Liz Broughton has curated the “Art of Nature” exhibit at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History for more than a decade and loves the way it brings the wonder of nature to life. The exhibit’s 60 objects are designed to see, touch and make visitors think about the natural world and how artists depict it. Broughton, who grew up in the San Lorenzo Valley, is the museum’s longest full-time employee; she has watched the museum change over the years and says it works to tell stories that are “relevant” to our community.
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California’s budget deficit revives state’s everlasting battle over school funding
Public school funding is the largest chunk of California’s state budget. It’s also the most contentious, as a new squabble over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal indicates.
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As strike continues, UCSC moves majority of classes remote for rest of week
With a graduate student strike on its third day Wednesday and next steps uncertain, UC Santa Cruz administrators announced that instruction would remain online through Friday. “This decision was made in full recognition of the impact on many aspects of instruction,” a campus message read, “particularly labs and studios, and also plans for examinations.”
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As pro-Palestine grad student strike digs in, most UCSC classes go remote and faculty weigh options
On the second day of the UC Santa Cruz grad student strike, dozens of picketers and supporters gathered at both campus entrances. School administrators announced that instruction would be moved online through at least Wednesday in case pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the base of campus blocked the entrance. The state Public Employment Relations Board said it expects to issue a decision by the end of the week on the University of California’s request to declare the strike unlawful.
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Aptos High School shelters in place due to mountain lion sighting
Aptos High School students and staff sheltered in place Tuesday afternoon after a parent spotted a mountain lion on the baseball field.
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Scorching schoolyards: California groups want more trees, less asphalt at schools
Too few trees at California’s schools mean there’s little protecting students from a warming planet. Here’s how advocates say the state can pay for more shade.
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UC Santa Cruz student workers launch strike over treatment of pro-Palestine protesters
Nearly 1,500 UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers walked off the job on Monday after the union voted to strike in protest of how the University of California, at multiple campuses, used police to arrest pro-Palestine protesters and clear encampments. The student organization running UCSC’s encampment announced that it was moving the encampment from Quarry Plaza to the base of campus in solidarity with the strikers.
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What can exoplanets teach us about love? Astrophysicist Melodie Kao on science and what it means to humans
Astrophysicist Melodie Kao had a rocky road to recognition. In 2016, while still a graduate student, she and her team discovered the first aurorae beyond our solar system, among other phenomena. No one believed her at first, but in today’s golden age of exoplanet research, the team’s finds have opened a new window into these faraway worlds. Kao has spent the past year at UC Santa Cruz as a postdoctoral fellow deepening her research, but now she is leaving for a new job. She talked to Lookout about the find, the ensuing controversy, and why science taught her how to love.
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UC Santa Cruz grad workers prepare to be first among UC’s to strike, starting Monday
About 2,000 UC Santa Cruz graduate workers including teaching assistants and researchers plan to be the first among the University of California campuses to strike starting Monday. Those participating would stop all teaching and wind down their research work after their union voted this week to authorize a strike to protest how some University of California campuses have responded to pro-Palestine encampments.
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Live Oak School District sees more unrest as superintendent letter surprises parents, teachers
Live Oak School District parents and teachers say they were surprised to read a recent letter from the outgoing superintendent about the district’s budget crisis. In it, Daisy Morales disagreed with a County Office of Education financial assessment, leveling allegations that county superintendent Faris Sabbah rejected.
