For more than a week, the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum has been informing the public about its corpse flower’s progress, as it’s expected to bloom for the first time since it was planted 10 years ago. On Thursday evening, arboretum director Martin Quigley said it might bloom Saturday or Sunday — unleashing the dreadful smell that gives it its nickname. It typically blooms for about 24 hours before it begins disintegrating.
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Lookout Update: UCSC receives $89 million from state toward Kresge College renewal project, housing
UC Santa Cruz provides on-campus housing for more than half of its undergraduate students and is working to provide more amid the housing crisis via two large projects. One of those — the Kresge College renewal project — will add 600 additional beds.
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Newsom demands that UCLA publicly explain deal to leave the Pac-12
California Gov. Newsom wants UCLA to explain how its Pac-12 exit will benefit all student-athletes and honor its partnership with UC Berkeley, now bracing for a big financial hit.
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‘I said stupid things like ‘Wow’’: Two UCSC astronomers working on the Webb Space Telescope describe joy
UC Santa Cruz Astronomer Emeritus Garth D. Illingworth is one of the original thinkers behind the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope. For UCSC Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Brant Robertson, the promise of the Webb telescope encouraged him to pursue astronomy. Both talked to Lookout about what this moment means for them.
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Gen Z students want better mental health care access on campus
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for mental health services on college campuses, and many schools are struggling to meet the demand.
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Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups — and poor graduation data obscures the crisis
The way the Cal State system presents graduation rates obscures how the system is failing its Black students.
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‘We’re on a bridge to some new normal’: Cabrillo, UCSC summer sessions in full swing
Summer school at Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz kicked off in June, and with the COVID pandemic entering a new phase, officials are rebalancing in-person and remote learning, opening up new opportunities for both continuing students and high schoolers.
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Everyone in the pool: UCSC’s new Lionel Cantú Queer Resource Center director builds on a 50-year program
delfin bautista joined UC Santa Cruz this spring as director of the center that supports and advocates for the university’s LGBTQIA+ community. They have big plans for outreach, inclusivity, challenging wider Santa Cruz — and integrating queer studies into the UCSC curriculum.
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Surprise discovery: All living brown bears share polar bear ancestry, UCSC scientists find
Bruno, a 100,000-year-old polar bear, is at the root of a breakthrough understanding. UC Santa Cruz scientists Beth Shapiro and Ming-Shan Wang led the study that shows that interbreeding of the ancestors of polar bears and brown bears leaves an imprint on brown bears to this day.
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Lookout Update: Cabrillo College renaming on track for fall decision
Students, staff, the Native American community and Cabrillo Foundation supporters have all weighed in — differently — on a possible Cabrillo name change; President Matt Wetstein emphasizes that student and Indigenous voices must be prioritized in considering the decision, which could happen this fall.
