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"Ulama: Arena of the Gods" recently launched on the Steam platform.

Playing gods

Three alumni from the Games and Playable Media professional master's program in Silicon Valley have launched a multiplayer video game based on an ancient ballgame played by the Aztec and Mayan people. The game has users playing as some of the deities that populate the myths of the ancient cultures.

Keynote

Tackling climate change of a different sort

Tackling climate change of a different sort

Herbert Lee, Interim Campus Provost/Executive Vice Chancellor

With a focus on staff engagement, the Campus Welfare Committee is being reconstituted.

Staff Focus

DeShonne Keller

DeShonne Keller

Kresge College

The college assistant with five years at UC Santa Cruz is featured for April in the Staff Advisory Board's Staff Recognition Program.

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The Black Panthers in life and art

The Black Panthers in life and art

An exhibit organized by graduate students examines the famed Marvel Comics Black Panther series and its connections to black history.

Agreement signed on graduate program

Agreement signed on graduate program

Campus and Chinese officials have agreed to establish a program for Chinese students to pursue Ph.D.s in astronomy and astrophysics.

Grad student wins grant to create composition

Grad student wins grant to create composition

Brian Baumbusch's new composition will be performed at the acclaimed Other Minds Festival of contemporary music in 2018.

Teach-ins on stem cells, "alternative facts"

Teach-ins on stem cells, "alternative facts"

The Alumni Weekend Teach-Ins explore the potentials of stem cell research and the role of the humanities in a ‘post-truth world.'

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