With some small-town triumphs — including help from some UC Santa Cruz scientists — and some frustrating roadblocks, COVID-19 testing in Santa Cruz County has been a little bit of both.
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Garima P. Desai becomes UCSC’s first Rhodes Scholar: ‘I felt like I had the whole university on my back’
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Cabrillo College plans to stay remote until 2022; UCSC, at least through this summer
Cabrillo College plans to keep most students off campus until spring 2022, while UC Santa Cruz will stay mostly remote at least through the summer — though it expects to increase the number of students living on campus soon.
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An evacuee’s tale: ‘The truth is, being home is hard’
Journalist Amber Turpin was forced from her Ben Lomond home after the wildfires struck. Returning there hasn’t been what she’d thought, but there are finally rays of hope.
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Ready for a ‘real’ college experience, transfer students find their hopes dashed
Coronavirus, wildfires and the shift to online learning have made it more challenging for schools like UC Santa Cruz to support students once they’ve transferred.
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The robots are coming to harvest food. What will it mean for farmworkers and communities like Watsonville?
The COVID-19 pandemic is making automation more appealing to farmers and investors. But advocates say not everyone is likely to benefit equally from the shift.
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