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Digest #231
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This week's news includes a variety of UCSC-related topics:
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a donor-advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, is funding three projects at UCSC to support efforts to develop a comprehensive reference atlas of all cells in the human body. Jenny Reardon, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Science and Justice Research Center at UCSC, writes about ensuring that as many people as possible benefit from genomic breakthroughs in biomedicine. Baskin School of Engineering will host a symposium bringing together leading experts in control theory and automation. Lick Observatory is expanding evening programs for the public this summer.
There's more so scroll down and starting reading.
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What lessons have been learned by tech companies in America after the recent elections and what do we need to know going forward? Find out at the May 2 Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup. Read this article.
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) will fund three new projects at UCSC's Genomics Institute to a global effort to map every type of cell in the healthy human body as a resource for studies of health and disease. Read this article.
UCSC Professor Jenny Reardon wants to ensure that as many people as possible benefit from genomic breakthroughs in biomedicine. Read this article.
The Baskin School of Engineering will host a regional symposium bringing together the leading experts in control theory and automation from both academia and industry in Northern California. Read this article.
In response to growing public demand, Lick Observatory has increased the number of evening events for visitors in 2018, adding 20 public evening tours to enable more visitors to enjoy the observatory after dark. Read this article.
MBEP announces the full program and the public-private partnership award recipients for their Regional Economic Summit to be held on May 3 in Watsonville. Read this article.
Learn about the availability of plug-in electric vehicles and the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid options at the Drive Electric event in downtown Santa Cruz on May 3. Read this article.
Drones in agriculture: AirSpace Integration is hosting a demonstration of two of the drone industry's top VTOL fixed-wing UAVs on April 27 in La Selva Beach. Read this article.
Code Naturally is taking their experiences from the Spring Code Camp and looking at what can be improved to make their upcoming Summer Code Camp even better! Read this article.
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