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The 2018 production of "Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw" by Professor Marianne Weems’ The Builders.

New Department of Performance, Play & Design redefines art of storytelling for the modern era

Earlier this year, the Department of Theater Arts and the Art & Design: Games + Playable Media Program (AGPM) within UC Santa Cruz's Division of the Arts fused to become the the Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD). It is the only university department in the world to break the traditional silos of theater, dance, and games.

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New STEM leadership center established

New STEM leadership center established

By CPEVC Lori Kletzer

The Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership will build working and learning environments that reflect equity-forward values.

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Grants support faculty collaboration with HBCUs

Grants support faculty collaboration with HBCUs

A summer research program and a historical archaeology course won funding from a UC initiative to support partnerships with HBCUs.

The Humanities Institute welcomes new leaders

The Humanities Institute welcomes new leaders

The campus community celebrates the impact of outgoing Director Nathaniel Deutsch and welcomes new faculty leaders.

UC Santa Cruz Foundation welcomes new trustees

UC Santa Cruz Foundation welcomes new trustees

The UC Santa Cruz Foundation Board of Trustees has elected new members Greg Reyes, San Diego, (Kresge ’76, biology) and Janet Buck, Laguna Niguel.

Study assesses alternative aquaculture feed ingredient

Study assesses alternative aquaculture feed ingredient

Researchers developed a new life cycle sustainability assessment documenting the environmental impacts of using marine microalga in aquaculture feed.

Alternate reality game will measure resilience

Alternate reality game will measure resilience

“LUX,” a non-traditional research project to measure the resilience of its players, will recruit participants from the incoming first-year class.

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