TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 13 - December 15, 2020 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2020/december-15/year-in-review-border.png) In a year of many challenges, the UC Santa Cruz community supported each other while fulfilling the campus mission. |
The past year included many successes, including opening a diagnostic laboratory in response to COVID-19, achieving the first complete assembly of human X chromosome, and launching an ambitious two-part exhibit that combines art and activism to address prison and policing issues. |
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![How to turn $1 into four healthy meals](/2020/12/images/shfb-250px.jpg) | Second Harvest Food Bank can feed a family of four with only $1 because of their extensive relationships with farmers, retailers, food bank networks, and dedicated volunteers. |
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![New test gives rapid SARS-CoV-2 antibody results](/tuesday-newsday/2020/december-15/images/rebecca-dubois-350.jpg) | UCSC researchers have developed a novel serological assay that provides quantitative measurements of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in under 20 minutes.
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![UCSC expands COVID-19 testing during surge](/2020/12/images/colligans-250px.jpg) | A gift from Bud and Rebecca Colligan will expand testing capacity and help fund a new, dedicated laboratory space to house the diagnostic lab. |
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![Nobel laureate delves into the world of telomeres](/tuesday-newsday/2020/december-15/images/greider-250px.jpg) | UC Santa Cruz distinguished professor of MCD biology Carol Greider discussed links to cell death, cancer research, and degenerative diseases. |
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![Professor documents COVID-19 inside prisons](/tuesday-newsday/2020/december-15/images/exposed-250px.jpg) | An Interactive web project by film and digital media professor Sharon Daniel creates a cumulative public record and evolving history of the pandemic’s impact on those incarcerated. |
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![‘Father of fiber optics’ Narinder Kapany dies at 94](/tuesday-newsday/2020/december-15/images/kapany-narinder-300.jpg) | The pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist served as a UC Santa Cruz Regents Professor and a trustee of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation. |
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