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Digital NEST Celebrates New Watsonville Location
By Ryan Master Santa Cruz Sentinel (Photo above: Jacob Martinez, Digital NEST Executive Director, (left) listened as guest speaker Leon E. Panetta spoke to student members, donors and the board about the importance of technology […]
UCSC Names New Dean of Baskin Engineering
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz January 12, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Alexander Wolf has been appointed to serve as dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz. Contributed.) […]
Beyond Paris
By Claire Schneeberger Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat January 7, 2016 — Santa Cruz, CA Tackling climate change here in Santa Cruz Were you, like me, celebrating last month as 195 countries came together […]
UCSC Hires Game Designer Erin Robinson Swink as Creative Director of Master’s Program
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz December 16, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA The Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz has hired acclaimed independent game developer Erin Robinson Swink to be the creative […]
$1.76M UC Research Catalyst Award Supports Conservation Genomics Project
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz December 10, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Beth Shapiro, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, is co-director of the project to preserve biodiversity […]
Content is Queen: lynda.com Founders Tell Their Story
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Left to right, Bud Colligan, lynda.com co-founders Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, and CSUMB President Eduardo Ochoa answer questions from the audience after the […]
UCSC Uses Data and Automation to Drive to Zero-waste
By Alan Housley Recycling Today December 3, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Driven by data Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find any organization in the private or public sector that isn’t assessing or actively working […]
UCSC Hosts 3rd Annual Hackathon January 29-31
By Tim Stephens UC Santa Cruz December 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA More than $80,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the top teams Over 500 student programmers, designers, and tech enthusiasts […]
Santa Cruz’s Big Influence on Personalized Medicine
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat (Photo above: Researchers and CEOs after their presentations (l-r) Ravi Jain, Managing Director, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute; Charlie Vaske, CEO NantOmics; Ed Green, Dovetail Genomics; […]
Booyah! Just-Thawed $15.9M for Santa Cruz
By Bonnie Lipscomb & J Guevara City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office (Photo above: Economic Development Director Bonnie Lipscomb, Mayor Don Lane, and Assembly Member Mark Stone celebrate the release of the redevelopment bonds. […]