2015
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Grants fund efforts by UC Santa Cruz scientists to fight deadly bat disease
Scientists will conduct field trials this winter of two strategies for protecting bats from white-nose syndrome.
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UC to begin implementation of new $15 an hour minimum wage policy
Under the new UC Fair Wage/Fair Work Plan, all employees hired to work at least 20 hours a week will be paid a minimum of $13 an hour starting Thursday, Oct. 1. That minimum will increase to $14 an hour on Oct. 1, 2016, and to $15 an hour on Oct. 1, 2017.
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Privacy in the age of big data to be focus of symposium
For the inaugural event, DataLex will feature data scientists, policymakers, legal scholars, and privacy advocates to collectively consider important issues.
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StoryCruz: Bittersweet moment
In our new audio stories project, Charles and Adrienne Coleman of Greenville, S.C., share their bittersweet feelings about dropping their son, Vernon, off for his freshman year at UC Santa Cruz.
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Founders Celebration Fiat Fifty: Spectacular night highlights proud past, bold future
The crowning event of UC Santa Cruz’s 50th anniversary celebration set the tone for the campus’s future while remaining true to its creativity and iconoclastic spirit.
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Reuniting and remembering
Pioneer student reunion brings together UC Santa Cruz’s original students for laughs, insights, and memories of the unique and intense educational experience of the campus’s first years
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Community Crime Bulletin: Mail theft on campus
The UC Santa Cruz Police Department has received multiple reports of mail theft from residents in Family Student Housing (FSH) in the past couple weeks.
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Chip-based technology enables reliable direct detection of Ebola virus
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed chip-based technology to detect Ebola and other viral pathogens.
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New UC Presidential Chair to strengthen screenwriting program at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz has received a gift from arts alumnus Ken Corday, plus funds from the UC Regents, to establish a new Kenneth R. Corday Family Presidential Chair in Writing for Television & Film.
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51st entering class distinguished by academic achievement, diversity
UC Santa Cruz welcomes approximately 3,600 freshmen, 1,150 transfer students, and 550 graduate students.

