• October 28, 2020

  Genetic analysis system yields new insights into bacterial pneumonia

  Using a CRISPR interference system to study virulence genes in a mouse model of pneumonia, scientists observed surprising variability in how the disease progresses.

• October 26, 2020

  Scientists discover how a common mutation leads to ‘night owl’ sleep disorder

  A small change in a key component of our biological clocks lengthens the clock period, causing people to stay up late at night and sleep late in the morning.

• October 26, 2020

  MacArthur “genius” grant winner reflects on early influences at UC Santa Cruz

  Forrest Stuart has built his career pursuing burning questions about the societal underpinnings of poverty and criminalization across disciplines. Stuart said his research focus has been influenced both by his childhood and the formative experiences of his undergraduate education at University of California, Santa Cruz, where he earned his bachelor’s in politics in 2004.

• October 23, 2020

  UCSC Library completes project to make 670 Cabrillo Music Festival recordings available to public

  The project preserves and now makes available live Festival performances from 1964 to 1990, featuring works by such experimental artists as John Cage, Annea Lockwood, and Lou Harrison.

• October 23, 2020

  UC Santa Cruz iGEM team seeks a solution to plastic waste

  Through campus shutdowns, wildfires, and a two-week quarantine, 13 UCSC students have been finding ways to research a solution to agricultural plastic pollution.

• October 21, 2020

  Feminist studies Ph.D. student receives American Association of University Women fellowship

  The program aims to tackle barriers women face in education by recognizing recipients whose academic work and community projects empower women and girls.

• October 21, 2020

  UCSC alumna Traci Chee named finalist for 2020 National Book Award

  'We Are Not Free,' a work of historical fiction by UC Santa Cruz alumna Traci Chee, has been named a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

• October 21, 2020

  Physical and Biological Sciences Division honors three prominent alumni

  The PBSci Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize contributions to society by graduate and undergraduate alums.

• October 19, 2020

  ‘Be the Difference’ Award honors UCSC Molecular Diagnostic Lab

  The award recognizes UCSC’s efforts to provide local testing for coronavirus infections.

• October 19, 2020

  Doctoral candidate wins Switzer Fellowship for environmental justice research in El Salvador

  James Alejandro Artiga-Purcell, a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Studies, was recently selected for the 2020 Switzer Environmental Fellowship as part of a cohort of 20 top scholar-activists from around the country.

• October 19, 2020

  HSI grant to support graduate students

  The grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help the campus increase the readiness of Latinx, low-income and students of color from UC Santa Cruz and CSU Monterey Bay to apply and succeed in graduate programs.

• October 16, 2020

  The savior of the opera

  With dampened prospects for in-person classes, rehearsals, and performances this pandemic year, UC Santa Cruz’s opera program is adapting with help from donor Scott Lord

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