• August 7, 2020

  Going with the flow—famed Ocean Explorers Summer Camp heads online

  COVID-19 compelled the Seymour Marine Discovery Center to take its popular Ocean Explorers Summer Camp virtual after running the program in person for 21 years—a successful experiment that presented both challenges and opportunities.

• August 7, 2020

  County, UCSC partner to expand local testing capacity

  UC Santa Cruz has received CARES Act funds from Santa Cruz County to enable the purchase of new equipment for the UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab.

• August 5, 2020

  UCSC linguists receive $400,000 NSF grant for research on rarely studied languages

  UC Santa Cruz linguistics professors Maziar Toosarvandani, Ivy Sichel, and Matthew Wagers have been awarded a $411,058 grant from the National Science Foundation to support research on endangered languages.

• August 5, 2020

  Calcium-rich supernova examined with x-rays for first time

  An international team has obtained unprecedented observations of a rare calcium-rich supernova.

• August 5, 2020

  Influential marine biologist John Pearse dies at 84

  A leading authority on marine invertebrates and intertidal ecology, Pearse was a beloved teacher and mentor to generations of marine biologists.

• August 4, 2020

  College Nine: Embracing world cultures and developing tomorrow’s leaders

  College Nine encourages students to take part in experiential learning opportunities and inspires them to become global citizens.

• July 29, 2020

  New Sikh and Punjabi Studies chair to enhance Asian Studies with focus on social justice

  Associate professor of literature Guriqbal Singh Sahota has been appointed the new Sarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies.

• July 29, 2020

  Toy or therapy device? Researchers study effectiveness of fidget tools

  The study will assess whether a high-tech fidget device increases focus and relieves anxiety in adults with ADHD, which is particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• July 29, 2020

  Sparking girls’ interest in computing through ‘social wearables’

  NSF grant funds development of a summer camp for middle school girls focused on designing wearable technologies to support social interactions in role-playing games.

• July 28, 2020

  UC Santa Cruz, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County partner to expand access to COVID-19 testing

  The campus is testing 200-400 samples every week collected by Salud Para la Gente and Santa Cruz Community Health. UCSC is providing the tests on a cost recovery basis and Community Foundation Santa Cruz County will be paying for the cost of the tests.

• July 23, 2020

  Humanities Institute and Cabrillo Festival to celebrate fight for equal voting rights

  The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz has teamed up with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Bookshop Santa Cruz to present "Celebrating Woman Suffrage and the Struggle for Voting Rights"—a live Zoom panel discussion followed by audience Q&A

• July 22, 2020

  Report exposes rampant illegal fishing in North Korean waters

  Ground-breaking study reveals hundreds of vessels fishing illegally in one of the world’s most contested ocean regions, contravening UN sanctions and fueling overfishing.

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