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Lick Observatory hosts Latino students and parents for night of astronomy
An evening event for high school students and their family members, called La Noche de las Estrellas, was the observatory’s first Spanish-language event.
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Fall Living Writers Series explores histories of war, refuge and social justice
“Beyond the Wall: War, Refuge, and Home” is the name of this fall’s installment of the Living Writers Series at UC Santa Cruz. Curated by the campus’s award-winning author and literature professor Karen Tei Yamashita, the series runs through December 7 at the Humanities Lecture Hall.
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Chancellor to tell students UC education is attainable, affordable
As part of Achieve UC, Chancellor George Blumenthal will speak to approximately 300 Pajaro Valley High School students about pursuing higher education.
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UC Santa Cruz, community colleges seek to strengthen ties
A meeting with California higher education leaders has led to seven strategies to further strengthen ties between UC Santa Cruz and community colleges.
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Gail Project exhibition studies military occupation of Okinawa through a photographic lens
Now in its fourth year at UC Santa Cruz, The Gail Project was inspired by a collection of photographs taken in 1952 by American Army Captain, Charles Eugene Gail. “The Gail Project: An Okinawan-American Dialogue” opens on campus October 5 at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery.
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Move-in 2017, a photographic journey
Move-in is always a time of mixed emotions: anticipation, joy, excitement, and even nervousness for students. A series of photographs captures some of the scenes.
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UC Santa Cruz music alumnus lands job as head archivist of Bob Dylan Archive
Five weeks ago, UC Santa Cruz alumnus Mark Davidson moved from Austin, Texas, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to begin a new job at the Bob Dylan Archive.
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Humanities alum Michael Scherer joins ‘Washington Post’ as national political reporter
Michael Scherer will join the Washington Post as a national political reporter in September. One of the first students in the Creative Writing Program led by literature professors Micah Perks and Karen Yamashita, Scherer graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1998 with a B.A. in Literature.
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UC Santa Cruz humanities alumna named 2017 Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow
Sophia Magnone (Ph.D. Literature, 2016) is one of 20 new Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows nationwide who will take up two-year assignments working in the fields of policy, civil rights, arts and culture, and the media.
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History professor Alma Heckman named Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies
Assistant professor of history and Jewish Studies Alma Rachel Heckman has been appointed as the new holder of the Neufeld-Levin Holocaust Endowed Chair at UC Santa Cruz
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UC Santa Cruz humanities alum wins Cabot Prize for journalism in Latin America
Washington Post correspondent and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Nick Miroff has been awarded a 2017 Maria Moors Cabot Prize for his reporting in Latin America.
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Community day highlights college pathways, accessibility
In an effort to highlight community resources and the college/career preparatory programs at Seaside and Marina high schools, UC Santa Cruz and CSU Monterey Bay are hosting a community day on Aug. 19. The event will be 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of the Monterey Peninsula, 1332 La Salle Ave, Seaside CA.…