The UC Santa Cruz corpse flower is blooming for its second time ever, and its stench can be experienced only Sunday. It’s housed at the UCSC Arboretum, where staff say they’ll be open until 6 p.m.
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Santa Cruz’s students kept their end of the bargain. Prop 1 keeps California’s.
UC Santa Cruz students are doing their part to keep California’s promise of higher education, but soaring housing costs threaten their ability to stay in school and graduate, write Mel Levine and Jesse Torres, who advocate for public higher education and increased investment in California’s colleges and universities. The authors argue that Proposition 1, which includes $350 million for affordable student housing at UC and CSU campuses, could help ease the crisis for students and the Santa Cruz community.
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Why is Proposition 38 sidelining UC Santa Cruz?
California is asking taxpayers to take on $8.4 billion in debt for research, but a provision in Proposition 38 could leave UC Santa Cruz without a guaranteed voice in how some of that money is distributed. Former NIH official Robert M. Kaplan, who chairs the No on 38 campaign, says seven University of California campuses get designated seats on a research council, while UCSC, UC Santa Barbara and UC Merced are left out. He argues that UCSC’s strong record of winning federal research grants makes its exclusion hard to justify. Kaplan urges Santa Cruz voters to ask why some campuses get a seat at the table while others don’t — especially when taxpayers will be paying off the bonds for decades.
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UC Santa Cruz students could lose campus BCycle e-bike stations as contract talks stall
UC Santa Cruz’s five-year agreement with BCycle could end early as the e-bike rental company seeks more university funding, citing bike and docking-station damage and rising operating costs. The bikes will remain on campus through at least the end of fall quarter, but students who rely on the service could lose access to campus stations if negotiations fail.
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UCSC corpse flower set to bloom just in time for Halloween — and it stinks
A corpse flower at UC Santa Cruz is getting ready to bloom for only the second time since it arrived in 2012, and it could open right around Halloween. The bloom is short-lived and smells terrible, and it could pull in big crowds again. In 2022, thousands of people came to see (and smell) it.
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Where to study, read and unwind at UC Santa Cruz: Students share their favorite campus spots
Looking for a place to study, read or take a break at UC Santa Cruz? Students share their favorite campus spots, from quiet libraries and scenic meadows to a hidden hideaway under a bridge near McHenry Library.
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UCSC’s Festival of Monsters fends off critics and celebrates the misunderstood
The Festival of Monsters returns to Santa Cruz from Wednesday to Sunday to discuss monsters in history and media, organized by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Monster Studies. The festival includes an academic conference and multiple public events such as a film screening, author panels and a game day.
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The UC got rid of the SAT in admissions. It could be on its way back
After the University of California stopped requiring the SAT, some professors say students are coming in with weak math and writing skills.
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UCSC Chancellor Larive: We are doing our part to build more housing
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive writes that the university is taking community and student concerns about housing and traffic seriously and outlines UCSC’s efforts to address both persistent community concerns. She highlights new and planned projects that she says will increase student housing by more than 40% within a decade, including a two-year housing guarantee for incoming students. Larive also writes that campus vehicle trips are lower than they were 20 years ago, despite enrollment growth, and says UCSC will continue taking responsibility for its impact on the broader Santa Cruz community.
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What does UC Santa Cruz have in common with the rest of the UC? A new book explores the system’s complicated history
What makes UC Santa Cruz different from the University of California’s nine other campuses? Journalist Miriam Pawel’s new book, “California Dreams,” traces the UC system’s tumultuous history — and explores how UCSC’s distinctive identity emerged from a vision that quickly collided with the upheavals of the 1960s.
