Experiential Learning
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‘Science Notes 2017’ now available online
Science Notes 2017, the illustrated online magazine published annually by the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program, is available online.
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The 2017-2018 Campus Food & Garden Guide is now available
Students who want to get involved in sustainable food systems will find all the options at their fingertips in the new 48-page 2017-18 Campus Food & Garden Guide.
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UC Santa Cruz to dedicate new Coastal Biology building on October 21
The newest building on UCSC’s vibrant Coastal Science Campus is now home to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
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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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Nearly 70 percent experience “rent burden” in Santa Cruz County, according to UC Santa Cruz survey results
Nearly 70 percent of renters surveyed in Santa Cruz County experience “rent burden,” defined as spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, according to preliminary results of a survey of 1,700 renters across the county conducted by UC Santa Cruz.
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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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UC Santa Cruz hosts international workshop for Thirty Meter Telescope
Work on TMT is in high gear at UC Santa Cruz and other partner institutions and countries around the world.
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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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UC Santa Cruz celebrates 50 years of organic farming
The three-day celebration culminated with a joyful dinner presided over by famed chef, restaurateur, and organic food advocate Alice Waters.
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Applications open for 2018 apprenticeship, new scholarship support available
Applications for the 2018 Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture are being accepted through August 15, 2017.
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Master gardener Orin Martin celebrates 40 years at the Alan Chadwick Garden
Orin Martin, who is celebrating his 40th anniversary with the UC Santa Cruz Farm & Garden this month, enjoys every minute, calling the students and apprentices he shares his days with “the light of the world.”
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Growing farmers and the food movement for 50 years
The experiment in organic gardening that began at UC Santa Cruz in 1967 is now the oldest university-based organic research and education facility in the country.