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Please Welcome Allison Steitz to Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Works was excited to meet our newest community member: Allison Steitz who has been hired by PayStand.
NEST Flight Annual Conference for Students and Young Professionals
NEST Flight conference for young professionals, recent graduates, and students is happening this May!
FITAID Energy® Disrupts So-Called Clean Energy Drink Market
The naturally sweetened and green-tea caffeinated addition to FITAID Sports Recovery line promises to revolutionize energy drink industry.
Santa Cruz County Bank Hires Vice President, Relationship Manager, Jay Gines
Santa Cruz County Bank today announced Jay Gines has joined as Vice President and Relationship Manager
Mapping the Ocean's Most Remote Regions
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and Seatrec have launched Project NEMO to map the world’s most remote and inaccessible oceans.
UCSC and Amazon Web Services Work to Accelerate Genomics Research
As AWS expands their products for genomics research, UCSC is a key partner in making complex analysis more accessible to scientists.
Provide Input on CS and IT Education in Santa Cruz County
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education requests your input on Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT) Education for students in the county.
Better Boxes Take the Stress Out of Moving and Getting Organized
Laura filed for a utility patent, and a few years after that, it was granted. The invention? A new kind of cardboard box, uniquely folded around a strong and sturdy core of paper honeycomb panels.
Purcell Q1 Update
Purcell, an innovative retail merchandising equipment company based in Santa Cruz, California, recently released an overview of its Q1.
Toby Corey to Speak at UCSC on the Importance of Entrepreneurship
SCEE (Student Creativity and Entrepreneurship Empowerment) and GetVirtual are hosting a guest speaker event starring Toby Corey on April 14th at 7:10 pm at Merrill Cultural Center!
Success: Santa Cruz Chorale Ukraine Benefit
The Santa Cruz Chorale “Save the Children Ukraine” benefit concert was a huge success for our community.
Future Hop Across the Pond - Joby in the U.K.
According to founder JoeBen Bevirt, Britain’s dense concentration of large cities is ideal for vertical takeoff and landing craft.
Parallel Flight Hosting Wildfire, Drones, and the Latest Tech Webinar
Join Parallel Flight Technologies for a webinar to hear about Wildfire, Drones, and the Latest Tech.
Climatize Attends World Policy Forum
Alba Forns co-founder of Climatize heads to the World Policy Forum and participates in the G7/G20 think tanks.
Straight Talk: A Conversation with Kyle from Onewheel
Kyle Doerksen discusses some hot topics in the Onewheel community including supply chain issues, production issues with the GT, centralized service model compared to distributed, battery shaping and more.
Santa Cruz Design Firm Spanner to Support Entrepreneurs
Spanner Santa Cruz offers startups mentorship assistance from their offices in downtown Santa Cruz.
Local Legend Joins Low Carbon
Ed Colligan has joined Low Carbon as Head of Americas and as a board member. What could this mean for Santa Cruz? Stay tuned.
UCSC Makes Major Breakthrough with First Complete Gapless Sequence of a Human Genome
Parts of the human genome now available to study for the first time are important for understanding genetic diseases, human diversity, and evolution thanks to UCSC.
UCSC Genomics Institute Tool Becomes Primary Method to Identify Lineages of COVID-19 Worldwide
As COVID-19 continues to mutate, software developed and maintained at the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Genomics Institute will now be at the core of the primary tool.
Clicks 2 Bricks Startup Incubator Applications Open For 2nd Cohort
Startup and e-commerce incubator, Clicks 2 Bricks is accepting applications for their second cohort.