{"id":1474,"date":"2023-08-30T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/?page_id=1474"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:50:53","slug":"better-together","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsc.edu\/better-together\/","title":{"rendered":"UC + Santa Cruz. Better together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UC + Santa Cruz. Better together<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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UC Santa Cruz has been an integral part of the Santa Cruz community for more than half a century. Our campus reflects the strong diversity of California, and we are proud of our mission to educate the citizens of this vibrant state\u2014nurturing generations of bright young minds and future leaders\u2014while contributing world-class research that benefits society. We work tirelessly to balance our educational mission with our responsibility to support and protect the health and well-being of our community and region. We strive to make a positive impact on our local economy, culture, and resources\u2014and in turn, the community provides extraordinary experiences and opportunities for our Banana Slug family. Woven together, these threads of campus and community form a single, strong bond of caring and commitment\u2014we are Better Together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Committed to more housing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UC Santa Cruz is pursuing an ambitious plan to\u00a0provide more than 40 percent<\/strong>\u00a0additional student housing within the decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UC Santa Cruz is proud to provide campus housing to more than 9,300 students \u2014 more than half of its undergraduate student body \u2014 and is actively working to offer students even more opportunities to live in university housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Campus and community connections<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSymposium shows creativity, conviction are key to communicating climate solutions\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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From card games to virtual reality, innovative climate researchers are finding new ways to engage the public<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction starting on UCSC housing collaboration with Cabrillo College\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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The project is one of several under construction and in the pipeline that support UC Santa Cruz\u2019s ambitious plan to provide more than 40 percent additional student housing by 2035.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew international collaboration poised to unlock more health-related discoveries\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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UC Santa Cruz removes geographic barriers and reduces costs with widened access to powerful Biomolecular cryoEM Facility<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Quick facts about UCSC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Leading in water conservation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n