TuesdayNewsdayVol. 3 - Issue 29 - April 25, 2017 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2017/april-25/images/sinsheimer-600px.jpg) Robert L. Sinsheimer served as chancellor from 1977 to 1987. (Photo courtesy of Special Collections) |
Sinsheimer, an internationally acclaimed biologist and chancellor emeritus of UC Santa Cruz, helped jumpstart the effort to sequence the human genome and oversaw growth in academic programs and student enrollments at the campus during an era of tight educational budgets. He died Saturday. |
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![Drafting a blueprint for the future of UCSC](/tuesday-newsday/2017/april-25/images/campus-planning-250.jpg) | In a 'Santa Cruz Sentinel' op-ed, Chancellor George Blumenthal asks the community to join in charting an innovative and exciting future for the campus. |
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![Patents underscore groundbreaking research](/tuesday-newsday/2017/april-25/images/research-250px.jpg) | The Office of Research is featuring six researchers as part of its Inventor Recognition Program, which recognizes the hard work that drives discovery. |
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![Lecturer publishes new poetry collection](/tuesday-newsday/2017/april-25/images/young-standing-250.jpg) | Gary Young wrote the poems while he was in Japan working on a book of translations of the calligraphy of the Zen priest Kobun Chino Otogawa. |
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![Students to vote on athletics funding model](/tuesday-newsday/2017/april-25/images/basketball-250px.jpg) | OPERS is proposing a $38.50-per-quarter fee, which would provide a sustainable funding model for the NCAA program.
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![Star Party slated for Alumni Weekend](/tuesday-newsday/2017/april-25/images/star-party-250px.jpg) | The gathering will include informative talks from foremost astronomy experts, constellation identification, and telescopes for viewing celestial objects. |
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![Researchers seek consensus in Lyme disease](/tuesday-newsday/2017/april-25/images/tick-250.jpg) | A multitude of interacting factors are driving an increase in Lyme disease cases, but their relative importance remains unclear. |
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