TuesdayNewsdayVol. 7 - Issue 33 - May 18, 2021 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2021/may-18/images/banner.jpg) New research demonstrates the ‘time compression’ effect of virtual reality. |
A study inspired by a UC Santa Cruz student's experience as a cognitive science undergraduate demonstrates that time becomes more compressed for participants who play games in virtual reality compared with video games on conventional screens. |
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![She stepped forward to support contact tracing](/tuesday-newsday/2021/may-18/images/cindy-delgado-500px.jpg) | Staff member Cindy Delgado knew she wanted to help after reading how contact tracing would be a key factor to slowing the spread of COVID-19 cases. |
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![Student-led program offers holistic support](/tuesday-newsday/2021/may-18/images/kamp-500px.jpg) | The Kuya-Ate Mentorship Program is a student-initiated retention project targeted to, but not limited to, Pilipino/x students at UC Santa Cruz. |
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![Ultrasensitive antigen test detects SARS, flu viruses](/tuesday-newsday/2021/may-18/images/figure-3-410.jpg) | Novel chip-based diagnostic technology can detect individual viral antigens with a single test to identify the viruses that cause COVID-19 and influenza. |
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![Bearing witness to COVID at UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/2021/may-18/images/covid-oral-history.jpg) | Stories of resilience and loss are preserved in 'The Empty Year: An Oral History of the Pandemic(s) of 2020 at UC Santa Cruz'.
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![New tools help analysis, tracking of variants](/tuesday-newsday/2021/may-18/images/usher-logo-500.jpg) | UShER allows researchers to quickly see how a new viral sequence is related to all other variants, crucial information for tracking transmission dynamics.
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![Alumna Reyna Grande wins Latino Spirit Award](/tuesday-newsday/2021/may-18/images/reyna-grande-375.jpg) | The California Latino Legislative Caucus gave author Reyna Grande (Kresge '99, B.A. creative writing, film & video) its Literature & Advocacy award. |
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