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Cancer: It's personal now! UCSC partners with NCI to speed advances in cancer treatment

UCSC's two-wheeled standouts pedal to success

Peregrine falcon chicks hatch on San Francisco high-rise

Ranked top 10 in the nation! Another high score for our game design program.

Meet the new Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County

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May 16: César Chávez Convocation –
7 p.m. Colleges 9&10
May 18: “Almost Maine” by John Cariani - thru May 27
May 19: 33rd Multicultural Festival –
Oakes field, noon-6 p.m.
May 24: Annual Slug Golf Scramble
women's athletics fundraiser

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May 15, 2012 Staying connected: UCSC launches iPhone app 'update'
May 15, 2012 Medical robotics expert Jacob Rosen named Health Care Hero
May 14, 2012 The man behind the gift to ‘Dead Central’

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Yethzéll Díaz

Winner of the Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship is helping bring computer literacy to Spanish speaking parents in Watsonville. Continue»

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Shakespeare Santa Cruz has treated festival audiences to 30 years of theater.

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Cancer Genomics Hub

UC Santa Cruz is playing a leading role in the emerging field of "precision" medicine that holds great promise in the fight against cancer. Watch»

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