UCSC in the news
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Good Times Bay Area Author Tommy Orange on the Mythmaking of History
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Guardian Arctic ice loss forces polar bears to use four times as much energy to survive – study
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KAZU The Ones That Never Reopened: The Pandemic’s Impact On Local Businesses
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The Washington Post 1 in 6 Gen Z adults are LGBT. And this number could continue to grow.
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February 26, 2021 Massive debris flow swamps Big Creek Reserve as heavy rains follow summer wildfire
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February 26, 2021 Deep Read to present Tommy Orange in conversation with literature professor Micah Perks
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February 25, 2021 Forest monitoring efforts contribute to new understanding of climate change impacts
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Aaron Jones, interim Educational Opportunity Programs director, founded the orientation program Black Academy, which has dramatically increased African Black Caribbean students' retention rate at UCSC.
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New research shows that energy spent avoiding humans is linked to smaller home ranges for male pumas—a worrisome shift that could affect population health.
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