TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 21 - February 23, 2021 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2021/february-23/images/mammoths-illustration-600px.jpg) An artist's illustration represents a reconstruction of the steppe mammoths that preceded the woolly mammoth, based on genetic analysis of ancient mammoth DNA. |
UC Santa Cruz professor Beth Shapiro is coauthor of a study that analyzed ancient DNA sequences recovered from mammoth teeth to reveal North American mammoths were descended from two earlier mammoth lineages. |
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![Students help power campus testing program](/2021/02/images/arcelia-250ps.jpg) | Arcelia Gonzalez Jimenez is one of the many students supporting the health and well-being of the campus community by working at the COVID-19 testing sites.
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![Prison abolitionist calls for hope, generosity, mutal aid](/tuesday-newsday/2021/february-23/images/mariame350.jpg) | Speaking at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation, activist Mariame Kaba called for a spirit of generosity, collective power, and mutual aid. |
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![Research on fairness in AI wins $1 million grant](/tuesday-newsday/2021/february-23/images/yang-liu-350.jpg) | Yang Liu's research aims to achieve more equitable outcomes from decision-making tools based on automated machine-learning algorithms. |
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![Protecting the Earth from asteroids in real life](/tuesday-newsday/2021/february-23/images/kirsten-howley-350.jpg) | UC Santa Cruz alumna Kirsten Howley and her team of planetary defenders specialize in how we might deflect an asteroid that poses a threat to Earth. |
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![Bookstore refresh includes new name, focus](/2021/02/images/bookstore-250px.jpg) | The campus community can expect to see a number of changes at the Bay Tree Bookstore over the coming months, including a broader embrace of e-commerce. |
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![Let's get physical with new videos '3 Minutes Moving'](/tuesday-newsday/2021/february-23/images/3-minute-movement-500.jpg) | A new series of videos is now available to students, faculty, and staff to help offset the increasingly sedentary lifestyle generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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