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Historic Hay Barn to be reinvented as environmental center

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Jun 22: Ham Radio Field Day
East Field Center
Jun 23: Free Poetry and Music
Alan Chadwick Garden
Jul 5: Noon at the Nick w/ Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Free and open to the public
Jul 23: Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Summer festival continues through September 1

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June 17, 2013 Major grant funds UCSC researchers using big data to predict cancer outcomes
June 14, 2013 Gene patent decision called step forward for open research
June 14, 2013 New exhibit now on display at UCSC’s Grateful Dead Archive

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Uncommon People

Kristoffer Hellén

Winner of the 2013 Steck Family Award for his senior thesis on how two small ethnic groups in Europe and Russia preserve their heritage. Continue»

Did You Know?

UCSC is considered by many to be the birthplace of organic farming.

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Commencement 2013

Congratulations, you made it! All our best to the 4,665 UCSC students who officially joined the ranks of triumphant Banana Slugs.
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