Coronavirus Replay
After canceling spring sports, the NCAA extends eligibility to student athletes to play for another season
The NCAA voted on March 30 to allow schools to provide spring-sport student athletes with an additional season.
UC System Picks First Black President
After a six-month search, the University of California Regents picked Michael V. Drake as the new head of the school system, the first Black president in the system’s history.
Startup of the Month: Sama Learning
VR platform expands learning possibilities
This spring, COVID-19 forced schools to go online. But, for the most part, the teaching models remained the same. Sama Learning, a Nevada City-based startup, wants to transform those models.
Emerging Leaders: Nicholas Haystings
We honor 10 young professionals who have made a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nicholas Haystings, executive director of Square Root Academy, says he has had two goals since he was a kid: to become an engineer and to give back to the community.
Higher Calling
Architects and colleges collaborate to create holistic, functional and artistic spaces to meet the shifting needs of today’s students
These six Capital Region higher-education projects, completed in the last decade, offer inspired and intentional learning spaces.
Higher Calling: From Abstract to Reality
Team of three students contributed to Cosumnes River College’s Winn Center
In 2009, CRC partnered with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Sacramento chapter to participate in the Natural Talent Design Competition. Entrants were required to design a 36,000-square-foot building known as the Winn Center.
Learning to Pivot
New college grads are adapting to an economy and job market hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic
As college seniors finished their classes online, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic complicated their job prospects.
A Kick-Start for Startups
Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Executive Director Cameron Law on entrepreneurship and its role in the recovery
Comstock’s spoke with Law about the ways both the center and the local entrepreneurial scene are evolving in the face of a crisis.
Child Care Crisis
The region’s shortage is at critical levels, and part of the problem is not enough space. Capital Region leaders are looking for ways to get more facilities up and running.
As of 2017, Sacramento County had enough licensed child care slots to accommodate little more than a quarter of children with working parents. State and local officials are spearheading efforts to change that.
California Eases Child Care Regulations for Critical Workers
Californians struggling to juggle going to work at hospitals, fire stations and grocery stores while worrying about child care are the intended beneficiaries of a new executive order signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.