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- March 21, 2023 Center for Labor and Community opens on UC Santa Cruz campus
- March 21, 2023 Scientists, policy leaders, and insurance experts meet to address climate risks
- March 20, 2023 UCSC names astronomer Bryan Gaensler dean of Physical and Biological Sciences
- March 17, 2023 Black Studies minor builds momentum
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, war correspondent, and now Ukraine bureau chief for the New York Times, Andrew Kramer (Cowell ’94, history) shines a light on world events.
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