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Members of the Watsonville is in the Heart team look at photographs and documents in preparation for the 2024 Sowing Seeds exhibition.

Watsonville is in the Heart earns funding from National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a prestigious $75,000 Public Humanities Projects: Exhibitions Planning grant to support a Watsonville is in the Heart project called "Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley," an art and history exhibition set to open at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in April 2024.

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New yearly testing program to verify water quality

New yearly testing program to verify water quality

By Ed Reiskin, Vice Chancellor for Finance, Operations, and Administration

We will begin a new annual testing program to provide assurance that our drinking water continues to meet state and federal quality standards.

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Isotope map traces roots across African Diaspora

Isotope map traces roots across African Diaspora

Detailed “isoscape” maps could fill gaps in historical knowledge about African origins for people who were trafficked during the transatlantic slave trade.

Social Sciences Division honors Peter Bratt

Social Sciences Division honors Peter Bratt

Bratt will receive the Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award on April 26, where award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Seibel Newsom will introduce his film.

Banana Slugs seek to advance conversational AI

Banana Slugs seek to advance conversational AI

Three teams of Baskin School of Engineering students are developing next-generation AI-powered systems as part of Amazon Alexa Prize challenges.

Celebrating Slugs of the past, present, and future

Celebrating Slugs of the past, present, and future

More than 150 alumni from the golden alumni classes of 1965-1973 gathered to celebrate their reunion milestones and reconnect with friends.

UC chemistry departments gather to discuss DEI

UC chemistry departments gather to discuss DEI

Faculty and students gathered at UCSC at the first UC-wide conference on diversity, equity, and inclusion to discuss challenges and share ideas.

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