The COVID-19 pandemic has uncorked the genie from the bottle on telehealth. UC Santa Cruz alums Aviv Elor, Ash Robbins and Michael Powell are bringing physical therapy to your home via their virtual reality telehealth platform, Immergo VR.
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Excelencia: UCSC wins recognition for its Latinx work
Excelencia in Education recognizes campuses that excel in serving their Latinx student bodies. UC Santa Cruz becomes one of 30 campuses to win the award, a modern academic seal of approval.
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Students push UCSC for response on burning of Mexican flag; school investigating incident
Amid a Thursday protest march and plans for a healing circle Friday in the wake of what student groups are calling a “hate crime,” UC Santa Cruz administrators assured the campus the incident was being taken seriously.
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For undocumented students, job opportunities are scarce. This state program could help.
California’s estimated 75,000 undocumented students don’t qualify for federal work-study or most job opportunities, and often struggle to make ends meet. A new state service program launched last week, College Corps, will give hundreds of them as much as $10,000 per year to perform community service in areas including K-12 education, food insecurity and climate action.
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‘South Asia studies in a global world’: UCSC enlarges its Center for South Asian Studies
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, the Maldives and broader Indian Ocean worlds. That has been the focus on UC Santa Cruz’s Center for South Asian Studies. Now, with a $1 million gift, the center is reaching out more widely.
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Dual-admission program will give community college students an early taste of life at UC
The University of California aims to ease the transition from community college to university with a new dual-admission pilot program launching this spring at UC Santa Cruz and elsewhere. High school graduates will be accepted simultaneously to a community college and nearby UC, with access to libraries and counseling on the UC campus. The program, however, excludes UC’s most selective campuses.
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UCSC’s first vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion aims to build on school’s legacy
Anju Reejhsinghani started as UC Santa Cruz’s first vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion Sept. 12 after moving to Santa Cruz just days before. The opportunity to help develop DEI initiatives appealed to her at UCSC, where she felt she could have the most impact and “where folks are ready to do brave and challenging work.”
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At UCSC symposium on the Latin American far right, Bolsonaro looms
6,385 miles from their home university in Campinas, Brazil, six social scientists came to UC Santa Cruz this week for an all-day symposium on the Latin American far right.
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‘Care over profits’: UCSC student body prez organizing to elevate student voice
New student body president Alfredo Gama Salmeron is feeling the excitement of the new year among UC Santa Cruz students as pandemic restrictions have almost entirely ended. With the Student Union Assembly team of directors and volunteers, he hopes to bring students together to create art, improve emotional and academic support for students and reorganize the university’s budget to prioritize students.
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UCSC gathering explores rise of the far right in Latin America
A symposium at UC Santa Cruz this Wednesday will bring local scholars and Brazilian social scientists to talk about neoconservatism, Indigenous rights and what’s fueled the far right in Latin America’s most populous country.
