serve the city and county of Santa Cruz are being impacted by the housing crisis, according to researchers who surveyed nearly 500 people.
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19 UCSC film students collaborate on documentary about Santa Cruz housing crisis
“At Capacity”—a collectively-made documentary feature film by 19 students in a UC Santa Cruz film class–will screen twice at the 2018 Santa Cruz Film Festival, which takes place downtown October 3-7.
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NSF grant funds program to increase diversity in physics and astronomy
The Cal-Bridge program has received a $5 million grant to support Ph.D. pathways at 24 campuses.
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LA County’s new public defender is guided by ‘presumption of innocence’
This fall, UCSC alum Ricardo Garcia will take the helm of the LA County Public Defender’s Office—the largest and oldest public defender’s unit in the country.
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UC Santa Cruz wins USDA grant to support beginning farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has funded an effort by UC Santa Cruz to help programs that support beginning farmers and ranchers evaluate their effectiveness.
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First-year Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam survey results yield cosmological constraints
UC Santa Cruz astronomer Alexie Leauthaud has been involved in the HSC survey project from the beginning of the survey.
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Astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz elected fellow of American Physical Society
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics, has been elected an APS Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contributions to physics.
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Civil rights guide new Title IX director’s approach
Title IX Director Isabel Dees hopes to continue the push for educational equity and social justice by focusing on improving how the office responds to complaints, spending more time engaging with the campus community, and ultimately demonstrating that the work of the Title IX office is civil rights work.
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Ocean scientist Phoebe Lam leads Pacific Ocean research cruise
Lam is one of three chief scientists on the U.S. GEOTRACES GP15 cruise to sample the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Tahiti.
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Community engagement enhances graduate education
Associate Professor Elliott Campbell and Professor Chris Benner co-taught a Spring Quarter class to connect first-year graduate students with environmental problems in the Salinas Valley Basin and to foster collaboration with off-campus stakeholders.