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Forging a new frontier in global health

Evelyn Castle, right, with midwife students at the Nigerian clinic.

Last summer, second-year health sciences major Evelyn Castle (Crown '11) helped create Nigeria's first electronic medical records system.

Her effort, part of the UCSC Global Information Internship Program (GIIP), is one example of a larger campus commitment to global health. [More]

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