TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 23 - March 09, 2021 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/banner.jpeg) Girl activists like Greta Thunberg and Malala Yousafzai have become household names, but this has also brought troubling trends in media coverage. |
In the past decade, there’s been an explosion in media coverage of girl activists. Professor Jessica Taft, a leading expert in youth activism, sees opportunity in this visibility, but her research has also identified many troubling trends in how girl activists are portrayed.
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![New program supports undocumented students](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/baszile.jpg) | By Jennifer Baszile, interim vice chancellor, Division of Student Affairs and Success The campus is launching an 18-month program to enhance structural supports for undocumented students. |
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![Conferences manager pivoted to health care](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/luttrell-250px.jpg) | Michael Luttrell now oversees a staff of 62 students, who have been trained to help facilitate testing of asymptomatic students. |
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![This Is … Porter College](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/porter-250px.jpg) | Take a walk through Porter College, founded in 1969 and dedicated to achievement in the arts, believing that creative inquiry is an essential part of a rigorous and broad-minded education. |
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![Kelp forests collapse will be hard to reverse](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/kelp-canopy.jpg) | A UCSC study finds most of Northern California’s kelp forest ecosystem is gone, replaced by widespread ‘urchin barrens’ that may persist for years. |
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![Campus launches first Black studies minor](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/xavierlivermon.jpg) | The minor's first faculty member, Associate Professor Xavier Livermon, has launched the core class, Approaches to Black Studies. |
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![Campus seeks reapproval to build student housing](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/students-campus-500px.jpg) | UC Santa Cruz will seek reapproval for a project that will significantly increase the number of current students who will be able to live on campus. |
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![Slugs help make campus a COVID-19 success story](/tuesday-newsday/2021/march-09/images/sammy-300px.jpg) | Low positivity rates, zero on-campus transmission, and fast turnaround for testing have made UC Santa Cruz a leader in efficient coronavirus response. |
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- Popular Culture and the Radical Imaginary: Patrisse Cullors and Maxwell Addae, 4-5:30 today
- Marking 5th season, Kraw Lecture to feature Professor Anne Kapuscinski on 'Cultivating Leaders and Solutions for Coastal Sustainability', March 18
- Re Imagine Everything: Ending Dysfunctional Discipline, March 10
- AI for Startup Executives (Part I), March 11
- Virtual Science Sunday—Water Management, Climate Change, and Salmon Health: The Story of the Sacramento River, March 21
- Teaching Workshops Spring Cleaning Edition: Spruce up your remote courses, discover new teaching tools that spark joy, March 18-19
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