A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 23 - Manny Diaz, D- San Jose UC alumni in this district: 3,726
UC in Your District
The University of California’s reach
goes well beyond its 10 campuses,
five medical centers and three
national laboratories. The
University’s presence is felt in each
of California’s 58 counties through
a wide array of exemplary
community partnerships, enriching
cultural resources and innovative
research programs. From health-
care education for rural physicians
to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
school, UC has a direct influence in
your community. Find out more
about UC programs in your district
by visiting:
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
UC SANTA CRUZ INSTITUTE FOR QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (QB 3) RESEARCH IN THE INTEREST OF
UC Santa Cruz located near District
23, is one of the region’s largest SOCIETY (CITRIS)
The California Institute for
employers and an academic leader Quantitative Biomedical Research The Center for Information
in the sciences and linguistics. UC (QB 3) is a cooperative effort between Technology Research in the Interest
Santa Cruz is affiliated with the UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, UC San of Society (CITRIS) is a collaboration
prestigious research center and Francisco and private industry aimed at between UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC
observatory at Mt. Lick near San Jose developing the cutting-edge research Merced, UC Santa Cruz and private
and UC Santa Cruz Extension offers discoveries that will continue to drive corporations, established to sponsor
an extensive array of classes and the field of biomedicine. QB 3 will collaborative information technology
degrees at sites throughout Silicon drive the new technologies and research that will ultimately provide
Valley. UC Santa Cruz has a number research that will spawn a host of solutions to challenge social and
of innovative outreach program that biomedical innovations and train commercial problems affecting the
reach into Silicon Valley and thousands of researchers in the Bay quality of life of all Californians.
beyond, including the New Teacher Area and Silicon Valley. QB 3 Research will include energy
Center, a national model for teacher includes two new buildings at UC efficiency, transportation,
professional development. Santa Cruz, a new UC Berkeley facility environmental monitoring, seismic
and a site at UC San Francisco’s safety, education, cultural research
Mission Bay research park. and health-care.
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Assembly District 23 - Manny Diaz, D- San Jose UC alumni in this district: 3,726
The MESA California Community UC Cooperative Extension in Santa Clara County works with
College Program increases the families and local agencies to improve nutrition, reduce child
number of math/science majors who obesity, and engage youth in leadership-building 4-H after-
successfully transfer and receive 4- school activities. http://ucanr.org
year degrees. MESA Success
Through Collaboration (STC) The first of its kind, the New
works with American Indian tribes to Teacher Center (NTC) at UCSC,
meet the same goal with respect to is a national resource dedicated
Native Americans. STC sites include a joint UC/CSU MESA to teacher development and the
effort at San Jose State and a site at UC Santa Cruz. support of practices that promote
http://mesa.ucop.edu excellence and diversity in
America's teaching force. At sites
The California Policy Research Center (CPRC) applies UC’s in Santa Clara and San Jose,
research expertise to the analysis, development and New Teacher Seminars give
implementation of state and federal policy. CPRC provides teachers the opportunity to problem-solve with colleagues, learn
policy-relevant research on statewide issues, oversees teaching strategies and exchange lesson plans.
legislatively mandated research, and disseminates findings http://www.newteachercenter.org
through publications and special briefings. CPRC hosts such
projects as the Welfare Policy Research Project, the California Shakespeare to Go is comprised of UC Santa Cruz students
Program on Access to Care, the Latino Policy Institute and the who bring classic performances to K-12 and community
California-Mexico Health Initiative. http://www.ucop.edu/cprc/ colleges throughout Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley.
www.shakespearesantacruz.org
The Puente Project runs
programs at 51 community ArtsBridge is a UC arts education and
colleges and 35 high schools outreach program that works to provide
throughout California – hands -on arts instruction arts in under-
including 4 high schools in performing Bay Area public schools.
San Jose. Puente increase the ArtsBridge also provides scholarships to
enrollment of educationally qualified students to teach the arts and
underserved students in four- conduct arts-related workshops in local
year universities. To date, Puente has provided mentoring, communities.
teaching, and counseling for over 20,000 under-represented
students. http://www.puente.net
UC’s Early Academic Outreach For a complete listing of UC programs in your district, access
Program (EAOP) has provided our on-line database at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu
academic support, career advising,
college counseling and
motivational/skill-building
workshops to help over 85,000
California students realize their
dreams of a college education. In the Bay Area, EAOP works
with disadvantaged students in 37 high schools and 37 middle
schools in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and Santa
Clara counties. http://www.eaop.org