TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 37 - June 15, 2021 | |
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Editor's note | 🎓 The Tuesday Newsday team extends its very best wishes to the campus community, particularly all the new UC Santa Cruz alumni. Through summer, Tuesday Newsday will be published every other week with the next issue hitting inboxes June 29. ☀️ |
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Thousands of students participated in Slug Crossing, a stage-crossing opportunity for graduates. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta) |
This year’s commencement festivities blended online ceremonies with Slug Crossing, a chance for graduates to cross a stage on campus with their caps, gowns, and tassels while loved ones cheered them on.
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| While most fish need water to feed, the unique anatomy of moray eels gives snowflake morays the ability to grab and swallow prey on land. |
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| Alumnus Jeffrey Stewart (Cowell College ’71, philosophy), professor of Black Studies at UCSB, spoke of how his years at UCSC changed his conception of what it means to be a thinker. |
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| Peter F. Biehl, professor of anthropology at SUNY Buffalo, has been named vice provost and dean of the Graduate Division at UC Santa Cruz.
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| A Spencer Foundation grant will help UCSC researchers document unique types of STEM learning at a Latinx immigrant-led community garden. |
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| Claire Max, Bachmann professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz and the UC Observatories director, will retire at the end of June. |
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