Lawmakers say their budget deal with Gov. Gavin Newson will expand enrollment at public universities and create a debt-free grant. But those items aren’t getting a dollar this coming year. Instead, bill language says the money will come next year. Other major investments are in this year’s budget, though.
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Top UC campuses would reduce out-of-state student admissions, add Californians under proposal
UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego would decrease their share of out-of-state and international students and enroll more local residents under an amended state budget bill posted online Friday.
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UCSC digital artist channels fire, Chinese history in award-nominated VR project
A devastating 1938 blaze in his hometown of Changsha, China, was the jumping-off point for the latest project from MFA candidate Haoran Chang, whose virtual-reality work imagining a capitalist exploitation of traditional fire therapy is a finalist for a BAFTA award.
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Lockdown-emboldened mountain lions ventured farther into urban areas, UCSC researchers say
UCSC researchers who have tracked pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains for years saw that the big cats started moving closer to, or even into, more densely populated areas within days of shelter-in-place orders taking effect last year.
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‘What does it mean to be an American?’: Book To Action uses immigrant story ‘Dear America’ to spark discourse
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries and the Watsonville Public Library are combining forces this year to promote a deep dive into “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” by journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas.
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Graduate student researchers at University of California seek union representation
Across the University of California, teaching assistants and tutors are unionized, but graduate student researchers are not. That could soon change after organizers filed more than 10,000 signed union authorization cards with the California Public Employment Relations Board last month.
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Simple graduation mirrored a new, simpler existence: One UCSC grad’s newfound perspective
Katharina Pierini first enrolled at UC Santa Cruz in 1994 before life drew her away from her studies. Now a…
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From groundskeeper to graduate: Katharina Pierini takes scenic route to UCSC degree
Katharina Pierini first enrolled at UC Santa Cruz in 1994 before life drew her away from her studies. Now a groundskeeper at the university, she is earning her bachelor’s degree this weekend — completing a path she set out on 27 years ago.
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As registration lags further behind, Cabrillo College pivots to a mostly in-person fall class schedule
“There’s a lot of angst among faculty and counselors right now about how this is impacting student schedules, and I get that,” Cabrillo College President Matt Wetstein said of the course change that will make 50-60% of classes in-person.
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Humpback health in the crosshairs: UCSC scientists used pandemic calm to compare, contrast whale stress
Collecting whale blubber and studying the levels of stress hormones the giant mammals are facing now, compared to this time last year, gives scientists a clearer picture of how noise in the bay affects their well-being.