Digital NEST named one of the Bay Area’s “Best Places to Work”
By Ahalya SrikantSilicon Valley Business Journal May 5, 2020 — Watsonville, CA (Photo source: Silicon Valley Business Journal) Watsonville-based..
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UCSC alumnus leads massive effort to ramp up COVID-19 testing
By Dan WhiteUC Santa Cruz May 5, 2020 – Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Joe DeRisi, UCSC Crown College ’92, biochemistry and molecular biology, wearing a..
Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops (SISC) and SupplyShift announce the soft launch of the new SISC Stewardship Calculator
(Contributed) May 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo source: SupplyShift) Online platform makes on-farm sustainability data easy to collect and share Following..
Local nonprofit Digital NEST rises to the challenges of COVID-19
(Contributed) May 5, 2020 — Watsonville, CA (Photo source: Digital NEST) Digital NEST runs virtual programming, continues to provide high-touch one-on-one..
GetVirtual: Interns for businesses, college credit for students
By Arin Spanner, with input from Anagha Vijay, Ananya MisraUC Santa Cruz studentsMay 4, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA GetVirtual pairs local businesses seeking help..
UC Santa Cruz diagnostic lab to begin coronavirus testing May 1
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz April 29, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo: Doctoral student Jolene Draper (left) and project scientist Namrita Dhillon in the UCSC..
Five in Five: Suzanne Wouk of SellHound
By Sarah Vickers-WebbProduction & Editorial AssistantSanta Cruz Tech Beat April 28, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA SellHound offers help for local businesses to..
Baskin School of Engineering names new Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
(Source: UC Santa Cruz) April 28, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Professor Jim Whitehead. Source: UC Santa Cruz) Whitehead will oversee the school’s..
Five in Five: Mark Haynes from Haynes, Beffel, and Wollfeld
By Sarah Vickers-WebbProduction & Editorial AssistantSanta Cruz Tech Beat April 22, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA “We’ve been working remotely for..
Coronavirus: Joby’s Marina ‘mega tent’ poised to serve as alternate care site
By Jim JohnsonMonterey Herald April 22, 2020 — Marina, CA (Photo above: Joby Aviation’s “mega tent”, currently under construction. Credit: Tom Wright..