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More Popular Than Ever! UCSC receives more than 40,000 undergraduate applications for fall 2012

'Open-source' robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs

UCSC ranked third in research influence in world university survey

10 colleges = 1 university the perfect formula for student success

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Feb 16: Fred Keeley Lecture:
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle on 'Oceans, Life and Survival'
Feb 24: Banff Mountain Film Festival:
Journey to exotic locations. Thru Feb. 25
Feb 25: Scholarship Benefit Dinner:
Keynote Susan Wojcicki

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February 9, 2012 UC Santa Cruz named a top best-value public university
February 9, 2012 New book traces UCSC’s role in organic and sustainable farm movement
February 8, 2012 Smith Renaissance Society supports achievement of independent students

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TAREN STERRY

Community Studies graduate takes her field study experience in a hospice and turns it into a one-woman comedy-drama performance. Continue»

Did You Know?

Famed writer Raymond Carver taught at UCSC in the early 1970s.

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Open Lab: Art, Science, Technology, and Culture

Artists and scientists collaborate to create new and innovative ways to present scientific research.

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