TuesdayNewsdayVol. 4 - Issue 12 - December 05, 2017 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2017/december-05/images/Haringtonhippus-600.jpg) Illustration of a family of stilt-legged horses during the last ice age. |
An international team of researchers led by Peter Heintzman, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered a previously unrecognized genus of extinct horses that roamed North America during the last ice age. |
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![Marianne McIvor](/tuesday-newsday/2017/december-05/images/mcivor_marianne-250.jpg) | Staff Human Resources/Benefits Office The health care facilitator with 15 years of service on campus is December's honoree in the Staff Advisory Board's Staff Recognition Program. |
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![Tri-county big data project aims to help K-12 students](/tuesday-newsday/2017/december-05/images/ogawa-250.jpg) | Rebecca London and Rod Ogawa are helping launch a data-sharing initiative to benefit K-12 students in Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz counties. |
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![Online database lists opportunities for students](/tuesday-newsday/2017/december-05/images/raja-sip-250.jpg) | Professor Raja GuhaThakurta is cofounder of the Global SPHERE Network that promotes STEM programs and mentors for high school students. |
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![State innovation funds support over 500 startups](/tuesday-newsday/2017/december-05/images/state-innovation250.jpg) | UC Santa Cruz has developed a multifaceted innovation and entrepreneurship program using its share of state funds. |
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