February 2016 Newsletter Less lecturing, more doing: Active learning thrives at UC Santa Cruz From “flipping” their classrooms to having students do skits, UC Santa Cruz professors take pride in hands-on learning. Also Featured Climate considerations Three UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professors who closely follow climate change offer thoughts on next steps after the recent Paris climate deal. Making a museum The Institute of the Arts and Sciences has kicked off its innovative first exhibition project—Collective Museum, by the Portland-based artist group Public Doors and Windows. » More Stories Alumni Updates Endangered species: Public libraries Focusing his lens on shared commons under threat, alumnus Robert Dawson spent two decades photographing 526 American public libraries. Find UC Santa Cruz alumni stories from across social media Tales of diversity, accomplishment, and originality Events Featured Events Climate Science and Policy Conference Feb. 26-27 Alumni Weekend April 28-May 1 » More Exciting Events ALUMNI REGIONAL EVENTS Watsonville – Thursday, February 18 Original Thinkers: "Warm Blobs, Acidification and the Bay" at Digital NEST in Watsonville San Francisco – Saturday, February 27 Banana Slugs at the SF Symphony Boston – Tuesday, May 10 BSLUGs go to Fenway Oakland – Sunday, July 17 Banana Slugs at the Oakland A's at O.co Coliseum » More Regional Events The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz Stellar gift Retired UC Santa Cruz astronomy researcher Arnold Klemola gave $400,000 to support graduate student research. Grant happy UC Santa Cruz recently received four grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Keep Up! Slug Sports Listen to KZSC Stay Connected Give Us Feedback We welcome your comments and ideas for future issues.                                                             Follow Us

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