UCSC in the news
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Inside Higher Education
UC Santa Cruz and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have seen demand for more Mental Health First Aid training increase significantly.
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The Jewish News Of Northern California
Jewish journal at UC Santa Cruz celebrates 50 years
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CBC Radio
These red dots could change everything we think we know about how galaxies form
University News
- January 17, 2023 UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences to open new, off campus galleries
- February 24, 2023 UC Santa Cruz sees record number of first-year applications
- February 21, 2023 Major expansion of Lick Observatory education programs will benefit Bay Area students
- February 15, 2023 UCSC professor building collaborations to shape future minds through ethnic studies
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Game Changers
Anushka Ratnayake: Planting seeds of changeAnushka Ratnayake (College Nine ’04, literature) launched a nonprofit that empowers farmers to combat poverty and increase food security, taking the skills from her UC Santa Cruz education to farms across Africa.
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UCSC designated as Agricultural Experiment Station The designation marks more than 50 years of industry-leading research in organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices.
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