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Feb 3: Labor and food:
Conference examines journey from farms to market to fork
Feb 16: Fred Keeley Lecture:
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle on 'Oceans, Life and Survival'
Feb 25: Scholarship Benefit Dinner:
Keynote Susan Wojcicki

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February 2, 2012 New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star
February 1, 2012 Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces lineup for 2012 season
January 26, 2012 Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle presents 6th Keeley Lecture

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Op-ed by UCSC history professor, one of the top academic experts on Honduras in the United States, is published in the New York Times. Continue»

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