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Jeffrey Conrad Stewart: Pulitzer prideJeffrey Conrad Stewart: Pulitzer pride

Stewart (Cowell ’71, philosophy) won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, "The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke," about the man many call the dean of the Harlem Renaissance.

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You've got 31 days to build a robot that can navigate the field, get to the other side, turn around, locate its opponent and shoot ping pong balls. Easy right? Welcome to UC Santa Cruz's Mechatronic's class.

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