Santa Cruz High School students face one of the lowest acceptance rates to UC Santa Cruz in the state — even as wealthier schools hundreds of miles away fare far better. Former supervisor and UCSC professor Ryan Coonerty argues it’s time for the university to give local students priority.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Loving fire with fire: Humor, horniness and happiness inhabit post-CZU film
Well-known performance artists and filmmakers Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens interpret their close encounter with the 2020 CZU fire with a new taboo-busting film that puts the fires into the context of “ecosexuality.”
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I turned 21 without the shots: Why I’m choosing sober over hungover
UC Santa Cruz student Carly Pavlin shares why she gave up alcohol just months before her 21st birthday. From avoiding “hangxiety” to discovering sober-friendly hangouts in Santa Cruz, she finds that skipping booze has opened up richer routines, deeper connections and a clearer sense of presence.
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UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive up for regular five-year review
UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive is set to undergo an overdue five-year performance review, part of a standard UC systemwide process led by President James Milliken and faculty leaders.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
‘A health care legend’: Larry deGhetaldi, Sutter Health leader, mentor and advocate, dies at 69
Longtime Sutter Health executive Dr. Larry deGhetaldi worked to reshape Medicare’s payment system, championed health care access in Santa Cruz County and even helped choose the banana slug as UCSC’s mascot. He died Aug. 10 at his Soquel home after a battle with brain cancer.
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UCSC clarifies delay on major housing project – now expected to break ground in 2027, open in 2029-30
Construction on the 2,900-bed Heller Drive student housing project at UC Santa Cruz will start in 2027 and be completed sometime in the 2029-30 school year; it was originally slated to be finished in 2028.
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Massive UCSC student housing project delayed at least one year as campus grapples with housing shortage
The construction of UC Santa Cruz’s 2,900-bed Heller Drive student housing project, a key part of the long-delayed and controversial Student Housing West development, has been pushed back to 2027 and is now slated to be completed during the 2029-30 school year.
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‘A giant leap forward,’ UCSC expert says of breakthrough in mass starfish die-off
As scientists identify the bacteria killing Pacific sea stars, a UC Santa Cruz marine biologist who began spotting dismembered starfish on class dives more than a decade ago says the discovery highlights enduring questions about the local marine ecosystem.
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UC Santa Cruz medical training partnership with UC Davis to launch with 6 students in 2027
UC Santa Cruz is launching a new medical training program in partnership with UC Davis, aiming to address a regional physician shortage and lay the groundwork for a future UCSC medical school. The initiative, part of the UC PRIME program, will begin in 2027 with six students and focus on training physicians with local ties to the Central Coast.
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Tom Lehrer: The man who walked away
Wallace Baine recounts his chance parking garage meeting with Tom Lehrer, the brilliant but reclusive musical satirist who spent many years in Santa Cruz and died Saturday at 97.