Nature News

 

border-diversity-city-on-a-hill-pressCity on a Hill Press recently wrote about Norris Center student-artists Aly Rueda's and Juniper Harrower's US/Mexico Border Biodiversity project!

 

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Help support UCSC's first introductory mycology class. Click here to find our donation link and learn more about the instructor, renowned fungi forager and author, Christian Schwarz.

Norris Center Blog

Making Nature Accessible: Engagement through Observation and Conversation

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Webster Fellow Maria Velazquez describes her work creating activities and learning spaces to help students from the Neuva Vista Community Center engage with nature and science. 

In Ken's Words

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"Just as we perceive our commonality of purpose we grow more accepting of each other's diversity. The poet, the artist, the teacher, and the scientist become equal partners in our seeking."

 

UC Natural Reserve Resurvey

aerial view of younger lagoon reserveThe results of the first quarter of the Resurvey are here! The Norris Center and the UCSC Natural Reserves are teaming up to study our changing planet. Starting with Younger Lagoon in Spring 2019, teams of UCSC students will catalog every species - from bryophytes to birds - found at the UCSC Natural Reserves, and document their findings in the Norris Center. Read about our results from Spring 2019, and stay tuned for more over the coming year!

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