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UC Santa Cruz protects fire-threatened property off the main campus, too
By Sara IsenbergFounder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 26, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Fires burned around Lick Observatory Wednesday night, as seen in this image from the Mt. Hamilton webcam. […]
UCSC partners with CSUMB for postdoctoral training and mentorship program
By Tim StephensUC Santa Cruz August 13, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA & Monterey, CA (Image above: clockwise from top left: CSUMB Associate Professor of Genetics and Molecular Biology Aparna Sreenivasan, UCSC Professor of Molecular, Cell, […]
Jane Technologies’ Secret Sauce
By Sue DehnamMG Magazine August 12, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo credit: Jane Technologies) How the Santa Cruz-based cannabis consumer platform became one of the largest in the industry As an Apache helicopter pilot […]
Levered Learning Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
(Source: Levered Learning) August 6, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA EdTech company seeks to build a grassroots community with people passionate about equitable access to technology in education, quality instruction in math, and shared prosperity. […]
Why Code Naturally ditched online summer camps and switched to one-on-one tutoring
By Mackenzie BaughmanExecutive Director, Code NaturallySpecial to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 5, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA Ed-tech company abandons idea of digital camps for the remainder of 2020 after discovering the format lacked […]
A new challenge for engineering students’ capstone projects—COVID-19
By James McGirkBaskin School of Engineering, UCSC June 23, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo above: Although unable to complete their initial plans, a team of engineering students was able to finish a prototype of […]
Stanford to Launch Free Program for Aspiring Entrepreneurs Supported by Local eLearning Company, Monarch Media
(Source: Stanford University) June 8, 2020 — Palo Alto, CA (Image source: Stanford) Stanford Rebuild is a global innovation sprint to develop solutions for challenges and opportunities as counties emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic [Editor’s note: […]
Black tech leaders issue call to action to fight racial injustice in the Bay Area
By Taylor HatmakerTechCrunch June 4, 2020 — USA “Black Tech for Black Lives” focuses on specific policy goals, including policing reform, local elections and by hiring and supporting more Black talent in tech As a […]
Field courses boost STEM diversity, study reveals
By Jennifer McNultyUC Santa Cruz May 28, 2020 — Santa Cruz, CA (Photo credit: Mickie Tang) Hands-on field learning key to retention, success of underrepresented biology students The challenge of diversifying STEM fields may get […]
Science students working in labs have huge impact on testing efforts
By Sophia Huang McKenzieCSU Monterey Bay May 27, 2020 — Seaside, CA (Photo above: CSUMB science student Angela Albanese volunteers in the Monterey County Health Department lab to help test for COVID-19. Source: CSUMB) CSUMB […]