Year: 2022
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UCSC marine sciences professor to lead new Center for Coastal Climate Resilience
Longtime UC Santa Cruz marine sciences professor Michael W. Beck is adding a new role to his resume: director of the campus’ recently announced Center for Coastal Climate Resilience. The center is part of the university’s renewed research focus on climate change, resilience, and coastal sustainability. Beck assumed his director position on Nov. 1. “I am…
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Equity gaps in COVID-19 deaths closed for some racial and ethnic groups, widened for others during vaccine rollout in California
A team of public health researchers from UC Santa Cruz, Stanford University, and UC San Francisco published new research showing how racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 deaths across California changed as the rollout process for vaccines began. During the early phases of the pandemic in 2020, Latino people across California were dying of COVID-19 at a…