#336: SBDC, Levered Learning, Jane Tech, SupplyShift, Cosmic, and more tech

Digest #336

This week Santa Cruz Small Business Development Center (SBDC) director Brandon Napoli talks COVID recovery, teamwork, and applying social justice principles to business in our latest Five in Five. As well, we have news from Levered Learning, SupplyShift, Jane Tech, Poly, Cosmic, and UCSC. It's a full digest so dive right in.

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Santa Cruz SBDC director Brandon Napoli talks COVID recovery, teamwork, and applying social justice principles to business in our latest Five in Five . Watch the video .

Levered Learning earns the Research-Based Design product certification from Digital Promise. Read the article .

A distance learning success story: Levered Learning sets up students and teachers for a simple transition and success in mathematics during shelter in place. Read the article .

Since SupplyShift launched their no-cost COVID-19 Impact Assessment, nearly 100 companies have registered, and hundreds of suppliers share how COVID-19 has affected their business . Read the article .

Forbes applauds Jane Technologies for strengthening connections with local brands and consumers via their new Brand Portal and Digital Merchandising modules . Read the article .

Cosmic unveiled their new brand and website, and announces a pledge to deepen their commitment to the social impact sector. Read the article .

Poly's Studio X30 and X50 video bars and its G7500 video conferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to receive Zoom certification. Read the article .

An interactive online tool provides researchers easy access to latest molecular data related to the coronavirus genome. The team receives seed funding from the UC Office of the President. Read the article .

What's the new norm for the future of education? Hear from a wide variety of experts in a June 17 webinar by Santa Cruz Works. Read the article .

UCSC and SC Community Health unite to provide fast coronavirus test results for our community's most vulnerable residents. Read the article .

Thousands of scientists worldwide went on strike on June 10 as part of "Strike for Black Lives." This #ShutDownSTEM movement was founded by a UCSC post-doc. Read the article .

The Genomics Institute asserts its commitment to enhance efforts to challenge and break down racial injustice . Read the article .

Spintronics? UCSC researchers develop ways to predict a material’s spin dynamics, a key property for building solid-state quantum computing platforms and other applications of spintronics. Read the article .