August 2024
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UCSC alumni awarded large NSF grant to grow virtual reality physical rehabilitation startup Immergo Labs
The National Science Foundation awarded three Baskin Engineering alumni with a $1,000,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to support the research and development of an extended reality platform for full-body physical rehabilitation.
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Annual event at Lick Observatory links modern astronomy to native perspectives
In collaboration with the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center, the University of California Observatories (UCO) recently hosted the second annual Native Star Stories Night at Lick Observatory. Held this year on May 9, the special event is intended to show that this traditional way of engaging with the cosmos remains as relevant and…
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Dickens Universe 2024: A Spirited Celebration of Great Expectations
This summer, Charles Dickens readers converged on campus for the 43rd annual Dickens Universe, where a shared familiarity with Great Expectations added a sense of kinship and intimacy to the conference. The week was full of lecturers and discussions as well as dancing and a Gothic-themed grand party.
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Endangered Santa Cruz salamander featured in National Geographic photo project
National Geographic Explorer and photographer Joel Sartore visited the Coastal Science Campus to take pictures of the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, one of many endangered species that UC Santa Cruz researchers are working hard to save.
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Notice of open comment, UC policy on White Bagging and Brown Bagging Medications
The University of California Office of the President invites comments on the final review revisions to the Presidential Policy Use of Externally Supplied Medications in UC Outpatient and Clinic Settings.
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Fall 2024 exhibition highlights at UCSC’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences
The Institute of the Arts and Sciences (IAS) is pleased to announce exhibitions and events for Fall 2024, including the multi-sited exhibition Seeing through Stone, performances by sound artists, along with many other events.
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Preparing California’s agricultural lands for climate change
Two UC Santa Cruz researchers won a total of more than $1.5 million in federal funding for their research that’s helping to create sustainable “agroecosystems” in response to climate change and other increased environmental pressures.
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Orientation program joining the Division of Student Affairs and Success
Effective September 30, 2024, UCSC’s Orientation program will transition to the Division of Student Affairs and Success.
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Campus update on new shuttles, maintenance program
UC Santa Cruz is continuing to move forward with its planned modernization campus shuttles. In the 2023-24 academic year, we added four newer diesel shuttles to our fleet and expect to have additional 12 replacement shuttles before the end of 2024. That will enable us to retire all the shuttles from 1993 at the end…