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AAUW Tech Trek: Empowering Young Women to Pursue STEM
Tech Trek, powered by the California chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), empowers girls through a STEM-oriented summer camp.
AV1 Robot Helps Children Attend School
No Isolation invented their AV1 robot to help children attend school and mitigate “chronic absenteeism.”
Pirta to Participate in Amazon's Sustainability Accelerator
Pirta is among eleven startups chosen to advance their paint cooling technology with the Amazon Sustainability Accelerator program.
Digital NEST Celebrates 10 Years!
2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Digital NEST, an organization that aims to empower Latine youth entering into the digital economy.
UCSC Ranked #12 Among Public Colleges For High-Paying Tech Salaries in Wall Street Journal
New rankings from the Wall Street Journal and the Burning Glass Institute place UC Santa Cruz as the number 12 school for high-paying tech salaries.
When Good Tech Almost Goes Bad
Local historian Gregg Herken describes “Project Pluto”, a development program for a nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered ramjet missile at the Livermore lab in the late-1950s. What could possibly go wrong…
Santa Cruz Works New Tech April 2021
Spring is here! We have a fresh crop of companies presenting to you. Hayley Mears with MBEP will kick off our event to let job seekers know about the opportunities now available.
Innovation Series: Hubris is a death sentence for many startups
CodeStringer CEO Michael Manzo gives us some must learn lessons for every business. Sometimes it is better to listen learn and take action than to let hubris lead.
Part 1: Is Silicon Valley Invading Santa Cruz?
Over the next three weeks, Santa Cruz Works will look at Santa Cruz’s “unique” housing crisis. Is tech to blame? We’ll be holding data up right up next to local culture and politics to see if they overlap.
CruzHacks 2021 - Join Now!
CruzHacks brings together a community of students and professionals to design solutions for real world problems, with the inclusion of tech.